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Posted 12 August.
To date we've managed to see 3 shows in the theater district -- that's 3 shows in our first month (today's our "1 month anniversary" here) -- a pace we certainly won't be able to afford to keep up. "When Harry Met Sally" was a stage version (starring Molly Ringwold) of the movie of some years ago with Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan. It was entertaining, but not world-class. Our second show was "Anything Goes" -- the Cole Porter musical enjoying a revival. The songs and the dance numbers were fantastic -- the chorus dance number that ended the first act must have been 15 minutes long and was, we think, the most spectacular stage number we've ever seen. We saw this show with Jack and Lillian Karson who were spending a couple of days in London between Vienna and a cruise on the QE2. Jack is a classmate of Chuck's from Naval Academy days. Play #3 was the drama "We Happy Few", telling the story of six British women who formed a drama group during World War II. They entertained all over the country to try to substitute for the closed regular theaters which "went black" for the duration of the war. Ultimately they developed a repertoire of 30 plays (16 by Shakespeare), giving over 1000 performances, with the six women playing all the roles, including the male parts. Very uplifting story.
To date we've managed to see 3 shows in the theater district -- that's 3 shows in our first month (today's our "1 month anniversary" here) -- a pace we certainly won't be able to afford to keep up. "When Harry Met Sally" was a stage version (starring Molly Ringwold) of the movie of some years ago with Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan. It was entertaining, but not world-class. Our second show was "Anything Goes" -- the Cole Porter musical enjoying a revival. The songs and the dance numbers were fantastic -- the chorus dance number that ended the first act must have been 15 minutes long and was, we think, the most spectacular stage number we've ever seen. We saw this show with Jack and Lillian Karson who were spending a couple of days in London between Vienna and a cruise on the QE2. Jack is a classmate of Chuck's from Naval Academy days. Play #3 was the drama "We Happy Few", telling the story of six British women who formed a drama group during World War II. They entertained all over the country to try to substitute for the closed regular theaters which "went black" for the duration of the war. Ultimately they developed a repertoire of 30 plays (16 by Shakespeare), giving over 1000 performances, with the six women playing all the roles, including the male parts. Very uplifting story.
posted by Chuck and Kathi Calvano @ 7:51 PM
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