So we're not doing anything until post-sunset?
Not with Nilly, we're not, since she can't go out. But like I said, some of us are going out to bookstores and record stores and just plain out in the city for a while, at least.
What's this?
It's...something unlike anything you've ever seen before. There's acrobatics, and a light show, and audience members get picked up by people on trapezes, and kissed, and there's a storm and everyone gets wet...
"De La Guarda" is more than a show...it is an experience! Upon entering the renovated Union Square Bank building, you are ushered downstairs to their social area for drinks, and a chance to check your coat and mingle with other guests. Five minutes before showtime, the staff gives you a shout to head back upstairs where the festivities begin.
The lights go out and you are standing in a crowd of strangers when the show literally falls from the sky. De La Guarda has a certain rhythmic vibe created by the beat of the drums, the stomping of feet and screams as the cast flies across and down, to interact with the audience(which stands and moves throughout the 70 minute show). Performers run along the ceilings in unison and you cannot help but look up and follow them with your head cocked back. Expect to get kissed, danced with, undressed, and even taken up into the sky for a ride.
Rush tickets are $25.
Do we have a time?
We're big on the yet to be determined.