four performances: a haiku collection

Golly gosh gee, it's been a busy November. I looked up tonight and realized that the BF and I have been to four performances in the past nine days, which is a lot of culture even for the likes of us.
I couldn't possibly list here a full account of all we've seen and done, so I'll instead try and distill it down into bite-sized insights. In other words, and borrowing a page from the Jane Catoe playbook, I give you four haiku.

Sweet Honey in the Rock
(Nov. 12, Carnegie Hall)
They're best on CD,
But these six inspire me still.
Too bad Bernice left.

The National Chorale
(Nov. 19, Lincoln Center)
Ludwig's lovely Ninth,
Here with no extra polish.
Not great, not awful.

The Woman in White
(Nov. 20, The Marquis Theater)
Thank god for the Brits
With Victorian ghost tales.
Andrew keeps it pat.

Bea Arthur
(Nov. 21, Symphony Space)
Maude likes dirty jokes:
Bottoms and nuns and blow jobs.
Bea? We never knew!