For me, it's Edward Albee's Whose Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? Posted by Lady Jane (Member # 7249) on :
A Long Day's Journey into Night or A Streetcar Named Desire Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.
Posted by KarlEd (Member # 571) on :
The Crucible Posted by Myr (Member # 5956) on :
"Play" by Samuel Beckett. Specially the PBS (I think?) version with Alan Rickman.
"Waiting for Godot" and "Red Noses" are also two current obsessions.
Posted by the_Somalian (Member # 6688) on :
You know, I've never actually seen a play performed in a theater, but I do enjoy reading them. I've recently discovered David Mammet's plays after seeing god knows how many of his films. He's quite the talent.
Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
quote:Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.
I'll echo Scott R on this one.
quote:"Red Noses"
Ooh, just saw this one a couple weeks ago at the Gamm Theater in Pawtucket. I know the guy who plays Bells -- I'm taking a clown class from him.
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
Lion in Winter
And that's not just because I was in it. I loved the version with Katie Hepburn and Peter O'Toole (with Anthony Hopkins), and I love the version with Patrick Stewart and Glenn Close. It's just a dang good play.
Posted by Verily the Younger (Member # 6705) on :
I don't get to see many plays, but last year I saw Kipling's "Man Who Would Be King", and it was excellent.
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
Ooh, and I just thought of a couple more. See How They Run by someone I don't remember and You Can't Take it With You by the same. Those two plays had me laughing so hard that I was in pain, with tears in my eyes the whole time. Both of them are a blast!!
Posted by Andrew (Member # 7502) on :
Do musicals count?
If so, then probably Miss Saigon or Phantom of the Opera, though next...Tuesday, I believe, those will almost definately be beaten out by Spamalot, which I get to see then.
Spam spam spam, spam spam spam spam spam. Spam spam.
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
Just to be unoriginal:
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
I was Guildenst. . . oh shoot. I always forget. Was I?
I hate boats, anyway.
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
Maybe Into the Woods? Fiddler on the Roof? I can't choose!
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
I couldn't pick just one. But, if memory serves You Can't Take It With You is the oly one I ever walked out on at intermission because it was so bad.
(That is, I remember walking out of one, around the same time that I remember seeing that one, and I think that's the one I left, but it might have been some other one instead.)
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
Though I should have walked out of "Waiting for Godot." I think the only reason I didn't was because I was an English major, and seeing that play is a rite of initiation for English majors.
I do wish I could have those two hours back, though.
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Cyrano de Bergerac.
Favorite play, period.
Posted by HesterGray (Member # 7384) on :
I'm fond of "Noises Off." Although, I can't think of a whole lot of plays that I've seen. Unless we're counting musicals.
Posted by sarcasticmuppet (Member # 5035) on :
I heard Noises Off is awesome funny, and they even made a movie with John Ritter. I meant to put it on my must-see list.
My favorite show that I've seen is Avenue Q. I've listened to Phantom, Wicked, Into the Woods, Scarlet Pimpernel, and Jekyll and Hyde but I've never seen the actual shows, as much as I love the music. Family by Eric Samuelson that is currently being done at BYU is becoming one of my favorite straight plays.
Posted by Space Opera (Member # 6504) on :
Favorite that I've read - "Angels in America"
Favorite that I've seen - bah! I can't remember the name of it! It's the one about Matthew Shepherd, and it involves many different roles being played by the same actors.
space opera
Posted by Audeo (Member # 5130) on :
Does opera count? If so then "Madame Butterfly" by Puchini (sp?). If not then 'Proof' by David Auburn. It's based on the same story as the movie "A Beautiful Mind" but differs in severa important ways that make it better IMO. A close second would be a production of Poe's "The Tell-tale Heart."
Posted by Book (Member # 5500) on :
Well, I'd say mine, but it certainly wouldn't be bringing anything original into this thread.
Posted by Myr (Member # 5956) on :
Mike - I saw it there too! Bells was my favorite character going IN to the play -- just having read it -- and well, after his performance, he was *quadrupally* my favorite. That man is quite talented! (The guy who directed the play and played Flote is a professor of mine )
Posted by Myr (Member # 5956) on :
Icky - I can't imagine a live performance doing Godot justice I've only seen the Beckett On Film version, and it was perfectly carried out!
Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
It's much easier to say which Broadway musicals DON'T classify as favorites, rather than do... they're fewer...
I'm not crazy about the Sound of Music or the Music Man. I love pretty much all the others.
But non-musical play, I would have to say The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde. Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
I had never heard of Noises Off until about 6 weeks ago. My father bought the movie and showed it to me, and in the time since, I've seen it referenced a good half dozen times. What a weird sense of synchronicity or something.
I would love to direct Noises Off, though I doubt my theatre company would want to stage anything so elaborate that was not a musical. It would lose money. :-\
Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :
R&G are Dead, The Importance of Being Earnest.
Want to see Avenue Q (already know the soundtrack ) and the Discworld plays.
Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :
I have scripts for three of the Discworld plays. If Hatrack were less spread out geographically we could do a production!
Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
Myr,
quote:Bells was my favorite character going IN to the play -- just having read it -- and well, after his performance, he was *quadrupally* my favorite. That man is quite talented!
He is indeed. I'll tell him he has a fan.
I've seen the guy who played Flote before, too -- he played Brick in that play by Tenessee Williams.
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
quote: You know, I've never actually seen a play performed in a theater
Wow.
Um, you should see one! Most are great! Posted by Brinestone (Member # 5755) on :
I love W;t. It touches a very personal chord with me.
Posted by Little_Doctor (Member # 6635) on :
Phantom of the Opera OR Fiddler on the Roof Posted by skillery (Member # 6209) on :
Annie Get Your Gun or Seven Brides for Seven Brothers or something down-home-country like that
Posted by Myr (Member # 5956) on :
Aww, musicals shouldn't count. They're a totally different category! (btw I have a very soft spot for Les Mis)
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
Ug.
Myr, you and I are just total opposites when it comes to shows, ain't we?
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
What's wrong with Les Miz?
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
If musicals count, we could be here a long time . . . On the assumption that they do not, I'll say Jake's Women.
Posted by Astaril (Member # 7440) on :
Vinegar Tom by Caryl Churchill was pretty thought-provoking. And I really like The Importance of Being Earnest too. Funny though, I've never seen either live. I tend to act in plays more than watch them I guess... And I won't get into musicals except to mention that Ragtime is easily the best one ever, since no one's brought it up yet. Has anyone else even seen it? I don't think it was ever a big hit.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
Other than sucky maudlin songs and a sucky maudlin story, absolutely nothing.
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Posted by Bob the Lawyer (Member # 3278) on :
The Crucible is teh awesome. Seeing William Hutt in A Long Day's Journey into Night was pretty awesome. Seeing William Hutt in *anything* is awesome. Since nobody has mentioned any Chekhov, I'm going to have to give the nod to The Cherry Orchard. The episode of The Family Guy I watched last night was taking pot shots at Uncle Vanya so he's on my mind Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :
Euripedes' Medea, Mort, and last year's FASS production at my school.
Posted by Astaril (Member # 7440) on :
You saw FASS!? Crazy! I was the choreographer last year... Hmm. Waaaaait a second. You're not in Classics, are you? Just going from the Latin name and all. 'Cause I'm in Classics, and if you're in Classics, I'm pretty sure we know each other and that would be...odd. Good! But odd...
Did you see FASS this year? Or the year before last? Or have you seen any other KWLT besides Mort?
Posted by MattB (Member # 1116) on :
Angels in America kind of gets Mormonism wrong (though I think Kushner's on the right track about its spirit and that of America) and it's shrill about its politics, but I really like its grandeur and sense of cosmology.
Along the same lines, Equus.
The Glass Menagerie for its simplicity, tenderness, and fragility.
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Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
quote: What's wrong with Les Miz?
Well, for a start, it's Les Mis (short for Miserables)... Posted by Javert (Member # 3076) on :
My favorite would have to be Seascape with Sharks and Dancer by Don Nigro. I've never seen the show performed outside of the classroom, but it's an incredible play.
Posted by mothertree (Member # 4999) on :
Chekhov's The Seagull. I student-directed a production once. So it's kind of a matter of which one I know the best.
Posted by Myr (Member # 5956) on :
Guess so Icky Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :
The Guthrie Theater’s production of The Play’s the Thing, translated by PG Wodehouse.
Maybe. That’s the one that popped to mind first, but I don’t think there’s been a year in the last 15 that I haven’t seen at least ten plays, and the majority of them are excellent. (Most of the rest are mediocre, and, of course, a few are either laughably bad or coma-inducing boring.) Worst play ever – Home.
Idea for a script that sounds great at first but anyone with half a brain should have figured out was a bad idea long before it got to rehearsal – A one-man show based on four essays(!) of CS Lewis. I mean, I love Lewis, but his essays are some dense prose. I think at one point ElJay and I were the only two people in the auditorium that weren’t asleep, and that’s only because we were keeping awake by counting all the other people sleeping.
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
With so many many different themes and styles of plays, picking a favorite would be like comparing oranges and Apple computers.
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Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
quote: Well, for a start, it's Les Mis (short for Miserables)...
Let me defend myself in my choice of letters *clears throat*.
I chose to write it Les Miz, because of the pronunciation of the "s" in Les Miserables. It's not even a hard "s", it's a "z" sound. Therefore, I'm perfectly able to use a "z".
*sniff*
Posted by Javert (Member # 3076) on :
OMG, I can't believe I forgot Picasso at the Lapin Agile by Steve Martin. AWESOME play!
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
That's Lay Ms, Teshi. Don't let the French holdja down.
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Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
"Les Miserables" in French is pronounced with the "z" 's'!
EDIT: Anyway, the point is that it's a pretty great musical, and I like it, regardless of whether you pronounce it Less Misserables or Les Miserables!
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Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
That ain't how Americans pronounce it. Remember the Freedom Fries!!!
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Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :
Astaril, no, not in Classics, but I am in Latin. Do I know you? That would be really weird. Have you taken any upper-year Latin recently, or perhaps last term's G&R Religion? And nope, haven't seen this year's FASS or any other KWLT productions. Co-op messing with things.
Posted by Astaril (Member # 7440) on :
No, I'm a Greek geek and stay mostly away from the Latin. I took the G&R religion class but it was a few years ago. I know most of the folks that do take Latin though: Bridget, Joni, Stef, Mike, Madelyne, Diane, Cathy, Kathleen...any of these familiar? If you're ever in the Classics Lounge, I most definitely know you. I wonder, I wonder... We could play 20 questions or something. Or, you know, just trade names and see. But that's the boring route.
P.S. Sorry to interrupt the Miserables discussion - carry on...
Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :
All familiar names. I lived with Bridget for a couple years at SJU. I think - think - she may be one of my few contemporaries left. Everyone non-co-op who started school with me is graduating this year. And I think most of those folks took Vergil last term with me. I pop by the classics lounge occasionally, but usually I find it too crowded. Don't suppose you were out at the Heather Dale show Thursday? I noticed a few of the usual suspects there - Joni and few others. I think the biggest hint I can give you is that I'm NOT a member of Classics, but I AM a Latin Geek. Everyone else doing upper-year stuff is part of the faculty, I believe.
Sorry to everyone else for this thread de-rail. In order to pretend that I am still contributing to the main discussion, I will offer that I also hated Death of a Salesman.
Posted by Astaril (Member # 7440) on :
Interesting... I was in fact *supposed* to be at the Heather Dale show with Joni et al. but wound up not going. Hmmm...Latin geeks, Latin geeks. Who else do I know of? I'll have to think about this. And yes, the Classics Closet is either pretty crowded or empty most of the time. Handy place to go get distracted though. Alright, guess number one. You're not Crystal, are you?
Edit: Oh, yes. Main discussion. Ummm... Oh! I saw Les Belles Soeurs once, and it was fantastic. I'm sure it would have been even better in French, but I probably understood it better in English and it was still great.
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Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :
Nope.
Hint 2: I am the direct cause and sole beneficiary of LAT 391 this term. Okay, it's a crummy hint, but I'm trying to think of what might make me distinctive. I usually blend into the background.
Posted by Astaril (Member # 7440) on :
Direct cause of 391, eh? Ummm...that's not helping much. What programme are you actually in?
Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :
Honours Arts Applied Studies Co-op (Religious Studies).
EDIT: Actual serious question here: Anyone know the name of a French musical that played a few years ago, about Notre Dame Cathedral, and some refugee squatters? I only saw one song, and it didn't have subtitles, so I'm working from some very fuzzy memories here. It was also playing in Rome last February, I think.
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Posted by Astaril (Member # 7440) on :
Huh. Ummm...okay, this guessing thing isn't so easy. But that cuts out Sarah and Steph and Tamsin and...everybody. Let's get more obvious. Hair colour? Glasses?
Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :
Dark hair, shoulder-length, give or take. Glasses, but I wear my contacts a lot. Earrings. I'm engaged to a guy I met online (Bridget knows this, and I have no idea what rumors get around). Make up extremely rare, often have a big deep blue scarf I wear. Have an official Latin Minor. I've never taken any Greek classes. I hang around Leah a lot, if you know her.
I have no idea what else I could add. I'm really an invisible person.
Posted by Astaril (Member # 7440) on :
Hmm. I'll have to see if I can figure you out! I don't know that you'd know me. I'm the relatively loud one who always tutored Greek...which wouldn't tell you much I guess. I was in Curchin's LAT 100A in 2001, and Robertson's LAT 100B with Bridget a couple years ago; I don't know if you were in those too. Well, I'll figure you out...
As for the musical, was it a take on the Hunchback story, or a different story altogether? "Notre Dame de Paris" was a French musical out on video a few years ago, based on Hugo's novel...?
Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :
I was in Napran's 100A class in '01, and Curchin's 100B. I was in Neuru's 203 course Fall '02. Would you have been in that one?
I have no idea if the Hunchback was involved int he play. The song was about the age of cathedrals, that's all I remember.
Posted by Astaril (Member # 7440) on :
Edit: And no, I only did Greek after 100B. I shall apply to my Latinesque friends for help in finding your identity and get back to you...
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Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
I know one line from that musical. A long time ago, I heard a song, and this one line is all I know...
quote: Il est foutu le temps des cathédraaaaaaaaales
That's the line. Weird.
Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :
Yep, that's the play. I recognized the gargoyles and the guy with the funny nose. Odd how our memories cling to the small things.
EDIT: I could always just tell you, if you want.
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Posted by Astaril (Member # 7440) on :
It is funny. I saw part of a TV version of a play once (I don't really know it was a play but it just didn't have that 'written for TV feel') and all I can remember is that Susanna...oh, Susanna whatshername who plays Jane in the BBC Pride & Prejudice was climbing through a window. I've always wondered what it was because the bit I saw was interesting, but that's not much to go on.
Edit: Oh, alright fine. Ruin the fun. Who are you?
Edit II: And of course, if I still don't know you I'll feel very silly!
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Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :
Alison or Ali. In case that isn't much help, here's a half-decent pic of me.
Posted by Astaril (Member # 7440) on :
Hmm. Okay, I've seen you around a few times. I'm Polly, if that means anything to you, and I'll have to do some digging to find a picture of me...
Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :
Polly, Polly... I've gotten some Aggelos emails from you in the past?
Anyway, the rest of you may now return to your regularly scheduled thread...
(edited for spelnig)
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Posted by Astaril (Member # 7440) on :
(Last offtopic post, honest! Well, here, anyway).
Ah heck. I always liked this one. Mostly because people pay more attention to the puppy in the picture than me. And yes, you've gotten a lot of aggelos emails from me... I always forget how many people are actually on that list! Anyway, perhaps I'll see you around then. Nice meeting you...again!
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I loved the version with Katie Hepburn and Peter O'Toole (with Anthony Hopkins), and I love the version with Patrick Stewart and Glenn Close. It's just a dang good play.
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We could play 20 questions or something. Or, you know, just trade names and see. But that's the boring route. ![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
Who are you?