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arwalden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 05:18 PM
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What Was The Last Play You Attended?
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mark414 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 05:20 PM
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1. a comedy of errors
and gypsy

not much for the theater though...girlfriend dragged me to the former and starred in the latter so...didn't have much of a choice
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arwalden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 05:20 PM
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2. A Tuna Christmas
starring Joe Sears and Jaston Williams.

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nothingshocksmeanymore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 05:26 PM
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11. Greater Tuna is one of my all time favorites..another DU'er starred in
it up north this summer but unfortunately I never got up there to see him :cry:
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arwalden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 06:40 PM
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34. I've Seen Greater Tuna On Video...
... the stage version and the Norman Lear HBO version. It's hysterical!! I just adore Vera!
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RevolutionaryActs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 08:08 PM
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44. How can you not love Vera?!
I have ask my friend if I can barrow here tape, I die every time I watch that video!
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gaia_gardener Donating Member (333 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 05:21 PM
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3. Community college production of
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. It was pretty good, considering they are such a small college it couldn't have been easy getting enough actors that could also sing.
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latteromden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 05:21 PM
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4. Les Miserables
And I'm going to Chicago in a week or so. *shrug* I'm not really one for plays that aren't musicals.
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amazona Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 06:09 PM
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22. same here NT
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 05:21 PM
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5. I saw "Take Me Out"
Last summer.


It was very good.
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Placebo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 05:22 PM
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6. I hate Plays.
:puke: They've never done anything for me.
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unblock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 05:24 PM
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7. the election. it was a tragedy. or maybe a farce, i haven't decided.
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 05:24 PM
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8. can't remember the name but it was a school play
friend of mine was sick and could not attend (single parent and it was her daughter) so I became that person the little gal could scan for in the crowd. :D
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teach1st Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 05:26 PM
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9. Hair
Coconut Grove, Florida, '69 or 70. My father took me as, I guess, some sort of effort to relate to me.

Not counting school plays, of course.
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bobbobbins Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 05:26 PM
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10. Last night i saw A Christmas Carol
The lead was good, everyone else sucked
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Lydia Leftcoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 05:28 PM
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12. Community theater production of Talley's Folly
I knew a cast member.

Minneapolis is a great theater town, and I plan to subscribe to some series next year. That's the only way I'll get myself geared up to go see anything, even though I love attending live theater. But this was the year for adding music and dance subscriptions.
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 05:28 PM
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13. GlenGaryGlenRoss
Several years ago at a small theater company in an old firehouse. Turns out a co-worker at the time was in it and I had no idea.
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Misunderestimator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 05:31 PM
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14. An off-off Broadway Play by Migdalia Cruz...
Edited on Sat Dec-11-04 05:33 PM by Misunderestimator
and I can't remember the title (On edit... after searching, I believe it was Miriam's Flowers)... thanks a lot for making me miss NY.
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St. Jarvitude Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 05:34 PM
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15. I did lights and sound for "Kiss Me, Kate" by Cole Porter
I was mostly Spot 1, but for one show I had to operate the sound board.
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sbj405 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 05:35 PM
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16. The Elehant Man nt
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yellowdogintexas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 05:45 PM
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17. "Voice of Hope", a two act biographical about BarbaraJordan
Edited on Sat Dec-11-04 05:48 PM by yellowdogintexas
and it was absolutely fabulous. The actress portraying Barbara Jordan nailed her to a "T"

The week before that I saw Jubilee theatre production of "God's Trombones" adaptation of James Weldon Johnson's "Creation" poem

I absolutely LOVE live theatre, and we try to go to a few plays every year.

The winter series for Casa Manana /Bass Hall is CATS, Miss Saigon, Grease (w/Frankie Avalon), Tuna Christmas, Red White and Tuna, and one other that I can't remember right this minute.

First time I have been tempted to buy season tickets in a long time.

I do want to see CATS in the Bass if I can
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Minimus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 05:55 PM
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18. Broadway show - "Rent" - in April 2001
My niece was always into singing and acting and when she was little I told her I would take her to a Broadway show for her 16th birthday. She never forgot I said that and held me to it. She picked Rent because she was just fanatic about the story and the music. She knows all the words to every song. After that weekend so did I. I took her and one of her girlfriends and they sang constantly.

We flew from NC to NY, stayed at the Hilton, toured the city for a couple of days, seeing all the tourist sites of course. I have some wonderful pictures of the twin towers. It's weird to think that just a few months later they were gone.

The night of the show I surprised her with a prearranged limo to take us to and from the show and a drive around to see the neon lights on Broadway (they are bright ya know)

I was not familiar with Rent and was disappointed about her choice, but damn it was good! After seeing it I was very glad she picked it. She gave me a CD of the soundtrack and it used to crack her up every time I would sing one of the songs from it.

Memories are lighting the corners of my mind....

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mcscajun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 06:04 PM
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19. Forbidden Broadway
A four-person revue/send-up of B'way present and past, with some topical stuff thrown in, to boot.

An inexpensive way to spend a couple of hours.
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 06:06 PM
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20. A Christmas Carol, December 26, 1998.
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 06:07 PM
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21. Adding that it was performed at the Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, MN.
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Radio_Lady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 06:09 PM
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23. Miss Saigon
Touring company played in Oregon last September. Just received the CD of the movie soundtrack of The Phantom of the Opera. (I review books, films, and theater for a local broadcasting outlet.)
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Kire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 06:10 PM
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24. Strangers on a Train
at the local playhouse, a friend of a friend played the psycho
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Radio_Lady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 06:14 PM
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27. First (and last) Play I Acted in...
the female lead, Catherine Marshall, in "A Man Called Peter" in our high school senior play. That was at North Miami Senior High School, in 1956!
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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 06:11 PM
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25. Phantom of the Opera
Last time it came to SF. I love going to the theater but due to budgetary constraints, I'm not able to that often. Plus it's always a chore to convince hubby that he'll have a wonderful time when we do (which he always does - it's just as difficult to get him to a rock concert or a sporting event. He'd just as soon stay home and I'm very similar so that's another reason - neither of us motivates the other).
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Radio_Lady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 06:16 PM
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28. Sounds like us with cooking...
Neither of us likes to cook. I'm trying to rededicate myself to going back into the kitchen, but after almost 32 years of marriage and raising five kids, I'd rather eat out every night, thank you.

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TheCentepedeShoes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 06:51 PM
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37. Saw Phantom
in Tampa in (I think) 1999. We have the Little Theater just a few blocks away but never been.
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Boswells_Johnson Donating Member (526 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 06:13 PM
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26. A Doll's House
The next one I'd like to see is Master Harold and the Boys.
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Eugene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 06:18 PM
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29. "Into the Woods" by a community theatre group
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Kellanved Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 06:27 PM
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30. Prokofiev: The Love for Three Oranges
n/t
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warrens Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 06:29 PM
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31. Seeing Streetcar in a couple of hours
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lenidog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 06:29 PM
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32. Sadly it was
It was was about 6 years ago. The play was "Inherit the Wind" with George C Scott.
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 06:32 PM
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33. A production of "Urinetown" in Toronto.
Absolutely terrific musical! AND...we got out tickets for half price. :-)

T
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Susang Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 06:46 PM
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35. Urinetown was the last show I saw!
What a coincidence. ;-)

Of course, I saw it in Chicago, and for free. :D
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 06:50 PM
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36. It's just a terrific musical!
Edited on Sat Dec-11-04 06:50 PM by terrya
Doug says (and I agree) that it's just a wonderful homage to the Broadway musical.

And, well...seeing it for FREE is even better (I was wondering how the Chicago production was. :-))

T
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Susang Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 08:06 PM
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43. It was the Broadway touring company
It was great. Michael and I actually used to go see the author's other musicals when he was staging them up at a little theatre on Northwestern's campus.

BatBoy used to do children's theatre with a guy who was in the Cardiff Giant theatre company, so we felt obligated to go and support their shows. Almost all of them were as bizarre and unusual as Urinetown. One of them even starred Alexandra Billings, pre-operation.

Mark Hollman was also in the Cardiff Giant ensemble cast and went on to write Urinetown. Small world. :-)
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SnohoDem Donating Member (915 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 07:05 PM
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38. Bye Bye Birdie
a new production by Edmonds' own Driftwood Players.
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Carson Donating Member (560 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 07:30 PM
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39. "Dancing At Lhunasa" (sp?) Small-town theater production. nt
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 07:30 PM
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40. fiddler
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salin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 07:35 PM
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41. "modern" version of God Spell
and it was a trip. Folks laughed - but didn't seem to get much of the meaning of the 'parables' being shared. Being in the audience, and getting the play, and realizing that many around did not - was rather surreal.
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Rowdyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 07:49 PM
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42. "Fame-The Musical" last season
Next month we're going to see "The Full Monty"
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RevolutionaryActs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 08:11 PM
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45. The Taming of the Shrew
Saw it last summer they have Shakespeare in the park every year here, always a fun time. :)
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MotorCityMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 08:19 PM
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46. Sunset Boulevard
touring company with Petula Clark. She was good, but I would have killed to see Glenn Close in the orginal.
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pres2032 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 08:22 PM
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47. The Hairy Ape
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Kat45 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 08:41 PM
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48. "Burn This" I just saw it today.
I really liked it. Michael J. Weiss (who was in the TV show "The Pretender") gave an excellent performance.
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