My father in law is in town, so let the marathon of great shows begin. Since we didn't have a game plan for his first night here, I went on tdf and was able to score some Hand to God tickets. I've been wanting to see this one for a while, since before the Tonys were announced actually.
The show is about a boy whose hand/puppet is possessed by the devil. It's deranged and says all kinds of vulgar things. It cusses, hurts people, and even has sex with another puppet. We happened to see the understudy and he was FLAWLESS. In fact, if I hadn't known ahead of time, I would've thought he was the regular guy. The whole cast really brought it. We were all laughing throughout the entire thing. I hope it stays open for a while but I think it will close soon as half the audience was empty.
We sat in E all the way to the left, which was a little bit problematic when they did anything upstage right, though we were in luck in that there was a wall there so no one would be entering from that direction. At intermission, we were able to move over 2 seats and I could see everything.
I would see this show again. The message was pretty cool. The opening started with the invention of the devil and how humans invented the devil to excuse their behavior. The ending discussed the invention of God and it was pretty much identical. Makes you really think.
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