This weekend we were in the neighborhood of the theater where Othello is being performed with David Oyelowo and Daniel Craig, so we stopped by hoping to score cancellation tickets. The show is sold out and the only available tickets online asked $1050 each. A woman approached us and offered us a single ticket for $50. We took it. I saw the first half and then gave my wife the ticket during intermission so she could see the second half. Our seat was literally the best in the house, in the front row, with no raised stage so at times the actors were so close you had to tuck in your feet to avoid tripping them. The rave reviews were entirely justified. It was magnificent. (But please don't tell me how it ends. I missed the second half. I'm guessing everything turned out just fine).
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