Broadway Review: Once

On Saturday, December 29th, my friend Aidan and I trekked into NYC to see Once on Broadway at the Bernard Jacobs Theater. Even in mezzanine seats, we could easily see the permanent set, portraying a small bar in Ireland. The story follow a young Irishman who is about to give up on music (and maybe his life), when a young Czech woman stops him. She asks him to fix her "Hoover" (vacuum), and offers to pay him with musical talents of her own. He begins to reconnect to his music, and love, through her. The show was fantastically performed, and I was impressed to find out that the cast accompanied the entire show, each member playing with as much prowess as the first. Once may have been the best Broadway show I have seen, and is definitely worth the 7 awards it received for Best Musical!
-Matt S.