I have been to the Lyric numerous times and enjoyed the shows I saw. However, I went to Rocky Horror Picture Show Saturday night and came away extremely ashamed I was there. I hadn't seen it before and I was told by several I had to "at least experience it once." I wish I didn't "experience" it at all. I knew it was adult themed, and I knew it would have sexual references. What I didn't know was that in the first 5 minutes, there was hard core cussing and a theme of incest. I put that out of my mind. While I wasn't crazy about the show, I stayed. After the intermission, there was no "reference" to sexual content. It was full on. By silhouette, but clearly seen nonetheless. There was homo and heterosexual oral sex and homosexual full on sex. There was also blatant masturbation by the lead actor, and 2 of the female actors making obscene gestures with their fingers and tongues. I couldn't handle it. I had to leave. Then I find out that the last scene was the character involved in incest was feeding her baby alcohol. There was nothing funny about any of this. It was disappointing that it seemed the majority of the audience liked all of this. The Lyric Theater is supposed to be a classy place with high quality entertainment, yet they encouraged, in writing, the audience to shout out obscenities throughout the show. The fact that they allowed such trash in their theater is beyond upsetting. I'm all for artistic expression, although I see nothing artistic about this, obviously others do. The difference is, the Lyric is not some theater down on skid row. Sadly, you have stooped to that level. My family, friends, and I will never step foot in your theater again. Thankfully, the Civic Center Music Hall has not stooped to your level. ...
Read moreI had so much fun last night eating at the Krow's Nest then onto see a Christmas Carol right next door at the Plaza Theatre. The theatre is beautiful and they have a private parking lot right across the street, which might fill up fast. We got there 1.5 hours early to eat dinner, which was also amazing, and there were plenty of parking spaces available. There is a little bar for refreshments, the lobby is beautiful and the bathrooms were very clean. Free water cooler.
A Christmas Carol was amazing! Just the right mixture of scary and Christmas cheer! All the actors and crew did a fantastic job! The set was beautiful and the props an effects were awesome! This is my first play through the lyric theatre and I can't wait to go back! Also I love the food in the...
Read moreWe went to see 'The Cat in the Hat' and had a great first experience with Lyric Theater. My boys enjoyed it so much that they requested to go back and see something else real soon. Tickets recommended to be there at least 30 minutes early so we got there 40 minutes early just in case and beat everyone else there but that made for a long wait that I'm not sure was actually necessary for this kind of show if you have advanced tickets. The only down side though to the show was being in the middle, 4 rows from the front, left my kids feeling a little left out from the bubbles, characters chatting with them and thing high fives. I would recommend if you are getting tickets for interactive shows to be in row seats...
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