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Discussion in 'Community' started by Rylo Ken, Nov 18, 2022.

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  1. soitscometothis

    soitscometothis Chosen One star 6

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    It was all the way back in 2014, when I watched J. B. Priestley's Dangerous Corner, a play about a chance remark sparking a series of revelations which ends in tragedy. I watched it in Woking, and the cast was led by Michael Praed, best known for playing Robin Hood in the Eighties TV show Robin of Sherwood.

    I don't usually go to see plays and was surprised how much I enjoyed it.
     
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  2. FatBurt

    FatBurt Sex Scarecrow Vanquisher star 7

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    Play, dunno. Theatre production? Last one was "The Play that goes Wrong" by Mischief Theatre. There were times I struggled to breathe due to laughing.

    Prior to that, Avenue Q (excellent)
    Book of Mormon (excellent)
    Producers (excellent)

    In all honesty, I don't really do theatre but the missus has done, Rocky Horror Sing along (I'll watch normal but if I'm paying, I want to hear the cast, not the tone deaf muppets around me) she's also seen Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Sound of Music and Little Shop of Horrors.
    I'm still perplexed as to how I let her watch Little Shop of Horrors without me.
     
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  3. Ahsoka's Tano

    Ahsoka's Tano Force Ghost star 7

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    The last live show that I saw was Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill. I had seen the show with my brother when he came into New York in November 2021. I enjoyed Lauren Patten's Tony Award-winning performance so much that I sent my Playbill to the theater in the hopes that she'd sign it. I was pleasantly surprised when I got an envelope in the mail just about a month later that included my Playbill signed and personalized. Several years before, I had my Playbill for Wicked signed by Stephanie J. Block; who played Elphaba between 2007 and 2008. Of course I've seen plenty of shows in between (and before Wicked). I saw Hamilton in Chicago. I saw The Book of Mormon several years ago. Avenue Q while it was still playing.

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  4. Todd the Jedi

    Todd the Jedi Mod & Bewildered Conductor of SWTV Lit &Collecting star 7 Staff Member Manager

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    Yeah I saw that earlier this year when Jeff Daniels was Atticus, he was pretty great.

    I've seen my fair share of plays both from my days in school drama and just my interest in theater in general (helps that I've been an off-and-on resident of NYC for a long time). Some of my favorite performances attended are Spamalot, Avenue Q, the Hair revival from not long ago, Blithe Spirit (with Angela Lansbury RIP), Burn This (revival with Adam Driver and Keri Russel), and The Book of Mormon.

    Most recent show was me finally seeing Hamilton, and in a couple weeks I'll see The Piano Lesson with Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington, Ray Fisher, and Danielle Brooks. Hamilton was great as expected, other than the guy playing Hamilton the standouts were the actors for Aaron Burr, George Washington, and King George.
     
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  5. Lowbacca_1977

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    I saw it with Richard Thomas, Jeff Daniels seems like it'd be a lot more interesting, personally
     
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  6. Coruscant

    Coruscant Chosen One star 7

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    Marat/Sade. It was a university production. I got spat on.
     
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  7. Sarge

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    Billy Bishop Goes to War, precovid. I saw the original production as a teen decades ago, before I joined the Air Force and flew in war myself. The more recent production was reenvisioned as an old man remembering his glory days. That really spoke to me.
     
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  8. Ahsoka's Tano

    Ahsoka's Tano Force Ghost star 7

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    I was actually close to going with my brother to see Phantom on Broadway last Friday, but as these are the final weeks of the show being on Broadway, you can only imagine how high the retail ticket prices are. He definitely spent well over a couple hundred dollars for the show; the only seats I could find available where over $500. I've already seen the show both on Broadway as well as in Vegas. It's a great show of course, but not something I'd spend so much on. My brother got the actor who played the current Phantom to sign his Playbill.
     
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  9. Chancellor_Ewok

    Chancellor_Ewok Chosen One star 7

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    The most recent live events that I’ve been to are a Weird Al concert in August, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in September and Singing in the Rain in October. I have tickets for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat in January, and I may be going to see Hamilton after that.
     
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  10. Todd the Jedi

    Todd the Jedi Mod & Bewildered Conductor of SWTV Lit &Collecting star 7 Staff Member Manager

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    As mentioned I saw The Piano Lesson on Broadway. Very great acting all around- Sam Jackson was phenomenal as expected, but the younger cast were all great too, especially John Washington. Ray Fisher surprised me a little with his performance, proving he's got it where it counts with dramatic acting.
     
    Todd the Jedi , Dec 8, 2022
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  11. Todd the Jedi

    Todd the Jedi Mod & Bewildered Conductor of SWTV Lit &Collecting star 7 Staff Member Manager

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    I saw the off-Broadway performance of Little Shop of Horrors last night, very very fun. Always cool to see crazy puppeteering, and there were several stages of Audrey II for the puppeteers to have some fun with. Matt Doyle and Maude Apatow were great as Seymour and Audrey respectively, and the guy voicing Audrey II was pretty much perfect, very reminiscent of Levi Stubbs in the Frank Oz movie.
     
    Todd the Jedi , Mar 1, 2023
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  12. Jabba-wocky

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    It was back in 2010. Which I remember because it was set in pre-Revolutionary France and trying to make some really ham-fisted point about debt.
     
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  13. Chancellor_Ewok

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    Have Hamilton tickets for April. :D [face_dancing]
     
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  14. Todd the Jedi

    Todd the Jedi Mod & Bewildered Conductor of SWTV Lit &Collecting star 7 Staff Member Manager

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    I recently saw Bob Fosse's Dancin', which was very enjoyable for what it was. All his original choreography, so it had plenty of pizazz and glamour.

    I also went to the new Broadway Museum which was cool, if a bit pricey. It was fun learning about the history and evolution of Broadway and the shows that have graced its theaters over the years. Good collection of artifacts, props, and costumes, as well as a few recreated parts of sets. Naturally they had plenty of musical numbers playing over their appropriate exhibits. I'd definitely recommend it to any theatre lover.
     
    Todd the Jedi , Apr 1, 2023
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  15. DarkGingerJedi

    DarkGingerJedi Chosen One star 7

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    The Play that Goes Wrong. NYC. Xmas. 2017.

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  16. AutumnLight91

    AutumnLight91 Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    Last play I saw I was in. Did a suicide awareness play while stationed in korea
     
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  17. Lady_Belligerent

    Lady_Belligerent Queen of the RPF, SWC, C&P, and Pancakes & Waffles star 10 Staff Member Manager

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    I’m dying to get to the new museum, it sounds amazing.
     
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  18. Chancellor_Ewok

    Chancellor_Ewok Chosen One star 7

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    Hamilton. Last night. Brilliant musical. I got tickets for my birthday. “Sit down John Adams, you fat ************” will live rent free in my head forever.
     
    Chancellor_Ewok, Apr 2, 2023
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  19. JediYvette

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  20. A Chorus of Disapproval

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    We went to 2 consecutive stagings of Arsenic and Old Lace just before the pandemic started. Brilliantly produced.
     
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  21. Bacon164

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    I saw a queer community production of Romeo and Juliet in Feb

    gonna see To Kill a Mockingbird in May
     
    Bacon164, Apr 4, 2023
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  22. Chancellor_Ewok

    Chancellor_Ewok Chosen One star 7

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    Its great. I had heard the soundtrack before and watched it Disney+, so it wasn’t as if I was going in totally blind, but the thing that caught me off guard was how funny it is.
     
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  23. Lady_Belligerent

    Lady_Belligerent Queen of the RPF, SWC, C&P, and Pancakes & Waffles star 10 Staff Member Manager

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    It’s very funny, but I always cry when Philip dies.
     
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  24. JediYvette

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    Right? I was wrecked when Philip died. His death got more of a reaction from me than when

    spoilers!!!

    Hamilton died.
     
    JediYvette , Apr 4, 2023
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  25. Count Yubnub

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    The Marriage of Figaro. Before that, The Magic Flute.
     
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