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Whats your favorite play?

Booko

Booko

Deviled Hen
Ah, thanks to Dr. Nosophorous for reviving this thread!

I don't know why I forgot this one, but I saw a production of Seamus Heaney's "Juno and the Paycock" that was really top notch.

If I could only see one play ever, though, it would still be Lear.

I saw the NY Shakespeare Festivals version in '72, with James Earl Jones as the King, and some other familiar names like Rene Aubourjenois as Edgar and Raul Julia as Edmund. Netflix has a copy available on DVD now, if anyone wants to check it out.

Seeing Aubourjenois and Julia later, in Benson and Addams Family later, it seems like such a waste of talent for them to be doing that material. But I guess one has to pay the bills.
 
Buttercup

Buttercup

Veteran Member
doppelgänger;893567 said:
I saw Steve Martin's "Picasso at the Lapine Agile" a few years ago and really enjoyed it.
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That is a good play. :) Rick's son and my daughter are both theater majors at Southern Oregon University and they were in that production in a smallish coffee shop in Ashland. His son was Elvis and my daughter was.....um, can't remember her name. :p Was lots of fun.

I couldn't name a favorite play. The last best play I saw was Fiddler on the Roof in NYC a couple of years ago. The opening rendition of "Tradition" was so amazing and powerful I had chills and goosebumps I couldn't control for a minute.
 
Nanda

Nanda

Polyanna
It's really hard to pick a favorite. I guess my favorite straight play would have to be Jose Rivera's Marisol. As for musicals...oof. I'm gonna have to go with Rent. It may not be the best of the best, but as a teenager of the mid 90's, it will always hold a special place in my heart.
 
doppelganger

doppelganger

Through the Looking Glass
They weren't necessarily "great" but they were a lot fun: in the mid-90s I used to go to a really small, independent theater on Capitol Hill in Seattle called "Theater Schmeater" where they put on live stage versions of "Twilight Zone" episodes complete with a spot on "Rod Serling" to introduce them and hilarious commercial breaks.
 
Runt

Runt

Well-Known Member
Oh boy, this was surprisingly difficult...

Musical: Sweeney Todd
Play: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)
 
England my lionheart

England my lionheart

Rockerjahili Rebel
Premium Member
A Mid Summers Nights Dream,never get bored with seeing it,Savages by Christopher Hampton,Les Miserables,Caberet,Rock Horror Picture Show (favourite musical) and more Shakespeare
 
monta

monta

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Nice exhumation EML ;) I love ' A Midsummer Nights Dream' am scared of the 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' and my absolute favourite is Samuel Becketts 'Endgame'
 
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Nepenthe

Tu Stultus Es
Endgame is brilliant. I'd say Hamlet and King Lear to read, Othello and A Midsummer's' to watch.
Or is it vice versa?
 
monta

monta

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If I have to top ten Shakespeare I would go,

Macbeth ( I know they say it's been cut to heck, but I like the pace of it )
Hamlet
A Midsummer nights Dream
Twelfth Night
The Taming of the Shrew
The Merchant of Venice
King Lear
As You Like it
Othello
Troilus and Cressida
 
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Nepenthe

Tu Stultus Es
Bold move Monta. ;)
I can't think of a top ten for Shake' but I think Titus would be at the bottom and Hamlet and King Lear at the top. Though I love Titus in a similar way I love over the top violence and shock in horror films. That's just me though.
 
Buttercup

Buttercup

Veteran Member
Les Miserables
Fiddler on the Roof
Cyrano de Bergerac
Phantom of the Opera
Much Ado About Nothing

Hmmm, I know there's more but this list was written pre caffeine. It's early.
 
Mr Cheese

Mr Cheese

Well-Known Member
klubbhead024 said:
I just got back from seeing Phantom of the Opera in Toledo, and yet again it blew me away! I have seen this play 6 times, each in a different city, and I never get tired of it!
What is everyone's favorite play?
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Macbeth....

I saw the frogs with Nathan Lane in New York city....
seeing guys dressed as Dyonisian worshippers surrounded by men in frog suits..
well, I think its the worst performance I have ever seen
 
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