We were all meeting up to catch the new show in town, Point Break Live! It's a live stage adaptation of the ever popular Keanu Reeves/Patrick Swayze action flick. If you're wondering how they would adapt an extreme sports action movie to the stage, then you'll understand why it was such a great show. The best part is that they randomly select the part of Johnny Utah (Keanu Reeves) from the audience each night!
Joanne, Lara, Kristine, Eddy, Stephanie, and I were all in attendance. We bought $1 survival kits which included a poncho (for all the water, beer, and blood that were in effect) and some fake money (for the robbery sequence).
They randomly selected about 12 people from the audience to try out for the part of Johnny Utah. They each had to say a few lines and test their stunt skills. Before the show, I met the guy who ended up being selected for the part. He was so pumped and had the entire movie memorized. He looked exactly like Keanu Reeves, too!
He was fed his lines via cue cards. Here he is reading lines with the Gary Busse character.
Bodhi's character (Patrick Swayze) was hilarious. Here he is in his skydiving gear.
The show was extremely low budget. Very high school. Check out the skydiving sequence.
The classic robbery scene with Utah's famous line:
"Bodhi, this is your f***ing wake-up call man. I am an F, B, I, Agent!"
And the final sequence at Bells Beach. Johnny Utah always gets his man.
The show was awesome. For $20, you can't go wrong. Shows are every Friday and Saturday night at 8pm. Get your tickets here.
2 comments:
That may be the weirdest thing you've ever posted... and that's saying something! At first I thought you were joking. I mean, it's one thing to have a Point Break live show, but then to pick people out of the audience to perform it?
Did Bodhi do a good job of shooting in agony at the sky? That's the money shot right there.
i'm still smilling from this outing. so awesome! =)
*insert high-5 hand motion here*
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