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Post by alady on May 8, 2020 9:12:56 GMT -6
We didn't have the budget for musicals (went to more of a football and shop class high school) but I also cannot sing so it was okay. My mom just sent me a newspaper clipping of when I was Marilla in Anne of Green Gables and my friend Liz was Anne, that might have been one of my favorite plays we did.
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Post by Tweet on May 8, 2020 10:10:32 GMT -6
Didn't realize it at the time but senior year of high school I did yellow face for a production of "anything goes".
Related, I fucking hate musicals
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Post by clouddead on May 8, 2020 10:14:56 GMT -6
I get it. You don’t usually learn about racism until college.
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Post by Tweet on May 8, 2020 10:19:04 GMT -6
I get it. You don’t usually learn about racism until college. The kicker is that the director was like an ultra conservative southern baptist who hated me cause I said fuck a lot. Hindsight being 20/20 I should've just told her to fuck off but alas My theatre director was cool. She gave me a lot of candid feedback about my audition prep for college and saved my ass with an LOR that I swear tipped the balance in my getting in to a few programs. I don't think she does theatre anymore at the high school which is a bummer to think about |
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Post by ten15 on May 8, 2020 10:31:12 GMT -6
My "Theater for Non-Acting Majors" instructor at U of I was Sandra Marquez. She was really cool. Just saw yesterday that she is participating in a Steppenwolf's Pants Optional Soiree tomorrow. They listed 5 of the participants: Joan Allen, Gary Cole, John Malkovich, Laurie Metcalf, and Sandra Marquez. Pretty cool. She was lots of fun and taught me how to punch someone on stage without actually hitting them. She was in one of the strangest productions I saw at U of I (Kabuki Madea), which is saying something, given I dated someone who was part of an experimental dance troupe.  |
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Post by llamaoftime on May 8, 2020 16:50:04 GMT -6
Didn't realize it at the time but senior year of high school I did yellow face for a production of "anything goes". Related, I fucking hate musicals Your political career died before it started unless you move to Virginia or Canada |
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Post by Tweet on May 8, 2020 18:03:31 GMT -6
Hear me out: I don't wanna do politics
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Post by Tweet on Oct 13, 2020 18:27:44 GMT -6
Ben Brantley is stepping down after 27 years as the theatre critic/reviewer at the New York Times
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Post by thebosma on Jul 11, 2022 12:53:21 GMT -6
What I would give to read a tell-all on the Funny Girl behind the scenes mess
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Post by alady on Jul 11, 2022 13:25:13 GMT -6
For real tho
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Post by krentist on Jul 11, 2022 13:35:42 GMT -6
What are everyone’s “heavy rotation” cast recordings of musicals they listen to? I find myself returning to the 10th Anniversary concert of Les Mis pretty frequently, as well as the original concept album for Jesus Christ Superstar Hadestown and Dear Evan Hansen |
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Post by thebosma on Oct 17, 2022 9:52:40 GMT -6
It’s the year of broadway drama
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Post by Tweet on Oct 17, 2022 10:13:45 GMT -6
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Post by thebosma on Dec 4, 2022 9:39:34 GMT -6
I’ve listened to pretty much every major Les Mis recording and am kind of a snob about which ones I like, so I was a little nervous with what the new touring cast was going to sound like. We went in Milwaukee last night and it was easily the best live theatre experience I’ve ever had before. Maybe helps a little that I managed to get 4th row tickets right when it went on sale. Highly highly recommend seeing if/when it comes to your city
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Post by rango420 on Dec 15, 2022 10:14:29 GMT -6
Gonna try to catch the Sam Jackson Piano Lesson but is there anything else I should try to get a rush ticket for on Broadway rn haven’t been paying attention
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Post by thebosma on Dec 15, 2022 10:20:40 GMT -6
If you like Phantom and want to see its current iteration before they strip it down like they did the West End production that would be a must see. Beetlejuice is closing in feb as well and Alex Brightman was basically born for the role, would be worth going to for cheap since they can’t sell tickets for shit. Come From Away is also closing but I would rather have a root canal than see that one.
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Post by thebosma on Dec 15, 2022 10:23:00 GMT -6
Oh and if you’d like to see Funny Girl with an illiterate Fanny Brice, you’re in luck
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Post by rango420 on Dec 15, 2022 10:40:48 GMT -6
Not really a musical guy unless it’s really stupid . I like plays with stunt casting tho
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Post by Tweet on Dec 15, 2022 11:05:47 GMT -6
Like a real chud I want Book of Mormon tickets. Have only seen a bootleg of the original
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Post by thebosma on Dec 15, 2022 11:10:41 GMT -6
Like a real chud I want Book of Mormon tickets. Have only seen a bootleg of the original It’s very good/fun |
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Post by clouddead on Dec 15, 2022 11:15:27 GMT -6
Like a real chud I want Book of Mormon tickets. Have only seen a bootleg of the original It’s very good/fun Seconded. Saw it when it was originally in Chicago. |
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Post by dij22 on Dec 15, 2022 11:19:43 GMT -6
The Book of Mormon was probably the most/hardest I've ever laughed in my life.
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Post by alady on Dec 15, 2022 11:39:01 GMT -6
I took my parents years ago, they also loved it.
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Post by nanatod on Dec 15, 2022 14:27:11 GMT -6
the grandson of the then head of the mormon church sublet my college apt. when I was home for a summer. if his extended family ever found out about his low level drug dealing and his disrespect for his own religion, they would not have been endeared about it. |
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Post by teekoh on Dec 15, 2022 14:33:09 GMT -6
Do you think they would’ve liked the show?
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Post by thebosma on Dec 15, 2022 14:48:18 GMT -6
Do you think they would’ve liked the show? There are a lot of extremely niche Mormon jokes in the show, it’s distinctly possible. |
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Post by nanatod on Dec 15, 2022 15:25:32 GMT -6
Do you think they would’ve liked the show? the grandson could have written it, but with more adult themes in it. |
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Post by rango420 on Dec 21, 2022 15:12:59 GMT -6
Gonna try to catch the Sam Jackson Piano Lesson but is there anything else I should try to get a rush ticket for on Broadway rn haven’t been paying attention this was alot of fun and easily got a rush ticket in the 4th row. didnt realize Denzel's son and cyborg were in it too |
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Post by krentist on Jun 22, 2023 10:38:17 GMT -6
People who see theatre in Chicago: I would like to see West Side Story tonight before it leaves town. Looks like prices are around $100 which is fine but is there somewhere else I should be looking to perhaps score a deal?
Edit: have tried StubHub, SeatGeek, and Gold Star in addition to of course the opera house online box office.
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Post by ten15 on Jun 22, 2023 10:39:28 GMT -6
People who see theatre in Chicago: I would like to see West Side Story tonight before it leaves town. Looks like prices are around $100 which is fine but is there somewhere else I should be looking to perhaps score a deal? Sometimes Goldstar has theater deals. Mrs ten15 saw WSS and absolutely loved it, by the way. |
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