We went to see Michael C. Hall in Lazarus, the musical written by David Bowie and Enda Walsh, and directed by Ivo Van Hove.  Hall and two other actors (Michael Esper and Sophia Ann Caruso) are reprising their roles from the New York City production. The rest were new to the cast.

I was able to get a few photos when Hall was in character onstage before it started. You can just make out some of the musicians behind the two sets of glass in the third photo.

And one after it was over. I would love to know who the photographer of this photo of Bowie is. Sotheby's had several by the same person, also large like this. I tried finding out online but was unsuccessful.

The plot was difficult to follow. It is supposed to be a sequel to the movie/book The Man Who Fell to Earth, so I suppose it would have been helpful to have seen it beforehand. I didn't know which parts were his dream and which were real, but that might have been intentional. The singing was excellent, Hall even sounded like Bowie, and the set was designed so that you could see the musicians for most of the play (and they sounded great). The video design was very good and pervaded the play, sometimes only on a large wall/screen and sometimes projected onto everything, including the floor. It was cleverly done, where the video was mirroring the actors on stage. I don't know that I would recommend it as a must-see production, but mostly because of the play itself. It's pretty good for a jukebox musical, though, if that's your thing.

Reading through the list of songs ahead of time, I couldn't help but notice that almost all of the titles seemed appropriate for what has happened in our country leading up to this election: "This is not America," "The Man who Sold the World," "It's no Game," "No Plan," "Love is Lost," "Changes," "Where are We Now?" "Absolute Beginners," "Dirty Boys," and "Life on Mars." Only it's not a play back home.

While we were at the play, Part I (47 pieces) of Bowie's art collection was being auctioned off at Sotheby's, including the most valuable piece, Jean-Michel Basquiat's Air Power, which sold for £6.2 million (£7.093 million after the buyer's premium). That's twice as much as the estimated value of £250,000-350,000. The total for the night was £24.3 million, and there are more than 300 pieces left to be auctioned off tomorrow, including the two pieces I liked. I tried to register as an online bidder this morning, but it has to be done at least 24 hours ahead. The election results kind of set me back yesterday. My only option would be to call in a phone bid, but I'm a little reluctant. Besides, if they are going to be going for twice the estimated value, that is pretty much a deal breaker. I may tune in to watch it online tomorrow, though.

This afternoon when I was on Facebook, an ad kept showing up about getting from London to Heathrow, I think advertising the Heathrow Express. I know that Facebook uses your browser history and emails to match your interests with their ads. I'm a little freaked out about that since I haven't done any searches on that subject, but I did have a conversation earlier today with Gord in our flat about how the girls were going to get to the airport at the end of their visit here in a couple of weeks. Does this mean Facebook has bugged our flat?!