The First of Peggy's Top 10 "Save Your Money and Skip This Event" List
#10 Skip It: Tony 'n Tina's Wedding
Buy the book, rent the movie, but don't bother with the play. Al and I attended the live, interactive theatre on Saturday night and were dismayed that the $200 per couple event might just as well have been a less-costly trip to Uncle Willie's Buffet. Simply put, the experience was a bust. The production company, Raven Hoarse Theatre, has a slick website and a slick front-office staff (Meisha was delightful). In this instance, two out of three wasn't good enough. The production stunk.
Take the venue -- please!
The tired room, above the Media Club at Queen Elizabeth Theatre, was decorated in swaths of washed-out red, green and white fabric. Fake flowers and a once-white wedding cake had both seen better days. (How expensive can fresh red and white carnations be? And, can't you spray-paint wedding cakes?)
Take the drunks seated at our table -- please!
If you've ever been on a cruise and experienced the awkward seating arrangements for meal times, you'll understand what I mean. Three unrelated dudes vied for the most-drinks-consumed-in-an-hour title. (I think Barry won.) At one point, everyone was asked to hold hands for an entire song -- oh man, could it have gotten any worse? It made me wish we had come with a group of friends. But then I considered the stagette group at a nearby table -- they weren't reveling in happiness. Neither the bride-to-be nor her girlfriends looked terribly enthralled.
Take the late serving of dinner -- please!
There was a change in venues and half the guests weren't notified. Dinner was late as the informed guests waited for the uninformed guests to find their way to the altered alter. Thankfully, the antipasto and dinner rolls satisfied Al's hunger (he put off eating lunch in anticipation of an Italian feast). It didn't help that our group was the last one called to the "bu-fay-of-love" table. To be fair, the food was good (or could it be that it was past 8 p.m. and we were hungry?).
Take the karaoke singers who were cast as Tony and Tina's Las Vegas act -- please!
Isn't Vancouver known as Hollywood North? I can't believe that in all of the Lower Mainland there aren't better voices to play these roles. Midway through the mashing of Nat King Cole's "Unforgettable," Al and I took our cue and headed stage-left to the car.
RSVP
It's time for Tony and Tina and the gang to toss their rumpled wedding garb and try something else. This is one wedding invitation you should decline.
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