Let It Be

Last Wednesday Kevin and I went to the theater for the first time in London, specifically the Garrick Theater in Leicester Square to see "Let It Be". The signs advertised it as "Beatlemania is back" and I thought it would be the perfect show to see in London. We got the tickets from TimeOut, and while they certainly were the cheap seats, (it was a long and winding road to find them), it was a small theater and we could see the whole performance just fine. I was expecting more of a "Hard Days Night"story-type act, but it turned out to be basically a cover band playing the Beatles songs. I still really enjoyed it, as the band was great and they looked and sounded just like the original fab four. They played almost all of their hits, standouts including Blackbird, While my Guitar Gently Weeps, and Twist and Shout (although they didn't play one of my favorites, Ticket to Ride) and some I didn't immediately recognize, like Please Please Me (which is amazing with my dad always playing classic rock on the radio). They ended the show on a high point with Hey Jude, and everyone in the audience joined in, singing and dancing and having a great time. Kevin and I were probably the youngest ones there by ourselves, and I felt a little weird, almost like I was trying to experience something that I just wasn't meant to in seeing the Beatles perform. But everyone else there was 64 and just living in the past, while I was experiencing something new, and in the end, I really enjoyed it.