War Horse. Amazing.

Today I returned from the very fabulous, very busy, and VERY HOT New York City. There, I sweated through three shirts and all my jeans. Yummy. However, a MAJOR highlight of the experience was seeing the Tony-winning play War Horse. This story follows a young (Scottish? Irish? Well, anyway, the accent was brilliant) boy named Albert who acquired a horse named Joey just before World War 1. I wont give anything away, but Joey gets taken into the war as a riding horse and a wagon puller. The play follows Albert heart wrenching journey fighting in the war to find his beloved horse. This story is amazing, the acting was fantastic. However, the true amazing-ness of this show comes from the horses themselves. Now, of course, War Horse wouldn't have a REAL horse on stage and control it. This is were the puppets come in. However, not a simple muppet puppet, but rather a giant lives size horse -like structure controlled by three people. The movements are SOOO life-like that at times, you forget that this is not a real horse right in front of you!...they are so lifelike that my mother (on the aisle) decided it was a good idea to actually pet it as it exited through the aisle. Oh, Joey. Such a charmer. But seriously...If you are in New York and you have a chance to see War Horse, GO! It with LITERALLY leave you breathless.

Plus, Matt Doyle and Seth Numrich are in it...AND HOTTTTTTTTT.
(sidenote: Seth Numrich, who plays Albert, was th eyoungest person ever to be accepted into Julliard at the age of 16. Holy. Crap)