Sometime between December 18--22 Paul and Linda went to see the play that would win the 1975 Tony Awards for best play, Equus.
This was a "leave the kids with the nanny" type of night because Equus while being considered one of the best plays of the 20th century, was very controversial. It is the story of an 18-year-old boy named Alan, who was a stableboy who blinded six horses. His psychologist works to find out why he did such a thing and discovers things about the boy. This play has two major nude scenes when Alan is naked riding a horse and another sexual scene between Alan and the female lead. When Paul and Linda would have seen the show, Anthony Hopkins was playing the part of the psychologist. It premiered in October 1974 and was showing at the Plymouth Theater on 45th Street.
When I look at the weather graph for December 1974 in New York City, I see that the only day between December 18 and 22 that there was any rain was December 22, when there was 0.01 precipitation. Every other date is 0.00 -- so I would think they saw the show on December 22, but I need to do more digging.
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