I sort of feel the same way about blackouts. They bug me.

Do black out bug other people too?

ps. i can’t wait to see the LOVE SONG! (even though there’s an intermission now…)

Thank you for your posting. You wrote, “If the playwright thinks the story has to be continuous, that is how Steppenwolf is going to do it.” You are absolutely correct. The director of the play, Austin Pendleton, respected John Kolvenbach’s desire that the play be performed without an intermission.

However, after sitting in the house through a number of previews, our playwright changed his mind. The experience of seeing the production while sitting in the audience convinced him that his play was better served by including an intermission. One again, the audience proved to be a “great teacher” and the show now has an intermission based on the artistic decision of the director and playwright.

Come see it and enjoy a drink and the opportunity to chat with your fellow audience members during the newly-instated intermission!

And you poor babies–you seem to have no problem going to the movies and seeing a 100 to 120-minute film plus previews, the Fandango paper bags and the Fantanas. Granted, it’s easier to sneak out to the johnny at the movies, but if you have to go, do it before the show starts. If the playwright thinks the story has to be continuous, that is how Steppenwolf is going to do it.

And the reason you can’t go in and out of the theater is that when those doors open, light comes in and annoys the hell out of the actors and the audience. You are at the theater–this is not television. You have to be controlled by the play, not vice versa. Deal with it.

And for those of you who consider drinking more important than art, need I remind that there are many fine establishments near the theater where you can drink to your heart’s content after the show, for perhaps lower prices and more likely a wider selection of potables than the Steppenwolf bar offers.

Jo