Only a matter of time before we figure this out, eh? ...Is it about the timing of things?

Isn't there a saying that it's all about the timing of things? Well, what if your life was always 10 minutes behind, or 15 minutes too fast? I'm always reminded of the play, All in the Timing,(David Ives is a genius) when I think of my own personal life. Instead of my life being a paradoxical comedy comprising of six acts, I've got about 32 acts... and none have anything to do with one another.

Taken from a review:

If you haven't seen or read any of these plays, you simply don't know what you're missing. David Ives is to America Theatre what William Shakespeare was to British Theatre. The only difference is, David Ives is funny. Obviously underrated, Ives knows how to write plays in a way that is (although I've seen it done) hard to screw up. All you really need to have is a basic sense of rhythm and his plays are a breeze. Just know that he is a master of the English language and will have you studying the basic underlying rhythm of speech (English Made Simple, Phillip Glass), studying relationships (Sure Thing, ForePlay, Seven Menu's) as well as death and Mamet (Speed the Play, Variations on the Death of Trotsky). Ives knows creativity, and works hard at his craft.

Shakespeare was funny. So is Mr. Ives. David Ives excels at creating theatre which is funny and poignant. The collection of short plays is filled with sublimely ridiculous situations, and from them comes the true meanings of life, understanding and mainly love. Ives world may be farce, but his characters are real. He shows us that despite the zaniness of our own world, or perhaps because of it, we have within us the capacity to find ourselves and each other. Even if it does take twelve dozen tries at the sound of a bell. :) (One of my favorite scenes)

All in the timing is a play that is fragmented, pardoxical, twisted, convoluted, and highly amusing. Much like my own personal timing in life. Too bad I'm off a few minutes because I haven't changed my batteries since the early 80's.

I remember doing this play in college. (Poorly done, that is) I fell in love with this play, and the musical, She Loves Me. "Where's my other shoe?" (cluck, cluck, cluck.) And to all the actors or "so-called actors" who know absolutely shit about plays that aren't mainstream... READ A DAMN BOOK! I hate having to explain plays to people that haven't been on Broadway. There are MANY plays out there worth reading, watching... other than Lion King, Phantom, Les Mis. You know who you are, don't make me point you out.

Nothing like a little Ironic, by Alanis Morissette:

A traffic jam when you're already late
A no-smoking sign on your cigarette break
It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife
It's meeting the man of my dreams
And then meeting his beautiful wife
And isn't it ironic...dontcha think
A little too ironic...and yeah I really do think...

Timing. It's all in the timing. Too bad I'm already late to work to start the work week off. ;) Oh well.