Clybourne Park @ Woolly Mammoth

Sam had her spanish class on Wednesday night leaving me with nothing to do. So I explored my options and opted for trying to see Clybourne Park at the Woolly Mammoth Theater company. They were sold out but had some standing room only tex available and I was hoping to get some rush seats so I took the bus over getting there at 7. No rush seats but I did secure the standing room tix. I went to Teaism around the corner to read a bit. That place really deserves it's own post as it is an excellent tea house and I will be looking forward to heading there again.

The play itself was amazing. One of the best so far. The standing room seats did not really bother me at all. The first act was uproariously funny, about a black family moving into a white suburb on the south side of chicago, probably in the late 50's/early 60's. The second act told by the same actors in different roles told the reverse tale, of a young yuppie couple moving into that same now predominantly black neighborhood today. The second act was funny as well but I think because it hit a bit closer to home left me a little less comfortable laughing at the characters sticking their feet in their mouths than those safely distant relics in the first act. Nevertheless, superbly executed and original reinterpretation of Raisin in the Sun. The theatre was very cool as well with a comfortable lounge area with plenty of seats, large complex set (including a 2nd story), and a back stage audience section with reduced prices.