Note: information on discounted tickets can be found at the bottom of this post.
Every so often we get an invitation we just can't pass up. I was offered two tickets to see "Party Face," a play currently running at City Center. The synopsis, director (Amanda Bearse) and cast all intrigued me so I asked my friend Patty Devery (who should be writing about Broadway and the show world for a major publication or website HELLO HIRE HER) if she wanted to be my date. She was in, so I was too.
There's always an understandable bit of "if you like the show we'd appreciate you letting people know about it" attached to these offers, which is totally fine. It would be different if they wanted to pay me to publicize crap. If I like something and it's appropriate, I'm good with using our social media channels to give followers a recommendation.
In this particular instance my wheels started spinning a bit. The cast of five includes Hayley Mills. HAYLEY MILLS, HELLO! The notion of HAYLEY MILLS eating our ice cream threw me into a delirium. I made an offer: can I throw the cast a little post-show ice cream party and take a few photos? Agreed! It worked out: we loved the show (or I wouldn't be plugging it) and they loved the ice cream (or I wouldn't be saying they did).
The cast of PARTY FACE. One character's enraged drunken rant included calling another character a "twat-waffle." Reason enough to love the show, I'd venture to say. Left to right: Gina Costigan, Hayley Mills, Allison Jean White, Klea Blackhurst, Brenda Meaney.
Seeing anyone enjoying the thing that we created from our own little brains is still an amazing feeling. When the person holding your pint is an icon, it's really... indescribable.
If you're interested in the show here is a discount ticket offer for ya. Tell them we sent you!
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From the Party Face folks:
Academy Award-Winning Actress Hayley Mills (Pollyanna, The Parent Trap) returns to the stage in the new, unabashedly funny, Off-Broadway comedy PARTY FACE, written by Isobel Mahon (“Glenroe,” “Fair City”), and directed by Amanda Bearse (“Married…With Children”). Direct from a sold-out run in Ireland, PARTY FACE is the hilarious and bitingly honest play about the lengths we go to convince people we’ve got it all together. Use code MKTPARTY and save 30% off. Buy tickets today at www.partyfaceplay.com!
Taking a photo of Hayley Mills and the cast eating our ice cream. Not exactly what I thought I'd be doing with my life and I am *NOT* complaining.