Comments | manman85: Exit, pursued by a bear.

manman85

Exit, pursued by a bear.

Jul 12, 2010 01:34

I saw The Winter's Tale in the Park tonight. Aside from the woman behind me who kept FLICKING MY HAIR, it was quite lovely! Shakespeare in the Park is so different from other theatre. Everything about it so relaxed. You can eat and drink in your seat, you can see the entire audience for the first quarter of the show... It's like everyone sort of ( Read more... )

jtf, shakespeare, casting, theatre, hamish linklater

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poinsley July 13 2010, 00:56:52 UTC

But how was the bear?

(My old roommate's theater group thought about doing this and I asked if I could play the bear. Best. Stage. Direction. Ever)

manman85 July 13 2010, 04:07:31 UTC

It was lame, just a sound effect and a shadow that looked nothing like a bear. :(

anonymous July 13 2010, 03:10:19 UTC

I feel like you could found a theatre that casts people from pop culture in Shakes plays. I think that would be totally fun.

anonymous July 13 2010, 03:10:58 UTC

Oops, this is Natasha.

manman85 July 13 2010, 04:12:12 UTC

And by "people from pop culture," you mean "people from Gossip Girl," right? Those are the only "pop culture" people I have ever cast in Shakespeare. And they're actors. It's not like I want to see Kim Kardashian playing Desdemona or Bret Michaels playing Henry IV.