Broadway, NY: The Miracle Worker

A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to see the advanced viewing of The Miracle Worker at the Circle in the Square Theater.  Originally, I had this pre conceived notion that the play would be boring.  Prior to walking in the theater I grabbed a B I G cup of coffee to in hopes that I wouldn’t nod off during the performance.  Ok, so sue me… I had no clue who Helen Keller was, let alone the knowledge that this was a true story.  Besides walking in thinking the play would be boring, I was pretty much a blank slate.

The Miracle Worker is about a child who is not only blind, but deaf. The child is spoiled rotten and in need of a good beating!  The parents are enablers, and the brother is in the closet trying to emerge as a suave butterfly.  The brother used Helen Keller’s handicap (and impromptu temper tantrums) as a way of trying to get his parents to open their eyes and see the bigger picture.  All though he defended Helen, he was desperately trying to prepare his parents for the inevitable…. “His Inner Queen”.   He never came out… but at least Helen was able to communicate the letters of the alphabet.  Note: The brother never verbalized that he liked boys… but I felt his inner struggle.

I found the play very entertaining… surprisingly!  Like, I didn’t doze off not once.  I even laughed a couple of times.  Now, I don’t want you guys thinking I was biased… this was my first Broadway play…. So I was a little excited.  Like, I felt like an official New Yorker that night.  So, I urge everyone to go see it.  Not because I was excited, but because all the actors gave a great performance.