stratford mini reviews - and by reviews i mean thoughts - and by thoughts i mean - i may be a drama teacher but i have no idea what is "good theatre" - and by good theatre i mean that my philosophy class has taught me that is all relative anyways so it doesn't really matter - and with it being relative i don't actually plan to say a whole lot about the play anyways... and with all that -->
much ado about nothing: i saw this one with my sister a couple weekends ago. we had fun despite not seeing the biebs (he was busking outside the afternoon show at the avon - we were the evening show at festival theatre). the play is shakespeare - basically about a guy who loves a girl but things go wrong of course - shenanigans ensue and we end with a girl who is "dead" but the guy gets to marry her "cousin"... my favourite characters were the friends of this couple - i think they are classified as the leads and i found out later watching interviews that they are married in real life --- i thought that would be really fun - getting to act as a couple with your real life couple in a theatre company where you do the same play for months - the chance doesn't come around a lot i'm sure.
42nd street: i saw this one with christina this afternoon. the story line was weak but the singing/dancing was GREAT. cynthia dale was one of the leads - i love her... i spent a lot of time super confused about what was happening - basically it's a musical about creating a musical... lets just say the musical they are creating would be the worst show ever! but the show 42nd street was really fun. tap dancing is something that i may have to try someday... maybe if the ghanaian dancing doesn't happen next year i'll try tap...
matchmaker: i saw this one with my momma tonight. i loved most of it - actually hoped it would pass my stringent guidelines for a play to do with the school but i'm not sure it will - i'd have to read the script and see if some of the semi-inappropriate parts are actually semi-inappropriate in the script or just in the portrayal of it... and to be clear - when i say semi-inappropriate i don't really think it's inappropriate - just maybe in the context of my school... anyways - moving on. also, the kid who would do really well in the lead has now graduated... and it doesn't highlight the girl's i'll have this year as good as i'd like.... so i'll have to read the plays i have stacked up in my car and cross my fingers something comes of that...
anyways - those are my non-review reviews... stay tuned for henry v tomorrow and wanderlust on tuesday or whenever i get around to posting them...
hope you're all surviving this heat :)
much ado about nothing: i saw this one with my sister a couple weekends ago. we had fun despite not seeing the biebs (he was busking outside the afternoon show at the avon - we were the evening show at festival theatre). the play is shakespeare - basically about a guy who loves a girl but things go wrong of course - shenanigans ensue and we end with a girl who is "dead" but the guy gets to marry her "cousin"... my favourite characters were the friends of this couple - i think they are classified as the leads and i found out later watching interviews that they are married in real life --- i thought that would be really fun - getting to act as a couple with your real life couple in a theatre company where you do the same play for months - the chance doesn't come around a lot i'm sure.
42nd street: i saw this one with christina this afternoon. the story line was weak but the singing/dancing was GREAT. cynthia dale was one of the leads - i love her... i spent a lot of time super confused about what was happening - basically it's a musical about creating a musical... lets just say the musical they are creating would be the worst show ever! but the show 42nd street was really fun. tap dancing is something that i may have to try someday... maybe if the ghanaian dancing doesn't happen next year i'll try tap...
matchmaker: i saw this one with my momma tonight. i loved most of it - actually hoped it would pass my stringent guidelines for a play to do with the school but i'm not sure it will - i'd have to read the script and see if some of the semi-inappropriate parts are actually semi-inappropriate in the script or just in the portrayal of it... and to be clear - when i say semi-inappropriate i don't really think it's inappropriate - just maybe in the context of my school... anyways - moving on. also, the kid who would do really well in the lead has now graduated... and it doesn't highlight the girl's i'll have this year as good as i'd like.... so i'll have to read the plays i have stacked up in my car and cross my fingers something comes of that...
anyways - those are my non-review reviews... stay tuned for henry v tomorrow and wanderlust on tuesday or whenever i get around to posting them...
hope you're all surviving this heat :)
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