text: I have been a longtime fan of Pawn Stars so when Pawn Shop Live came along I grabbed two tickets immediatelynI spent regular intervals of the show quietly apologizing to the person I roped into coming with me I also regularly asked Why is this happeningnMuch of the play is exposition LONG exposition At these times there is no joy no humor and no smiling nMost of the rest of the play is spend with a nod to the fact that the Old Fart is portrayed by a weird giant puppet uppertorso operated by the overworked actor giving this play and his many different parts in it his all At times the torso is abandoned to sit on the stage as the actor plays another part Everyone winks and nods and plays up the fact that the production is too cheap I am guessing to just hire an old man actor to play one of the most central figures in the storyThis becomes unbearable as the Rick character carries on ad nauseum about his dad when the old Fart should be out there telling the story himselfnAs if all of this were not tedious enough there is a multimedia aspect in the videos they cut to from time to time These are rudimentary at best but there is a dream sequence the with Chumlee character where he is fighting ninjas for no reason that goes on to the point where I thought I might lose my mindnThe production ends with a rousing musical number about how you should bring your stuff to them because they want to but it CRESCENDO nSave your money wait a few hours and go see Gordie Brown