As the title states, I saw Beau the Musical. I have mentioned I prefer plays to musicals but this one has a ton of positive reviews so I decided to see it. I am so glad I did. The only thing I knew was that it was about a queer man who discovers his grandfather is not dead as he had been told.
The show as at Theater 154, which holds 74 people. I had never been here before. I was incrediby cranky because HOT when I arrived. I was holding up the QR code to have my ticket scanned without even realizing my ticket didn’t have a QR code. I was wondering what was taking the woman so long and why she had a weird look on her face. Oh because I am an idiot, got it.
It took me forever to get here because fuck you the MTA. It is 90 something degrees outside. I had to transfer trains. If it’s 90 something outside, it’s a million something inside a train station and of course the D train is delayed. I had to wait 23 minutes for the D, on top of the 10 I had to wait for the N. I never cooled down, could not end the sweating. I was soaked before I even left my train station at home, super soaked by the time I arrived at the venue. And still wet when I got back home hours later.
Once you enter, you go downstairs. Restrooms to the left, theater to the right. There’s two restroom entrances, neither were marked men or women so free for all. There was no line for either, which pleasantly surprised me since I was sure I was going to be too late to use the restroom before the show.
Walking to the theater brings you past a bar, I wanted a drink so bad I AM SO BURNING HOT. I got a Diet Coke which was lukewarm, but it was only $3.
There were signs up that you could go inside and get a drink from the Distillery Bar on the stage. I didn’t know what that was about so I didn’t get off the bar line. Once I did get inside, I saw there was in fact a bar on the stage.
The show takes place at a venue in Nashville named The Distillery (hence the bar on the stage.) Whoever designed the set deserves an award. This place really looked like a bar and not a theater.
The star of the show is Matt Rodin, who plays Ace Baker. Ace is a musician who left Nashville but returns home with his band to play the songs he wrote while growing up in Nashville.
As already mentioned, Ace discovers the grandfather he thought had died was actually alive and his mother had been lying to him his whole life. Ace connects with his grandfather, Beau, and Beau completely transforms Ace’s life for the better.
I was not expecting to cry during this show but there I was choking back tears at the end. This is one of the best shows I have seen all year and I have already seen over 100 shows this year so that means a lot.
The program was very clever. I am honestly so impressed with the entire creative team for this show.
Every person in this show was casted perfectly. 
The show was scheduled to end but has been extended until August 3. I would not be surprised to see it extended again.
If you want to buy tickets, you can do so on their website HERE.