broadway play: The bands visit- trip report

This Saturday I attended my first broadway play, “the Bands visit”, the play was about a band that went to the wrong city from where they were suppose to go to preform, in this town there is no hotels or buses going out for the rest of the night. the band had to stay with Dina (the restaurant owner) and with the families of her two workers. the play takes play in one night but during this night a lot happens, friendships form and so does relationships, Egyptians and Israelis find a way to overcome ethical boundaries through music, by helping each other with the smallest things like offering food to something big like helping them gain courage to speak with a girl and their common ways of acting . I have always wanted to attend a broadway play and I’m glad I finally had the chance to go to one. I was sitting at the mezzanine area and although the view was not the best because I’m short and tall people where sitting in from of me almost Half of the lower part off the stage was covered. I still managed to enjoy it.

I think watching a play in one of the broadways theater is a different experience than attending one in like a school or off-broadway. the feeling you get when watching a live performance will never compare to watching a movie, reading or listening to a play. being there in person allows you to experience not only your excitement but also others reactions. There was this one girl sitting behind me that had the best reactions to when something was funny or sad, she would laugh so loud that some make think its annoying and disturbing but at the same time seeing how much she was enjoying made the people around her feel the excitement too and everyone could relate as to why it was so funny. Also watching a live play can allow you to see mistakes or other things that you will to noticed if it was playing on a screen, this small details can give you more of an feeling as if you are actually part of the show and the actors make sure that they make their audience feel included, and I did I felt included I could feel and relate to the characters heart break and emotions. and there were some parts of the story line that other people might relate to, like this one character was struggling to talk to a girl he liked I felt as if we all experience that not being able to or not have the confidence of talking to the person you like and if or when you do you’re afraid to make a mistake so sometimes we stop being ourselves and all this the character was able to portray.

The play was better than I initially though it was gonna be, at the beginning I though it would be boring or something that did not suit my taste and I will fall sleep but instead the actors, the way they got so into their character and the atmosphere in the theater made it impossible for me to not put my full attention to the play because if I did not I though I would miss something that could be very important in the story line. although it was freezing in that theater and it sometimes made it hard to focused I still managed to pay attention to every details that was visible to me. overall the experience of watching something live has always given me a better experience than when I go see a movie, the feelings you get are indescribable and they are on a different level. I will recommend to people if you have not attended a live play or a concert to try to attend one sometime in your life, the experience will forever be one of the best things you can do. I will like to go see some of the other plays shown in broadway like Wicked or Frozen, but we will see because they can be expensive specially if I want to see from a better view than the mezzanine.