Friday Night Lights

Tonight I'm going (to try) to see a preview of A Bright Room Called Day by Tony Kushner at the Rorschach Theatre. The cost is "pay what you can" for the preview; my thinking is that I'll just pay whatever the ticket price is. But wouldn't it be smart for the theater to make these things "pay what you can after the show"? My bet is that folks might regard it as a dollar referendum on the performance, but in practice would be more generous than they might expect going in. You know how these things go: It's exciting to see new shows, it's Friday night, the weather's nice, the Nats are winning, and even a bad performance usually has some entertaining element. Total flops are, you know, kind of rare. So long as the players are capable and don't have too many last-minute kinks to iron out, I bet the theater would rake it in.

Anyway, I guess it's not really crucial for the theater to bank on preview night, but seeing as how opening night is very much sold out, it's very important that I get some things done so that I can make it to Columbia Heights to stand in line.

UPDATE: Friday night is looking dim. I'm still stuck in a Bright Room Called the Office, while the performance's curtain rises . . . right . . . now. Shoot.