I'm So Blue

So last night J and I went downtown. This is big for us. You may think we're young twenty-somethings who go out on the town all the time, but truthfully we're senior citizens trapped in the bodies of young people. Most nights we get home from a combination of class and work and are exhausted. Sometimes I drag myself to the gym, but if I don't go straight there from work we usually hang out at home cooking, eating, reading, watching some tv and getting ready for the next day. Most nights we're in bed by 10pm. Yup, we're living the city life.

But last night was different I was able to get tickets to a show through work so we were off to see the Blue Man Group!
The Blue Man group has been in Boston for years and there's signs all over the city advertising. We've wanted to check them out for a few months and now seemed like the perfect time. So, at a time when we would normally be cleaning up from dinner and getting ready for Jeopardy! (yes, we're so old we watch Jeopardy! every single night) we got on the T and headed for the Theater District downtown; a part of downtown we rarely go to.

Blue Man Group performs at the Charles Playhouse, tucked away in a back alley of the Theater District. I'm not sure why, but I was expecting a huge theater. In reality it was tiny little place, probably wouldn't hold more than 200 people. Our seats were row 3, dead center which happened to be directly in the "Poncho Zone". That's right, we got there and they had provided clear ponchos for us. This did not bode well.
The show itself was actually more fun than either one of us thought it would be. Music, paint, comedy, acting, audience participation, strobe lights... it really had a little bit of everything. We laughed hysterically, almost got covered in paint and "vomit", tried and catch marshmallows in our mouths, learned some rock concert moves, had thought-provoking lessons on art and coffee houses and got TP'd. Overall it was a blast.
If you're ever in Boston, or any other city that has the Blue Man Group, J and I would HIGHLY recommend checking it out. In fact, we'd probably go again in a different city to see what they do!