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[muji]

What's your favorite play? Do you even like plays? What about your pup? Are they, like mine, forced to sit through Chinese opera at times even though they despise it?

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[sdelmonte]

Hamlet, of course. I have not, in fact, seen many non-musicals live - if you are going to pay Broadway prices, you need to be sure you are getting something you want to see, so that means a lot of Shakespeare. But Hamlet is in a class by itself.

If you take the Bard out of the equation, I have to stick with musicals. And I would be inclined say Guys and Dolls.

Knox should go to more plays, living in Gotham. He doesn't, but would share my taste for Guys and Dolls if he did. (Maybe that is fodder for an OOM.)

Kirk, like all starship captains, is a fan of Shakespeare.

Cy isn't one for the theater. Neither is Gibbs.

Charlie is partial to Beckett and Mamet. And doesn't have the patience for musicals. (Would Sallie drag him along to a Chinese opera?)

[muji]

No she wouldn't, unless she brought it up and he seemed interested. The operas that are common to Shadow are the ones that tell the histories of the Exodus, so it's a big history lesson to her and that's about it.

[wanderlustlover]

Phantom of the Opera. >_> Totally a play. Musical. Thing.

Play-play's though? My favorite Shakespeare is Twelfth Night, but my favorite Shakespeare performance was an amazing Hamlet done by a three-man crew with props and small costume pieces. Or the one-man Christmas Carol that comes to town. These both constantly amaze me.


Edward sees sooo many plays and musical like things. With Carlisle. Marian's time has some, but not like ours so much. Peeta has probably never seen one not performed by children.

[dynastessa]

Does broadway count?

Because WICKED, hands down. It even beats Phantom and The Lion King for me.

Oh, man. I would kill to get another chance to see it again.

But I do have a ridiculous fondness for Shakespeare's Macbeth and King Lear. And Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot. And John Patrick's The Curious Savage (... but mostly because I was in it).

And I'll answer with Albus, because he's really the only one this question applies to. He's a huge fan of Shakespeare, but he's only seen the one play: A Midsummer Night's Dream.

But I think it'll always be his favourite, because 1) he got to see it in Muggle Stratford
2) in 1976
3) with his grandmother from the past.

[shinyhappygoth]

I'll probably be disowned if I don't say that my favourite play is In Transit. Okay, yes, my brother is one of the writers, but it really is an awesome show. (My brother happens to be awesome, so that makes sense.)

Better-known favourites include A Midsummer Night's Dream, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and Arcadia.

Plays are not Enzo's top choice of pastime, but he enjoys them well enough... not least because he's Dot Matrix's brother and usually gets to watch for free if he's quiet.

[gorgonfondness]

I'm a big fan of musicals and my current darling is Reefer Madness: The Musical. This is in part because the movie version has Alan Cumming, who is just tasty. I'm usually not fortunate enough to see musicals live but I did get to see a local college production of Urinetown recently with some friends and fun was had by all. (And if I'm allowed to count fictional examples? I always wanted to see Dwayne finish his rock opera based on Franz Kafka's life and his work The Metamorphosis in Home Movies.) ETA: I'm not sure how I forgot to mention these since I love them hardcore but I'm a big fan of the Very Potter Musicals and am eagerly awaiting the Threequel.

As far as play-plays go, props do go to the Bard; my favorite of his to watch is Macbeth. Non-Shakespeare play favorites include a play named after and based on Ovid's The Metamorphosis and The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, both plays that my college performed as well as Urinetown that I remember vividly and enjoyed immensely.

Plays on Lunar are more often histories, which makes going to see plays based on recent history an odd thing for Mia. They are a preferred source of entertainment, however, in some situations. She took people in Vane to see plays when she was pregnant so she wouldn't have to be up and around too much but her guests could still say they had a wonderful time. She also used plays as a copout to engagement parties. If asked about her favorite, she would mention a play based on the old legends about the Blue Star that will be performed soon and would you like to come?

[spooky-lemur.livejournal.com]

 Another for anything Shakespeare. I also liked a play of Clive Barker's that was basically a Frankenstein mashup with a Central American revolution. Other favorites, Wicked, Into the Woods, A Shoggoth On The Roof, and Silence Of The Lambs: The Musical. I actually don't get out much so most of my theatrical exposure is from the internet...can you tell?

Ben Grimm doesn't mind theater but needs to be dragged there by Alicia. He doesn't like Xanadu, Fiddler On The Roof, Sound Of Music or Cats, not at all and it was dust in his eye. Lion King was pretty cool though. Truth be told, he's a sap and enjoys plays. He doesn't like Beauty And The Beast or Phantom Of The Opera though mostly for all the looks he and Alicia get. And he was watching with a little too much glee the attempted production of Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark, primarily for the harassment factor of a certain team mate.

I can't see any of my other pups enjoying theater.

[spooky-lemur.livejournal.com]

Oh what the fresh new hells am I thinking? Artemus Gordon *loves* the theater! Even bad plays are like a breath of fresh air to him. He loves the classics, vaudeville and all manner of operas. He'd be a big fan of those new guys Gilbert and Sullivan if they were contemporary to him.

[the_gene_genie]

My favourite play is Henry V.

Gene would rather gnaw off his own arm than go to the theatre.

[alchemistseraph]

Someone totally needs to do this. <3

[the_gene_genie]

Lol, you think he'd look better with one arm?

[ceitfianna]

I always love Shakespeare and I'm not sure I could pick a favorite play as so much depends on my mood. Aristophanes is also close to my heart and a number of the tragedies as I helped to put them on during college which was interesting and had a class on Aristophanes in Wellington.

In terms of musicals, Wicked and Into the Woods are two sthat I love and their soundtracks can always make me happier. I was able to see Wicked in New York when a horrible boyfriend came to visit from New Zealand and it was great.

I miss being in the theater as at the local playhouse where I grew up, I took classes and was in some productions.

[alchemistseraph]

In terms of musicals, 1776 and Cats are pretty much tied for my top spot: the former because it was the first musical I ever saw (something like four days after I was born, though I have to take this on good faith as I certainly don't remember it), even before all the Disney movies. I qualify those as musicals since the songs are an integral part of the experience, and those are dear to my heart in a whole other way, but I've never seen any of them on stage. Rounding out my top five are Fiddler on the Roof, Phantom of the Opera and Pirates of Penzance. I am a huuuuuuuuuuuuge opera fan, and it definitely shows; my twenty-second birthday was spent driving through snow--which Georgians almost entirely do not know how to do--and sliding on icy sidewalks just so I could see a production at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta.

In terms of non-musicals I'd have to say Macbeth is definitely up there, as is most of Shakespeare, but on the whole I'm not as fond of non musicals. Music, especially written for opera (like, seriously, I about died with glee when as a high school symphonic band we played Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral for our Festival roster) just moves me in so many ways.

[thebattycakes]

I once took a drama course (it was a lit course, so not acting, just reading), wondering if maybe I could be a playwright.

I decided very quickly in that no, no I could not. They weren't for me, in fact I hated them. A lot.

IDK, I just, ugggh, the writing style and stories, and when I saw it, acting, just really, really wasn't for me.

And it was a broad view of it, so I wasn't stuck with just classics. We read everything from Death of a Salesman to Angels in America, and I just never did get into it.

There are a few plays I like, and don't judge me for them being mostly fairy tales for kiddies. I really, really liked Little Red Riding Hood when I saw it at the theater here. I don't care, it was fun and adorable, and no one was screaming 'STELLAAAAAAAAAA!"

Also, Hamlet. I actually have love for this play, and it's part Shakespeare, and part my 12th grade English teacher covering it very well, and making it very interesting, and showing us a lot of it's incarnations, from Olivier, to Mel, to Ethan Hawke and the Lion King.

That is a play I might pay to see live.

Most musicals that aren't cartoons or don't involve a certain Mary Poppins also set my teeth on edge. Say sorry.

I would kill, though, to see the Lion King.

[minkhollow]

Broadway: RENT, which probably doesn't surprise anyone. XD

Shakespeare: Twelfth Night.

Actual favorite that no one's heard of: A one-act I was in in high school, written by one of the teachers, called Phantoms, Parents and Prom. The working title was Aquaman Vs. Frank Sinatra (even though they weren't actually fighting; they were just the voices in the main character's head). It was a total blast. I still have the script.
("'I'm Aquaman!' That's all you ever say, you empty-headed porpoise." "Porpoises are intelligent!"
...yeah, I'll be over here. XD)

[kali921.livejournal.com]

Twelfth Night for me, followed by Macbeth. I love the Bard.

As for my pups, Shulkie loves Broadway musicals. The cheesier the better, although Beauty and the Beast is a favorite.

Siryn loves Beckett.

Lockjaw loves sleeping through Inhuman opera.

[spooky-lemur.livejournal.com]

My mind is picturing the extended F4 all going out to a show and the chaos that ensues. Reed would complain that he had research to do, Sue would bully him into going with a look and the kids would be grumpy at having to go see boring adult stuff. Ben would dress up for Alicia but grumble on principle and Johnny would dress to the nines to try and impress Jen.

During Act 2 Reed would try and sneak a peek at his experiment (which he of course brought along) and somehow it would get free or cause a rip in Space Time or something and by the end of Act Four and the curtain call, all members of the Fantastic Four would be pulled into the show.

[theresnodoor]

I was never really taught to appreciate classic anything, aside from rock, so I use this as an excuse for the lack of culture in my life. My favorite plays are contemporary - I saw a beautiful performance of The Laramie Project, an ASL show of Huck Finn. I'm not a great Shakespeare fan so while I've seen some movies of his work, I've seen very few plays and wouldn't be terribly excited to see another.

Rachel can appreciate cultural things - music, plays, lectures - and has seen many of them, either through school or outings with her parents. I think she appreciates them on a very detached level, though, and would never choose it. She's pretty obsessively active these days so anything that involves a lot of passive sitting and watching wouldn't appeal to her much.

[hey35andholding]

My favorite play's Twelfth Night.

And OMG Hairspray FTW when it comes to musicals, as much as I also adore West Side Story and 1776.