Theatrical goings-on, mostly

[chanaleh]

Hey, happy birthday, flinx!
Hey, congratulations on your defense, tahnan!

Hey, muchabstracted, did you happen to see the Sunday Globe Magazine a week ago? There was a column in it that we thought you might find amusing. (I've just been lame about posting since then.)

Upcoming theatrical events performances not to be missed:

(1) SchoolHouse Rock Live! -- The Musical
http://www.corestagecompany.com/schoolhouse.html
http://www.regenttheatre.com/events/school.htm

(2) theatreatfirst's Merry Wives of Windsor, of course, opens this Friday night. (HINT: this is the one that I am in!)
http://theatreatfirst.org/current/merry-wives/mww.htm
http://www.livejournal.com/community/theatreatfirst/27692.html

(3) Also this Friday: the Harvard Pops Orchestra's PIRATE concert!
http://boston.craigslist.org/eve/106639981.html
http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~pops

(4) The One Man Star Wars Trilogy (which some of you may remember seeing performed at the Worldcon Masquerade Halftime last August) is at the Wilbur Theatre in Boston, tonight through Sunday.
http://www.onemanstarwars.com/star_wars.html
http://www.broadwayinboston.com/html/shows/One%20Man%20Star%20Wars/index.html

Geez, anyone would think I never do anything but theatre. ;-) I'm laying out books these days, too, I swear.

Comments

[ursamajor]

Sheesh, Friday is a busy one. I'll be performing in the Yellow River Cantata at Symphony Hall! (better concert blurb here)

[coraline]

and don't forget that other star wars performance, opening this weekend!

:)

[trowa-barton.livejournal.com]

I'm still impressed with how well the rehearsal pictures turned out.

[navrins]

I still love your pirate icon. :-)

Regarding names... there are other ways that problem can come up. For example, my mother got remarried to a man whose daughter shares my sister's name. (Fortunately his kids had already left by that time.)

Regarding theater... I want to see all of those. Some more than others. It is unlikely I will.

Thanks!

[flinx.livejournal.com]

Now, if only I hadn't spent it sick at home.... *sigh*

[muchabstracted.livejournal.com]

That's hilarious! Good to know this is a situation that happens to people other than us and John Keats.

[chanaleh.livejournal.com]

Yeah, although interestingly, as it happens, the brother and sister-in-law mentioned in the column are also my friends from shul. ;-)

... John Keats?? I didn't know that. Carl Friedrich Gauss's daughter (from his first marriage) and his second wife had the same name: Wilhelmina, nicknamed Minna. That's even creepier, somehow.

[muchabstracted.livejournal.com]

Oh, that is strange and coincidental.

Yup, the Fannies of John Keats' life were twofold. There's just much more attention paid to Fanny Brice.

Though I don't actually find it creepy so much as coincidental and inconvenient, to be honest.

Anyway, I would find it creepy that Gauss's daughter and second wife had the same name, if it wasn't for the weird unJewish custom of naming your children after you and your spouse. So there must be a lot of people who deliberately put themselves in that position. Somehow, that makes it seem okay. I don't know, I don't explain myself (hard though I might try to do so) I just live here.

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Is the MIT Star Wars thing the same one that was there a couple years ago, do you know? Or is it new?

[http://users.livejournal.com/_opus_/]

The 2003 show was just Episode IV.

The new show (Star Wars Trilogy: Musical Edition) is Episodes IV, V, and VI. The first act (episode IV) is similar to the earlier show, except it's shorter, and has some new material to replace a few bits.

Most of the performances are reserved-out. There is a waiting list which still has good odds of getting a decent seat, and the Wednesday and Thursday performances are still easy to get a reservation.

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Ooooh! Very cool! I wonder if we could get in somehow... I don't think we could make Wed. or Thurs., sadly.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_opus_/]

I'm told that many people on the waiting list do in fact get in. If you're near campus, you could play the odds and try. Just put your name on the list as soon as possible. The closing performance (Sunday matinee on the 20th) has the shortest waiting list at the moment, not counting Wednesday and Thursday.

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Can't make Sunday, but I asked to be put on the list for Saturday night... we can hope!