Yesterday Beth and Emily and I went to see a play called Living Dead in Denmark. It's the sequel to Hamlet, in which the eponymous Prince of Denmark teams up with Titania, Queen of the Fairies, sets himself up as the Zombie Lord, and raises an army of the undead to regain his throne, currently occupied by Fortinbras. Meanwhile, Fortinbras brings ( Read more... )

This afternoon Donna and I went to see The Complete History of America (Abridged). There were bad puns and water guns and anagrams and flying babies and a horrible, horrible joke about a finger in a dike. I laughed until I cried and didn't learn a damn thing. It was a good afternoon. It's a good thing I waited until the end of the run, or I would' ( Read more... )

The Good News: The Reduced Shakespeare Company is performing in DC!
The Bad News: The "cheap" seats are $40, including five whole dollars off with a student ID.

The RSC will be alternating between The Bible: The Complete Word of God (abridged) and The Complete History of America (abridged), which is great because I haven't seen either of them yet ( Read more... )

Those of you who have somehow managed to live your lives in ignorance of the Reduced Shakespeare Company shall huddle in darkness no more. Although London is very far away and their US tours are for some reason generally confined to minor stages in tiny nowhere towns, you too can experience their comedy genius through the technological miracle that ( Read more... )

Reminder
As You Like It is at Miller tomorrow night at 8:30. Attendance at my theater picnics has been woefully low this year, so I want to see some people out there getting cultured damn it. Shakespeare is good for you. Also, next Wednesday (the 17th) we'll be going back again to see a performance of Greater Tuna by Joe Sears and Jaston Williams, ( Read more... )

Tomorrow I get to meet Jasper Fforde! Huzzah! And Thursday we're going to go see Hamlet! Double Huzzah!

Hamlet is at Miller, as usual, weather permitting. I'll probably get there about 7:30 if you want to meet me there. Due to unfortunate scheduling at Star I'm not catering this one, but I'll be stopping at Niko Niko's on the way up and I'll be ( Read more... )

Attention:

On Thursday, July 21st I will be on the hill at 7:30 to watch The Music Man. I will be catering, a French-style picnic complete with wine. Please RSVP by Tuesday the 19th if you will be wanting food, or else just show up with a blanket and join the group. See y'all there!

Dates on which I will be partaking of free theater goodness:
The Music Man - Thursday, July 21st
Hamlet - Thursday, August 4th
As You Like It - Thursday, August 11th
If you want to come along drop me a line sometime, or just show up and look for me.

Attention free theater fans! The Miller Outdoor Theater summer series has been announced. TUTS will be running The Music Man July 18th-23rd. This year's Shakespeare plays are As You Like It and Hamlet, on alternating nights July 29th-August 3rd. I plan to have picnics for as many of these as possible, hopefully all three. Details will be provided ( Read more... )

I just had the most wonderful weekend. I took the whole weekend off work, and Bethy came down for sisterly bonding. We went and saw the school's production of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) which was very good even though they did skip our favorite joke for some unknown reason. I even wore my "I Love My Willy" T-shirt, but it ( Read more... )