The Stunt Girl - The story of Nellie Bly

On Friday night, the kid and I went to the theater. We saw "The Stunt Girl" which is the story of Nellie Bly.

I love the theater. We have gone in New York to see Cats and The Lion King. We have gone to the 5Th Avenue Theater and the Paramount in Seattle to see many shows. This theater was in Issaquah, which I had never been to before.

Nellie Bly was an American journalist. She is most famous for her undercover expose in which she faked insanity to study a mental institution from within. She also is known for her record-breaking trip around the world.

She had a fascinating life. I am a huge feminist and I love to read about the accomplishments of women. So when I saw that this was playing, I bought tickets for both the kid and I.

It wasn't as good as I thought it would be. It didn't help that I had a ear infection. And that the kid and I were horribly overdressed for the Issaquah theater. That in and of itself is a tale for another day, what is it with people and not getting dressed up? The kid ahead of me was in shorts and two different t-shirts, one that he needed to remove right in the middle of the play. Plus, he needed to text on his cell phone the entire play.

With all that Nellie Bly accomplished in her life, the overwhelming theme of the play, was WHEN WAS SHE GOING TO GET A GUY! Granted, I may be a little sensitive to this subject but it just seemed to beat me over the head with the message. Be anything you want, be very successful, and then get your ass in gear and get married.

I was expecting more of a tale of a woman making a success of herself in a male dominated field. Not so much batting of the eyes and stroking the male ego when she started to do better than he did.

I would have left at intermission but we stayed for the whole play. The actors and actresses were very professional. This is a musical and it was well choreographed. The work that goes into a production is awe inspiring and they should be very proud.

I just think that in the future, I will read about Nellie Bly in her own word's.