09/27/2024
So, I’ve gone to post this a few times but haven’t - but with Baby Reindeer‘s Emmy sweeps - it’s close to my heart.
Rewind to 2019 and me attending the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for the first time with the Theater Lovers and somewhat randomly attending a show called Baby Reindeer (by myself). After seeing nearly 30 shows that trip I posted that it was my favorite and the creator and star, Richard Gadd, commented on that post… 😁 I highlighted at the end of that year that it was one my favorite show of 2019 and one of the best shows I’ve ever seen.
Fast forward to 2020 - I found out it was coming to New York – planned a trip for the Theater Lovers to see it, the pandemic happened, he had to announce the cancellation of his productions of Baby Reindeer, we pulled our trip, and I proceeded to communicate with him about the possibility of streaming the stage show of Baby Reindeer … Guess there were bigger plans in the making. ;-)
Then literally nothing for nearly 4 years – there were hints of Netflix picking up the show, I bought a VPN in case it only streamed in the UK, then all of a sudden there was an announcement that it was being released on Netflix as a miniseries this spring… Then it blew up. Then you all know what happened next.
But I remember it best, sitting on the front row, in a theater in the round, for just over an hour, while he told his story less than 10 feet away from me. One of the most incredible theater experiences of my life. He is truly a remarkable man.