Some Like It Hot

Saturday, October 25th, Frank and I went to a matinee performance of the musical Some Like It Hot at the Center for Performing Arts in San Jose. Our outing went smoothly without any of the ticket confusion we experienced when we went to & Juliet — twice! We got the theatre early enough to pose at the posters beforehand when the crowds had not yet accumulated.

Once inside, we enjoyed our programs. However, unlike my usual custom, I did not take any photos of the stage. It was gray curtains, nothing exciting.

Since we are season patrons, we had our regular Seats 43 and 45, in Row 12, pretty close but somewhat offset from center. Our only mishap with this show was that at intermission Frank and I went to restrooms in separate locations. Waiting for each other at different locations before joining each other to re-enter the theatre together, we barely got into our seats as the lights were dimming for the second act. Whew! All that rushing around. However our fast- paced scurrying was nothing compared to the antics of the second act. Actors were running back and forth in all directions, in and out of multiple free-standing doors leading who knows where, changing costumes at the wink of an eye, and doing about faces at the drop of a hat.

The show was pretty fast paced with men dressed as women, gangsters disguised in various ways, and the ambiance of a Prohibition era of the 20's/30's. We loved the phenomenal dancing with lots of precision syncopated tap dancing, large portions of it in group unison. The singing was loud and boisterous, but alas, we understood very few of the words. We got the gist however and enjoyed the enthusiasm if not the enunciation. We need to figure out if the sound issue is because of our age and hearing or because of seat location. Never the less, these outings are well worth our effort, time, and money — money only if we buy the tickets just once.