It’s like this…
If you consider yourself to be a man’s man – or anything remotely close – there’s really only one reason you should go see the musical “Once,” now though Sunday at the Kauffman Center.
And that’s that if you can determine in advance that your girlfriend, wife, mother, mother-in-law, grandmother – whomever – is dying to see the Tony winning love story about a pair of musicians in Ireland who broke up something like seven or eight years ago.
I interviewed them a few years ago backstage at the Uptown Theater courtesy of Uptown main man Larry Sells.
Once you’ve made that determination, it’s up to you to, you know, extract whatever it is you want or need from said person in order to make up the three hours of utter boredom it’s going to cost you.
Far be it from me to tell you what that might be – blessings to buy Chiefs tickets or go big game hunting – a night of debauchery at Bazooka’s downtown with your peeps in the body shop. That’s up to you; just make sure you get something out of it in return.
And don’t be surprised if whomever it is you bestow this “gift” upon doesn’t try and welch on their part of the deal, after they too find out that “Once” is a snoozer.
Think it’s just me? Think again.
“Tirelessly boring,” reads a one star out of five review on Trip Advisor.
“I haven’t seen ONCE, but from the performances I’ve seen and the music i’ve heard it just seems so boring!” writes EmmaLou on BroadwayWorld.com. Continue reading
