Two solo shows currently running in town take very different approaches to the subject of mortality.
I saw a lot of old friends and acquaintances I hadn’t seen in quite some time last weekend. And as sometimes happens for people of a certain age, shades of sorrow and remembrance for those no longer here crept into the conversation. No matter how much we try to play whack-a-mole with the Reaper, he’s there waiting patiently for us. All we can do in the meantime is laugh or cry. Or both.
Preventative measures and postmortem regrets and nostalgia form the threads connecting these two shows. Birbiglia’s show takes its title from a memory he has of the YMCA where he tried to learn to swim as a kid; the titular aged dude used to sit naked on the bench in the locker room, supremely unconcerned with his level of exposure. Armour’s Didion returns to a happy memory of Quintana as a child in Malibu, being dried off by her father after a dip in their pool.
Birbiglia’s delivery remains deliciously dry and deadpan, with offhand observations on even the smallest details. Like how some doorbells just scream “We’re rich!,” or how all toddlers sound like they’re from Boston when announcing they’re ready for a nap: “I’m TAWRehd!” Armour’s Didion carries her book as if it’s a talisman.
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