wutheatre special!
hello all you theatrites!
i thought i would write you a special blog thanks to a bit of ironic fortune i had recently. as you all should know, you are just about to close what i'm sure is a fabulous show of dear charlotte. (i know, it comes as a shock, doesn't it?).
well, i was informed last week, that this week i would be viewing a show entitled "bronte", by polly teale. it's about brontesauruses, naturally, but i thought you would all get a kick out of it.
anyway, i saw half the show last night. i saw half because almost our entire class left at intermission. i know i know, it's a terrible thing to do, but we were mostly taking our cue off of our professor, who also left. he's a part time theatre critic here and makes a habit of leaving at interval.
it's not that the show was bad in any respects. ok, it was bad in some respects. whoever played branwell over there in salem, i know he did a better job than this one. the story was somewhat interesting, but it was kind of half-ass brechtian, as in the playwright didn't really commit to it, and just kind of had the actors break out occasionally and talk about how hard life was for the brontes, and how amazing they were. anyway, i found myself wondering how much longer the act was going to run, and by the time interval rolled around, i'd had enough, and i had a lot of work to do besides. under different circumstances, i might have stayed, but not last night.
so i thought i would treat you all to a little review of theatre over here that you might be able to appreciate. actually, i bet with what you all know now about the brontes after working on your show, you probably could've enjoyed this one a lot more than i, who is bronte-ignorant. of course, you may just be sick of everything bronte, and that's ok too.
here's a promo picture for the show:
the one in front is anne, next back is charlotte and standing against the wall is emily. this is a funny way to put them, since at least in the first half, most of it was focused on emily, then charlotte, then branwell, and least of all anne (sorry jess). anyway, strange stuff.
good luck to all of you on your closing weekend! i know you'll have everything up to snuff and tip top and all. i hope to see good pictures when i return.
so, that's it for now, i'll let you know next time something interesting happens over here.
cheers,
scott
i thought i would write you a special blog thanks to a bit of ironic fortune i had recently. as you all should know, you are just about to close what i'm sure is a fabulous show of dear charlotte. (i know, it comes as a shock, doesn't it?).
well, i was informed last week, that this week i would be viewing a show entitled "bronte", by polly teale. it's about brontesauruses, naturally, but i thought you would all get a kick out of it.
anyway, i saw half the show last night. i saw half because almost our entire class left at intermission. i know i know, it's a terrible thing to do, but we were mostly taking our cue off of our professor, who also left. he's a part time theatre critic here and makes a habit of leaving at interval.
it's not that the show was bad in any respects. ok, it was bad in some respects. whoever played branwell over there in salem, i know he did a better job than this one. the story was somewhat interesting, but it was kind of half-ass brechtian, as in the playwright didn't really commit to it, and just kind of had the actors break out occasionally and talk about how hard life was for the brontes, and how amazing they were. anyway, i found myself wondering how much longer the act was going to run, and by the time interval rolled around, i'd had enough, and i had a lot of work to do besides. under different circumstances, i might have stayed, but not last night.
so i thought i would treat you all to a little review of theatre over here that you might be able to appreciate. actually, i bet with what you all know now about the brontes after working on your show, you probably could've enjoyed this one a lot more than i, who is bronte-ignorant. of course, you may just be sick of everything bronte, and that's ok too.
here's a promo picture for the show:
the one in front is anne, next back is charlotte and standing against the wall is emily. this is a funny way to put them, since at least in the first half, most of it was focused on emily, then charlotte, then branwell, and least of all anne (sorry jess). anyway, strange stuff.
good luck to all of you on your closing weekend! i know you'll have everything up to snuff and tip top and all. i hope to see good pictures when i return.
so, that's it for now, i'll let you know next time something interesting happens over here.
cheers,
scott
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