BY Richard Blakeley
November 7, 2007
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Richard Blakeley doesn’t claim to know much, if anything about Broadway. In fact, he really doesn’t care about it much at all. He does love dating, however, and bringing a date to a Broadway show is not only swanky but an excellent chance to show some class and dress up.

Show: “Rock ‘n’ Roll” by Tom Stoppard

Location: Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre

Most, if not all, readers of Boinkology, may feel that this play is really geared towards their parents — especially if your parents happen to be the type who feel that they really contributed to changing the world and want a big metal or statue in their honor for all of their difficult work. You know the ones I’m talking about: the children of the 60′s who stayed in college and studied philosophy but still identified with the counter culture and loved that crazy rock ‘n’ roll music.

“Rock ‘n’ Roll” is a chance for baby boomers to relive the glory of their lives and then go home, slip the baby sitter a 50, roll a joint with weed that’s been sitting in the dresser for months and have kinky, but quiet, sex.

The play itself twists and turns from the mid 40′s to the late 90′s, following the story of rock ‘n’ roll played both in front of and behind the Iron Curtain. It has its moments of humor, but most of the time it feels like sitting in on a World Civ course — so if, like me, you like World Civ, it’s pretty amazing! Even though I felt too young to understand some of the references, there were plenty of others I could grasp, and even chuckle at.

If you’re dating an intellectual or a member of the Communist Party this could be the perfect play to bring them to — it’s grea t for real intellectual type (for example, students or recent grads studying political theory at NYU or Columbia).

The venue, located in the heart Broadway, is classy but not outlandish, the seats are well padded, and it’s very easy to get cozy with your date without your legs falling asleep, as long as you’re not over 6 feet tall.

If your date smokes, I suggest getting seats towards the entrance of the theatre so you can get outside to smoke in a reasonable amount of time. In a packed theatre it’s difficult to make your way outside through the crowd and by the time you do the intermission is nearly over. If you’re more the drinking type, try and score seats by the bar in the even numbered rows.

Speaking as a reasonably young person, going out on a date to this show could be an excellent time to play house just like your parents would. Dress up, watch the show and then walk a few blocks down to the 42nd street Chevy’s and drink huge magaritas to your heart’s content. You’ll get pretty sloshed, those things are HUGE!

It’s great to act all grown up and talk about your plans for redecorating your living room and how simple things used to be. But unlike your parents you don’t have to drive back to the burbs. You can go home and fuck as loud as you want without the fear of waking up the kids.

Price: $113 – $260. Click here for more info or to buy tickets.