Riverdance – the dance is for dancing. Really.
June 9, 2009
We managed to score some tix to Riverdance, because the production company is a client of ours. I worked on their file the last 2 years but they didn’t come to Toronto. This year I’m not on the file (probably a blessing) and of course they are here for a month. Naturally I wanted to make sure I get my hands on a pair of the ducats that we scored.
I was told that the show is a smaller version of the original, which was probably true. But I enjoyed it nonetheless. Knowing how much work that these people put in, and to pull it off flawlessly night after night, I thought made these shows that much more enjoyable.
Evidently, not everyone agreed. Baby Jesus didn’t know what Riverdance was about. When he first took over the file from me, he had no idea what Riverdance was. At all. (Then again, he has also never heard of ‘Sara Lee’. I swear some parents raise their kids from under a rock.) When I explained that Riverdance is a show, his first reaction was “oh, so it’s like Mamma Mia.” Well, it turns out someone actually went to the show last week expecting to hear ‘opera’. He’d also take both tickets and went by himself, leaving a seat empty. How a dude claiming to be looking for a girlfriend/wife-to-be, and not use something like a Riverdance tickets to at least get a date for a night, is a little beyond me. Maybe some people should just hide their kids back under a rock and call it a lost cause, but I digress.
Then there’s DD and her ever “classic DD moments”. She jumped for a chance to get a pair of tix just as much as I did (even though her part on the file was smaller.) Took a date, went to the show – and left disappointed 2 mins into the second half. Evidently, DD and date sat through the first half, was disappointed that all that was dancing and only dancing (good grief!), and figure that well maybe they’ll see what the second half was like. Curtains go up, out came more dancing, so DD and date went “excuse me, excuse me” to leave.
So in the end, I got to see Riverdance and a couple sideshows. Good night of entertainment.
Btw, this is their ‘farewell tour’ so it’ll be the last time we see them.
