Cultural Event Report (Essay Sample)

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It was a chilly Saturday afternoon on the thirtieth of November, and the weather did not seem to be promising. The wind blew my hair in every direction and the rain kept sputtering at my face. I was not in a state to be entertained simply put. A friend of mine, Zach was his name, called me up. He had an extra ticket to the noon show at the Astor place theatre over at four hundred and thirty four Lafayette Street in New York City. It was the Blue Man Group. I had not been to any of their shows, and had heard so much about it, I thought it would be a grand idea. I certainly did not have elevated, or even any, expectations about the show. I had seen flyers about the show over the years here and thought it was a bit quirky for me. I mean, three bald and blue men playing the drums did not seem like something that would amuse me.
We arrived at the theatre a little after twelve p.m. The queue was quite long but was surprisingly moving fast. The Astor Place Theater itself is closely intimate and is on the small side, is a good way to describe it. Seating was tight where we were down at the poncho seats on the left side. It's as if I were sitting in a child's seat the entire time. My behind and feet went numb half way through the show. That was okay though as the show more than compensated for it with laughter and high fun.
The show itself was just indescribable. It is definitely not for everyone's penchant, but if you have an open mind to, just let go and enjoy yourself it is heaps of fun. I was laughing, along with the audience, right from the start. The three gifted men who form the group are masters of aural and visual stimulation, and use it to grand effect. The performance is part sketch comedy, part rock concert, part performance art, part lampooning, and the end is something that can only be seen to believe.
The three displayed nice and skillful drumming and dancing sequences although there was some rather distasteful vomit humor, but it was all in good fun. The show begins with the three men drumming with the paint flying while the support band is playing. The sight and sound from this is definitely something amazing. You definitely do not want to be late for the show, as a poor couple had to learn the hard way. The blue men put a stop to the entire show and put a spotlight on them until they were seated. This was quite hilarious in my opinion.
The blue and bald characters proceed to take the audience through a multisensory experience that combines’ theatre, art, music, percussion, science and vaudeville into a type of entertainment that is like no other. The show’s exploits can get a bit messy for the people seated in front near the stage. Some of the props the blue men employed was Jell-O, marshmallows, Twinkies, paint, and loads of toilet paper and tubes most of which ended up on our laps. We were, therefore, forced to wear rain ponchos. The involvement of the audience is quite something. At one point in the show, we all got up from our chairs and had a dance party which was followed by the giant balls, and the blue man groups choosing two random audience members who are brought on stage. The blue men walked around fascinated by the audience. They captured our wonder, innocence, mischievousness. The show has no intermission, no plot and the blue men do not speak at any point in the show (Scho...