Curious Case Of The Dog In The Nighttime

every once in awhile a show comes along thatis so different from the recycled movie scripts taking up the majority of broadway theatertoday you feel compelled to tell everyone you know about it. the curious incident ofthe dog in the night-time is just that type of production. here’s my review and whyi suggest you run to see it before it closes in september. welcome to the johno show.

Curious Case Of The Dog In The Nighttime, before we start just a quick note to checkout the johno show’s patreon page where for a minimal amount you can help supportthis channel and gain access to over 300 episodes of the show currently not available on youtube.let’s begin: the curious incident of the dog in the night-timeis a play adapted from the book by mark haddon.

the story surrounds an autistic boy his neighbor’sdead dog and the relationship he has with his parents and school mentor. the play started in london’s west end andquickly came to broadway at the ethel barrymore theatre in 2014. it won the 2015 drama deskaward for outstanding play, 2015 outer critics circle award outstanding new broadway play,the 2015 drama league award for outstanding production of a broadway or off-broadway play,and the 2015 tony award for best play. i don’t feel it’s fair for me to detailthe play’s plot as it’s nearly impossible to do so without giving away some spoilers.instead, i’ll tell you that this play is so wonderful that i saw twice in the samemonth. first, my mother’s husband took her

and i to the show with second row tickets,which for true theatre goers you know can be both a blessing and a curse. being that close to the action immediatelybonds you to the events happening on stage. a good play becomes a great play and a badplay becomes the worst night of your life. the set design of this show includes complexled displays on all three sides of the theater as well as the floor. sitting in the frontyou lose the floor display making front-center mezzanine the best seats in the house. seeing the play twice so close together meanti had the opportunity to explore the same actor’s ability and depth of performance.christopher boone the lead character was played

by tyler lea making his broadway debut aftergraduating from the university of north carolina school of the arts and doing a stint in cygnet’sshakespeare’s r+j. i actually had to do a little research intowhat cygnet’s shakespeare’s r+j ment because the way it was written in the playbill madeit seem as though there was a minor character named cygnet in romeo and juliet and i knewthat wasn’t right. what i found was that cygnet is the production house and shakespeare’sr+j was a 1997 off broadway play whereby all the characters from romeo and juliet are playedby men. to say that tyler lea’s performance in thelead role was good is an understatement. in fact he’s mesmerizing. to play this typeof character so early in an actor’s career

is a stunning accomplishment and reminds meof a young daniel-day lewis in the movie my left foot. what’s truly fascinating about both thescript and stage direction is it requires the lead to not only become the characterand know his lines but it’s so specific on where and what he’s doing on stage andit becomes as important to the storytelling as the interaction and dialogue between thecharacters. you’re probably thinking that’s the case for every show on broadway and reallyevery play that’s out there in the world. and yet something’s very different withthis play, again i don’t want to give any spoilers out but christopher needs to completesomething he’s been working on throughout

the first act in order for the show to moveforward. that just shows how truly talented this actor is. another fun aspect of the show is that it’sa play-within-a-play and the fourth wall gets broken at times. this does a great job atkeeping the modern distracted audience engaged. there are even elements outside the stagethat interact with the audience; particularly if you’re sitting in a prime number seat.then you’ll find a postcard from christopher the lead character where he’s written onthe card: “i think prime numbers are like life. they are very logical but you couldnever work out the rules, even if you spent all your time thinking about them.” thecard goes on to state: from all the seats

in the barrymore theatre, christopher haschosen yours as one of his selected prime number seats. prime numbers can only be dividedby themselves and the number one. there are no known formulas to help discover new primenumbers, which may be why christopher finds them so interesting. the card then gives youthe opportunity to see if your name is a prime number and if it is you win a button. and here’s a little secret that has foreverendeared this show to my heart. don’t leave after the curtain call. despite the theatrelights coming on the play isn’t actually over and the end segment will have you leavingwith a big smile on your face. unfortunately, the curious incident of thedog in the night-time has run it’s course

on broadway. though i’m not sure if that’sentirely due to ticket sales but may in fact be due to the difficulty in finding actorsto portray this character six nights a week. my hope is that there is such a push for thisshow to continue running that it makes a move to off-broadway. i don’t know how realisticthat may be but it has been done with other shows in the past. either way it’s somethingi highly recommend you check out before it’s gone for good in september. hey, if this is your first time here pleaseconsider subscribing. the johno show produces

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