My mom had her birthday a month or two ago. My present, not revealed at the time, was tickets to the newest Welcome to Night Vale live show that was happening in Boston. I just told her ‘we have an event on (this date)’ and left the rest a mystery. Well, the mystery has been revealed and we just got back from the show.
It was pretty good! The previous live shows (of which they released recordings of after the last show of each run) were different enough that I wasn’t sure exactly what to expect. The audience participation was lower in this one that others, which I appreciated. the script was interesting but didn’t have that cosmic paranoia surreal slice-of-life quality that I like so much about early Night Vale.
Overall? I’d recommend going to it if you haven’t been to a Night Vale live show. It’s definitely something a fan of the show (past or present) should experience at least once. Plus, as a minor note, the lady who does the voice for the character of Michelle Nguyen is hot as fuck. Well, the girl who does Tamika Flynn was pretty sexy too, but her voice grates on me if I listen to it longer than a few lines so I can’t really be excited about that. Whereas Michelle (the character) always had a sexy voice in my opinion.
I seem to have gotten a little off track. If you are a current fan of the podcast you certainly should go see the live show if it is coming to your area. If you are a past fan of the show, you should experience a live show at least once. If you caught one of the previous ones, no real reason to go to this one unless you *really* liked that live show.
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