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The theater is crowded with people, waiting for the play to begin. My wife and I sit and wait, looking through the program and studying posters for past productions lining the walls.<\/p>\nThe theater is crowded with people, waiting for the play to begin. My wife and I sit and wait, looking through the program and studying posters for past productions lining the walls.<\/p>\n
When the show begins, I am transfixed. I\u2019ve seen Macbeth a few times before, but this is just amazing. The witches scene is easily one of the most unsettling, disturbing experiences I\u2019ve ever had in a theater.<\/p>\n
The lights darken, the stage and audience in complete blackness. A flicker of lightning, a woman\u2019s voice over the speakers, harsh, rasping out the classic line \u201cBy the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes.\u201d<\/p>\n
I\u2019m a little irritated by this shuffling of the text, but then the darkened theater is overrun with murmurs and whispers . . . feet scuttle up and down the aisles . . . something, someone crawls over me, panting out Shakespeare\u2019s lines . . . hands tug at my arms and legs . . . the footsteps rattle off towards the darkened stage.<\/p>\n
When the lights come up, half of the audience has already left their seats. I assume they just couldn\u2019t handle the intensity of it all. I barely kept it together. I note my wife\u2019s seat is empty and I rise to go and find her.<\/p>\n
Through the shuffling crowd, I see an old acquaintance \u2014 a theater director from years past \u2014 sitting stunned in his seat. I wave but he looks right through me. I can\u2019t tell if he recognizes me, if his glare of baffled fury is for me or for the production.<\/p>\n
At the concession stand, I buy two candy bars and head back into the theater. Somewhere along the way, my clothes have been lost. I\u2019ve got a white towel wrapped around my waist.<\/p>\n
I sit and wait, a little uncomfortable about my limited attire, and wonder where my wife has got to...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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