I am so jealous! That sounds like a fantastic trip - so many plays! And I didn't know RSL had done Long Days Journey Into Night. Cool. Who was he, Edmund
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Yes, RSL was Edmund. I *think* that was one of the ones he got a Tony nom for, but it's hard to keep track *g*.
I think the top price tickets are horrendously expensive (up to 60 pounds for Spamalot!) BUT there are usually cheaper options and most of them have some kind of deal for students/pensioners/unemployed and/or day seats, etc. I don't *think* it's government funded at all, but I couldn't say for sure either. You can get some great seats for 20-25 pounds though.
Glad you enjoyed. I did have a great time, and I did do an awful lot of research before I went to work out what I wanted to see. Doing a program where you had to review plays? Oh, yes that would be fun :)
A quick Google shows there is UK government funding for 'the Arts', which obviously includes theatre, but wouldn't the US have something similar? I wouldn't know, obviously :)
LOL, it probably just means it's been a while - or never - since you spent your valuable time paying any attention to the theatre scene. (I'm sure you must have heard of The Comedy of Errors - maybe with a little prompting? *g*)
Alas, I am but a Philistine when it comes to the stage. *g* Maybe because I live far from any large urban centre that has a thriving professional theatre community. We got a new cultural centre with a decent theatre stage only last year. Tonight my daughter and hubby saw a local production of "Little Shop of Horrors." And I did see a local theatre staging of "The Vagina Monologues" in the summer. I doubt we'd see shows like "Bent" in local theatre though.
Ooh, Little Shop of Horrors is fun! Vagina Monologues is very famous, but I've never seen it. I admit, I've not really been tempted to *g*. Did you enjoy it???
Oh, Avenue Q!!! How I really, really want to see this. I have the soundtrack as well - I know all the lyrics off by heart and often sing them in the car. I can't help but giggle at some of the lyrics from It Sucks to Be Me - that argument Rod and Nicky have during that songs is very House Wilson to me.
I downloaded a bad amateur video of the performance, but I would really, really like to see it live.
I've also decided to forgive you for not being a Monty Python fan. I'm a HUGE MP fangirl (I've also been knowing to laugh til I can't breathe in assosciated productions such as A Fish Called Wanda and Fierce Creatures). I can see why their humour could be amusing rather than hilarious; but I react VERY strongly to strange intonation and facial expressions. I think MP is like vegimite; if you grow up with it, you LUUUURVE it.
Did you know John Cleese also has clinical depression? I'm going to have to ponder the correlation between comic genius and chemical imbalance.
I've heard of that vid but been too lazy to persevere with the d/l. Yes, Rod and Nicky are very H/W... well really, very Bert and Ernie but it's all much the same :)
Oh, I'm glad I'm forgiven *g*. Yes, I was only mildly amused by A Fish Called Wanda too while everyone else was raving about it. I think I like more... "character" humour and/or wordplay rather than outright looniness. I'd heard that about John Cleese - it's like that old joke about the clown who visits the psychologist (you know, the 'you should see Boffo', 'but I am Boffo' one).
Hmmm - I guess it depends on exactly WHY you hate Stoppard, LOL. I do love the ideas in the plays of his that I've read, just not always the performance of them :)
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I think the top price tickets are horrendously expensive (up to 60 pounds for Spamalot!) BUT there are usually cheaper options and most of them have some kind of deal for students/pensioners/unemployed and/or day seats, etc. I don't *think* it's government funded at all, but I couldn't say for sure either. You can get some great seats for 20-25 pounds though.
Glad you enjoyed. I did have a great time, and I did do an awful lot of research before I went to work out what I wanted to see. Doing a program where you had to review plays? Oh, yes that would be fun :)
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I downloaded a bad amateur video of the performance, but I would really, really like to see it live.
I've also decided to forgive you for not being a Monty Python fan. I'm a HUGE MP fangirl (I've also been knowing to laugh til I can't breathe in assosciated productions such as A Fish Called Wanda and Fierce Creatures). I can see why their humour could be amusing rather than hilarious; but I react VERY strongly to strange intonation and facial expressions. I think MP is like vegimite; if you grow up with it, you LUUUURVE it.
Did you know John Cleese also has clinical depression? I'm going to have to ponder the correlation between comic genius and chemical imbalance.
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Oh, I'm glad I'm forgiven *g*. Yes, I was only mildly amused by A Fish Called Wanda too while everyone else was raving about it. I think I like more... "character" humour and/or wordplay rather than outright looniness. I'd heard that about John Cleese - it's like that old joke about the clown who visits the psychologist (you know, the 'you should see Boffo', 'but I am Boffo' one).
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I WILL READ THIS LATER.
re: your last comment...PIRAAAAAAAATTTTTEEEESSSSS
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IF YOU WROTE A REVIEW I HAVEN'T SEEEEEN IT!
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Here, I took this just for you - I had to go past this like a million times on the way to and from Victoria station.
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