JCC Amph What was the last play you attended?

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The Buried Child, Sam Shepard's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1978 play about familial decay set in some Illinois farmhouse, with autobiographical undertones and a dark sense of humor, at the Edge Theater, in Chicago's Edgewater neighborhood.

Unsurprisingly bleak! The title gives fair warning.

Masks were recommended and it was nice to see that 90% of the audience complied in this post pandemic era where the threat of covid spread locally is set at an uninteresting "medium" level.

 

The Magic Flute, in 2002; it was a high school field trip, which made it particularly nice. Performance was at The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, where a ****-ton of Academy Awards have been held.

 

Tuck Everlasting… a friend of my daughter was the female lead so we all went. It was not a school play but this separate deal…
Unlike school plays there’s something about this dynamic where the family members (99% of the audience) vigorously over clap and cheer for every little thing… it’s more like a suburban sports culture than theater and I find it really annoying LOL. Let the thing breathe people.

 

Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play. It was....not very good. Interesting concept but the execution wasn't there and it wasn't as Simpson-y as I thought it would be.

 

Was this the Tuck Everlasting musical? The book was an absolute favorite of mine as a child. The movie was underwhelming, but I'd love to catch the musical somewhere, someday.

 

It’s been quite a while. I think Mary Poppins in 2012. The dancing on the ceiling bit was top notch.

 

Yes. The singing was understandably… mediocre LOL, but the kids were good overall.

 

I saw Hamlet during the summer. I make it a point to see one of Shakespeare by the Sea's shows every year. They put them on in the remains of an old military battery in this wooded park, it's always a good time.

In June I went to a theatre to see The Rocky Horror Show, which was great. It was closing night, and it was a crowd that was very, very into it.

 

Does Opera count?

 

It was a like teen/kid ballet version of the Nutcracker.






But technically the last play i saw i was in while in korea

 

why not

 

Ah, Mozart!


I saw Les Miserables at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in 1989. Awesome place.

Edit: Last play I saw was Spamalot...probably close to ten years ago. I saw Blue Man Group a few years ago does that count? Not really a play I suppose.

 

I think it was mean girls the musical a few months ago

The Inheritance was performed here a few months previously– first half felt really alive, bold, and vivid, the second felt a little excessive and ran out of steam

 

I saw live versions of Peter Pan and Beauty and the Beast at my local theater a few years back. Both were excellent.

 

do cinema showings count?

we saw Frankenstein the one with Benedict Cumberbatch , it was pretty goo.

 

no dammit it has to be a play adaptation of a movie like the thing @cubman987 went to which probably accounts for 90% of Broadway anyway.

 

I saw the Opera Carmen in April.

Very well done. It’s an old story and a popular story. It’s love story at its heart that is also about loyalty, class, and politics. The politics aren’t really important other than providing a reason for loyalty.

I liked how straightforward the plot was. The twists are smaller twists until the end. The story just makes sense. The simplicity of it gave it mythic quality.

I knew the music from Carmen before - it was great to see the translations to English for the first time to know what people are saying. The music is so effective that it conveys emotions without needing the language.

I also liked the drastic location changes between scenes. I was not expecting the smugglers camp in the third act.

During the second intermission I heard an audience member give a major spoiler. I found that sort of amusing. It was a spoiler for me but also this is 147 year opera - so maybe I could have known better.

Anyway the spoiler was true but didn’t okay out the way I expected.

 

I saw it then, with Nathan Lane and Lee Evans. What a great show.

 

I saw an excellent stage adaptation of Trainspotting a few years ago. It was very strong stuff and I really admired the commitment the cast showed. They made themselves very vulnerable to stay true to the novel.

 

To Kill a Mockingbird on Wednesday, the one by Aaron Sorkin. When it comes to Scout's performance, "sound like a kid" and "sound like you're from the South" combine badly together to end up at "sound like you're from Boston" far too often.

 

I don't like the word " attended" .