Saturday Night Gaslight

Saturday evening, Valerie was in town and, having recently enjoyed the opening night performance, I treated her to Gaslight.

The audience was probably nearing three quarters capacity for the venue and it showed in the response to some of the events on stage. There was actual open, sustained laughter at some of the humor and, when a telltale item was left where it could reveal a plot, there was an audible gasp of recognition and murmur in the crowd; I saw two people pointing it out to others in their parties. The effect that the audience has on itself was quite clear. We get some of that at the movies but it felt more pervasive and open at the play; curious.

The players were also sharper in their delivery of some of their lines. While they were done well on opening night, the rhythm flowed more naturally.

After the show, we both felt it had been an evening well spent.