The new play “Farragut North,” which just opened at the Linda Gross Theater in Manhattan, is named for a stop on Washington’s Metro system, which I hear stops running well before the bars close and is really clean.
Wikipedia says this about the station:
Farragut North serves downtown Washington and is located just north of Farragut Square. It lies at the heart of the business district on Connecticut Avenue, with two entrances at L Street and one at K Street. Adjacent to the L Street entrance was a food court which has its own stairway to the surface; the food court closed in 2007 was later replaced with a Results Gym location. It is the third-busiest station in the Metrorail system, averaging 27,200 passengers per weekday as of May 3, 2006.[1] It is also one of the most shallow, with a lower-than-usual ceiling…
Farragut North station features unique architecture throughout the system. Its mezzanine stretches across more of the platform and is longer than most, with an open depression looking onto the platform in the middle. There are two elevated “aisles” that serve different escalators and exits.
The play, written by a former aide to Chuck Schumer and Howard Dean, is about spin-meisters on the campaign trail; the NY Times calls it “predictable but enjoyable” and mentions a stage overrun with “overgroomed anchors spewing poll numbers, sloganeering posters, headshots of leonine figures doing their best to look presidential.”
The show stars Chris Noth as a salty campaign manager. Noth is of course best known as “Mr. Big”–or, simply, “Big”, to legions of young urban females whose slim figures belie their daily consumption of hearty brunches at trendy restaurants–from Sex and the City fame.
Coincidentally, I saw much of the SATC film with the Missus last night. Big leaves Carrie waiting on the altar. Perhaps a wise move, as part of her bridal getup involved a fake bird woven into her head.
[image: NY Times]