Too much theater? Not hardly!
Quote of the Day:
D: So what'd you think of the Opera?
W: There was only one camel.
D: But there was a camel.
W: I was promised camelS.
D: ...What?
W: Other people were complaining about it, too.
So I'm still pretending I'm all cultured and a supporter of the arts and crap. This year the Lyric Opera theater season has been kind of meh. I liked Cabaret okay, and Ainadamar had a certain charm. But they're not doing too well with their sound equipment lately leading to some unevenness.
Still, I enjoy their shows. And Ainadamar had some really cool sets. And it was in Spanish, so I could understand large chunks without resorting to the surtitles.
I went to see Wicked at Gammage, but I'm starting to turn into a humorless elitist. (Wait, starting?)
It was really irritating to have to dodge little knots of people taking pictures of themselves visiting Wicked at Gammage. Or having dumbasses flash their cell phone lights in my eyes because they're taking a dozen pictures of themselves in their Gammage seats.
IT.IS.JUST.GAMMAGE.
And then the people looking at their cell phones DURING the show. Some of them the same people who were deciding to preserve this moment. Why the extremes here?
Anyway, Wicked was fun. Good sets, costume, effects. Some catchy and memorable songs. The plot felt kind of thin and they spent too much time letting the actress playing Glinda spaz all over the stage. But it was worth going.
Aida was awfully long, but I thought it was neat. I liked the music in Carmen better. Wm says it's the best opera we've gone to see so far. Though he pretty much HATED every other opera we've been to see so far so I'm not sure if that's saying much.
So I haven't been posting a lot, well I'm on facebook and stuff. Still having trouble with my stomach.
D: So what'd you think of the Opera?
W: There was only one camel.
D: But there was a camel.
W: I was promised camelS.
D: ...What?
W: Other people were complaining about it, too.
So I'm still pretending I'm all cultured and a supporter of the arts and crap. This year the Lyric Opera theater season has been kind of meh. I liked Cabaret okay, and Ainadamar had a certain charm. But they're not doing too well with their sound equipment lately leading to some unevenness.
Still, I enjoy their shows. And Ainadamar had some really cool sets. And it was in Spanish, so I could understand large chunks without resorting to the surtitles.
I went to see Wicked at Gammage, but I'm starting to turn into a humorless elitist. (Wait, starting?)
It was really irritating to have to dodge little knots of people taking pictures of themselves visiting Wicked at Gammage. Or having dumbasses flash their cell phone lights in my eyes because they're taking a dozen pictures of themselves in their Gammage seats.
IT.IS.JUST.GAMMAGE.
And then the people looking at their cell phones DURING the show. Some of them the same people who were deciding to preserve this moment. Why the extremes here?
Anyway, Wicked was fun. Good sets, costume, effects. Some catchy and memorable songs. The plot felt kind of thin and they spent too much time letting the actress playing Glinda spaz all over the stage. But it was worth going.
Aida was awfully long, but I thought it was neat. I liked the music in Carmen better. Wm says it's the best opera we've gone to see so far. Though he pretty much HATED every other opera we've been to see so far so I'm not sure if that's saying much.
So I haven't been posting a lot, well I'm on facebook and stuff. Still having trouble with my stomach.