cronoserge (imported) wrote: Wed Nov 19, 2014 6:50 am
to all those who reply, yes im an idiot, and have alot to learn. until than im going to say alot of stupid shit. please correct me when i am wrong.
Wow take it easy on yourself. We all have different ways of expressing ourselves and no one is judging you. This is a friendly, supportive and helpful site. Relax and enjoy yourself. Many of the topics discussed here I have no first hand knowledge so I also have a lot to learn.
cronoserge (imported) wrote: Wed Nov 19, 2014 6:50 am
to all those who reply, yes im an idiot, and have alot to learn. until than im going to say alot of stupid shit. please correct me when i am wrong.
I agree with tugon, over the years I have seen a lot of dumb or rude things said here, your comments never came close. If they had I would have sent you a private message so unless you get one of those your safe.
Someone years ago in talking about this group of people one asked what the members of this site were, were we brothers in arms or friends or what? We decided that we were family.
Back to Musicals, which I have loved almost every one I have ever seen, many are better then others but looking back I think the one that moved me the most is CATS. I know it was the only one when it finished I was standing and cheering and I was in my living room. Every time I watch it, it gives me more understanding and I am still cheering when its over, I do hope my next cat is black and white if so his name will be Mr. Mistoffelees.
I remember that back in about 1989, the local PBS station opened a store of educational games and playthings for kids. In the center of the store against the ceiling were large back-projected TV screens. All they played was CATS which was on VHS or DVD and ran about 120 minutes and repeated over and over. I mean to say that I like CATS and I like the poems set to music but this store was opened for years and CATS played on its screens for years.
The only other time I remember that was back before the big box electronic stores were all sorts of small stores and the ones in the malls all played FORBIDDEN PLANET on their TV's because that was the "big" VHS release movie of the time. All the stores around the place knew the sound effects ( Theramins, Ondes Martinot, and electronics ) and when certain ones hit they even knew the dialog and things like when shopping for shoes the salesman would mutter "here comes the ID monster" and things like that.
I always lingered and found a reason to watch Betty Buckley sing "Memories" . . .
I saw "Wait a Minum" and "NunSense" as dinner theater (or local theater) and liked them. They were fun.
I haven't gone over to the local amateur theater for no good reason.
I got tickets to the Pittsburgh Public Theater because there was a production of "Man of La Mancha" and I had not seen that since 1967 (yes, that's the right year) and it was easier to buy a season ticket than a single show. I've renewed it ever since.
Regardless, it's live theater and that is almost always entertaining. So I guess that if the only theater in the area was amateur than I would have tickets.
I would agree, live theater is small and inviting, there is energy there that you can never get at a movie. Sorry to say I have not been to one in several years, my oldest son did both high school and adult theater and I loved them all. The only professional theater I went to was in St Louis for 'Show Boat', it was the New York cast on summer tour, it was great plus it was about the river we lived on. I just looked it up, its revival is about every 20 years or so sense it was first done back in 1927, it just keeps rolling along.
You know, I don't think I ever watched the movie, but I have seen the play at least 3 times. Two were local theater the other was Broadway summer stock.
