Hi there! Thank you for dropping by! To be honest, the play is as much about my once in a lifetime chance to see Dame Judi treading the boards as almost anything else; the topic is the bonus. She has just been my favorite for so long, and I always wistfully read about people going to NYC or London to see actors they love in plays, and envy them. This is the first time I've ever planned a trip when not one, but two actors I adore are on stage -- I'm thinking of seeing if I can get tickets to The Audience, even though I'm not necessarily into the idea of seeing Helen Mirren as the queen again, but just the chance to see her on stage... It's really an event for me. My big problem is my dates -- I'm there midweek before running off for the weekend to Cardiff, and then again early in the week before leaving on a Wed mid-day. It's really making it hard to plan around things.

I'll follow your advice, though! I asked on metafilter, and they said something similar -- and if worse comes to worse, just going before showtime and holding up a sign. ;-)

Are you still in the states? I will be there from the 14th-17th, then back in London the evening of the 19th, before heading home on the 22. If you feel like meeting up, let me know -- any friend of emmarytz's is a friend of mine!