Theresa Caputo

This past Wednesday Mema, Zoe, Landon and I went to the Lyric theater to see Theresa Caputo. (You may know her from the TV show Long Island Medium.) The show didn't start until 7:30 pm but because Zoe was coming from her house to the venue and meeting us there we decided to go early and have dinner together and then go to the show. We planned to meet around 5:30 pm but that didn't quite work out because going into the city at that time of day is an absolute nightmare. Landon really wanted to drive that night and against my better judgement, I let him. It was very stressful trying to direct him through the busy city streets while trying to read tiny or non-existent street signs in the dark. There were a few times I just KNEW we were going to hit a car and even one time I thought he was going to take a person out, but it didn't happen and we made it to the parking garage around 6. We couldn't get out of the van fast enough!

Our first stop was in Barnes & Noble to use the restroom and one of the cashiers there told us about a good pub to eat at that was right outside their doors, so we headed that direction. We only got inside the small pub to find that there was a 30-45 minute wait for a table so we headed back outside to find somewhere else to eat. We ended up walking a bit and found the Pen & Quill which had good reviews and wasn't busy at all. It was a really nice looking place and we were thankful to be somewhere indoors and warm. The food ended up being really good so that was a big bonus! We ate, paid and made it back to the theater by 7:15 or so.

We had bought our tickets well in advance so I couldn't even remember what type of seats we had so I was pleasantly surprised when we were seated in the very front of the middle balcony. It was nice not having anyone sitting in front of us. The show was supposed to start at 7:30 but for unknown reasons it started at least 15 to 20 minutes late. When Theresa finally did come out it was to a thundering applause. People were really excited to see her and probably even more excited that they had a chance of being "read" by her.

The show was supposed to end at 10 pm but it ended a bit earlier than that, who knows why. She did some interesting readings during that time and while I admit to being quite skeptical, she did make me feel like she knew things that she shouldn't. It never felt like she was guessing what people wanted to hear but more that she had a bit of knowledge that she was sharing. She did repeat herself a lot though and often said that "spirit was showing her something she'd never seen before". I wouldn't say that I'm not skeptical anymore, but it was definitely eye opening and and an interesting performance. Theresa is one of those people who you want to be friends with. She has a charismatic personality and seems like a fun person to hang out with. She's silly and says things you wouldn't expect and claims that she can talk to dead people...who wouldn't want to hang out with her?!

I'm not sure I'd go see her again, at least not in such a large venue with so many other people, but I do believe that most of the audience truly loved her and the show.

Getting home from the show was another nightmare, but mostly just because we ended up sitting at a complete standstill in the garage for a good half hour. Why? Who knows. It wasn't until just after 11 that we made it home and oh man was I exhausted!