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LONG PLAY
« on: October 23, 2008, 12:19:54 AM »
Well, you've read the notes, the notes were long and had little play, and now it is time for you to post until the long playing cows come home.
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Re: LONG PLAY
« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2008, 12:20:42 AM »
And the word of the day is: MEEKEN!
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Re: LONG PLAY
« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2008, 12:30:12 AM »
Topic of the Day:  almost appropriately, I saw The Threepenny Opera last night, and although I enjoyed the acting and singing very much, the show itself was three very long hours long.  They had one 15-minute intermission after the original first act and the second and third acts were put together as one.  My friend Kim who is in the show, said that the las act is really only 20 minutes long, so it made sense to break it up that way...but still. ;)
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Re: LONG PLAY
« Reply #3 on: October 23, 2008, 12:41:15 AM »
TOD:::

Normally, Romeo and Juliet is one of my favorite Shakespearean plays...

However there was one prodution of it that was SO BAD that It lasted nearly 4 hours. They even forgot part of the balcony scene! You could a person feeding the lines to Juliet and she was not even on the right area for half of her lines. The lighting was something out of bad nightmare..However, I will give the small school kudos for at least trying.
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Re: LONG PLAY
« Reply #4 on: October 23, 2008, 12:58:06 AM »
About 10 years ago, I saw the final dress rehearsal of a very good local production of "Waiting for Godot."  All the elements were very good, but I just didn't get it...I'm not sure I still do. ::) Anyway, the first act was an hour and a half long and not knowing the show, when the intermission came, I actually thought that that it was a one-act and that was the end of the show.  Boy, was I wrong.  The director came over and said "Well, that's the first act," and I couldn't believe it!  But after the short intermission (being final dress, and all), they did the second act.  That was one of the first shows that I can remember that I REALLY felt was WAY TOO LONG.

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Re: LONG PLAY
« Reply #5 on: October 23, 2008, 12:59:57 AM »
I have never been able to get that play George....
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Re: LONG PLAY
« Reply #6 on: October 23, 2008, 01:02:00 AM »
I had to read it for the theatre class I took. However I did really likea production that NDSU did osme years ago of "The Rivals" and School for Scandal"
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Re: LONG PLAY
« Reply #7 on: October 23, 2008, 01:21:08 AM »
Well, I must be going to bed.  Good night, Dakota...and any guests. :)
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Re: LONG PLAY
« Reply #8 on: October 23, 2008, 01:23:50 AM »
Good night, DR George.  Pleasant dreams!
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Re: LONG PLAY
« Reply #9 on: October 23, 2008, 01:24:47 AM »
***RECOVERY VIBES***
for Allan, DF of DR Tomovoz!
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Re: LONG PLAY
« Reply #10 on: October 23, 2008, 01:25:38 AM »
***COMPUTER VIBES***
for DR Cillaliz!
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Re: LONG PLAY
« Reply #11 on: October 23, 2008, 01:28:06 AM »
TOD:

This doesn't count on technical terms, but I suppose it would be when I saw the original NY production of Angels in America - parts 1 & 2 - on the same day.  Great theatre, but a long day.
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Re: LONG PLAY
« Reply #12 on: October 23, 2008, 01:28:10 AM »
Hello singdaw,... I am suffering writers block and I am in serious need of inspiration..
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Re: LONG PLAY
« Reply #13 on: October 23, 2008, 01:28:58 AM »
Vibes to Allan, DF of Tomovoz...
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Re: LONG PLAY
« Reply #14 on: October 23, 2008, 01:29:05 AM »
Hello, DR DakotaCelt.  Heading out now to walk the dog.
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Re: LONG PLAY
« Reply #15 on: October 23, 2008, 01:29:23 AM »
Puter vibes to Cillaliz...
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Re: LONG PLAY
« Reply #16 on: October 23, 2008, 01:30:18 AM »
Have a pleasant walk... ARE you walking the dog or is the dog walking you?  :)
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Continue to contaminate your bed, and you will one night suffocate in your own waste. ~~ Chief Seattle, 1854

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Re: LONG PLAY
« Reply #17 on: October 23, 2008, 03:00:54 AM »
I'm not sure what the longest play that I've seen was.

Les Miserables certainly was long, the first time der B and I saw it.  But that was partly because we had just arrived in London after a long overseas flight, and hadn't really slept, and der B had insisted that we get tix for that night, and we didn't nap before the show for fear of oversleeping, so what was a long musical ended up topping a very long day.  Or two, depending on how you measure it.

(That, plus our seats were in the next-to-last row of the very top balcony.  We were so far up that my ears popped.)
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« Reply #18 on: October 23, 2008, 03:02:23 AM »
We have walked out on a few shows, but that's usually been due to my depression acting up, making it impossible for me to stay.  Bleh.
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« Reply #19 on: October 23, 2008, 03:05:35 AM »
One of the shows that we left at intermission was a Long Beach Civic Light Opera production of No No Nanette.  My depression was so bad that night that I wanted them to rewrite the song so that the lyric would go "I want to be happy but I can't be happy.  End of discussion."
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« Reply #20 on: October 23, 2008, 03:21:02 AM »
Polly Pen's "silent movie opera" Bed and Sofa just seemed really long.   ::)
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Re: LONG PLAY
« Reply #21 on: October 23, 2008, 03:47:44 AM »
Love the "I want to be happy" line, Woody!
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« Reply #22 on: October 23, 2008, 03:48:29 AM »
Vibes to Australia for Tom's dear friend
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« Reply #23 on: October 23, 2008, 03:49:28 AM »
Tomovoz, I hope I've thanked you for the lovely postcard.  If not, thank you so much.
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Re: LONG PLAY
« Reply #24 on: October 23, 2008, 05:04:17 AM »
TOD:  there was one production of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying that I saw which seemed to go on for several days, the fella who was cast as the lead was dreadful... he was like a bad standup comic - he would actually repeat lines that didn' get the laugh he was looking for while staring out in the audience -  I would have escapoed but a dear friedn of mine was also in teh play and stayed for the love of him - and to reassure him that HE wasn't the reason the production was so dreadful 
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« Reply #25 on: October 23, 2008, 05:05:19 AM »
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« Reply #26 on: October 23, 2008, 05:05:49 AM »
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« Reply #27 on: October 23, 2008, 05:06:46 AM »
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« Reply #28 on: October 23, 2008, 05:07:09 AM »
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« Reply #29 on: October 23, 2008, 05:08:08 AM »
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