What Was The Last Live Stage Play (Or Musical) You Saw?

[arwalden]

It's been a while for me... the last thing we saw was "A Tuna Christmas" at the Warner Theater in DC. Joe Sears and Jaston Williams are just brilliant!

http://www.greatertuna.com/atc/tunaxmas.htm

[Catch22Dem]

1. My wife, daughter, and I

Saw A Christmas Carol last year.

[rusty charly]

2. Boy From Oz

amazing entertainment

[nostamj]

34. Hugh Jackman is a Musical Theatre GOD!

saw it last thursday. got some problems with the book but...

it has the BEST CAST of anything I've seen in many many years.

worthy seeing for Jackman alone, but, he is NOT alone and the rest of the company is EXTRAORDINARY

[MASSAFRA]

3. Urinetown

Don't let the name fool you. Not as good as the Producers but it was still great.

[pagerbear]

4. I loved Urinetown!!!!

Tonight I'm going to see Kiki and Herb at the Bowery Ballroom.
(www.kikiandherb.com)

[Gildor Inglorion]

11. Urinetown was better than I expected

I saw it last Christmas at the Henry Miller in NYC. Extremely well done musical with a talented and energetic cast.

[Susang]

44. Four 4 Urinetown

It's even better when you know the guys who wrote it! :-) I used to see all of their musicals when they were called Cardiff Giant Theatre here in Chicago. Of course, that was before they moved to NYC and got all snooty! ;-)

[nostamj]

50. i saw Urinetown 7 times! (but it wasn't the *last* show I saw)

my composing partner saw it more than 12 times and we were both in the audience for the FINAL performance a few weeks back.

LOVE that show.

(the couple behind us at that final show had seen in 29 times!)

[Susang]

52. You should have seen Aftertaste! (The Musical)

It was even more twisted and fun than Urinetown. I was somewhat disappointed to see that their sense of the absurd was toned down for national consumption. I guess I had visions of Greg and Mark's evil genius actually touring the country in it's original warped form.

Though in a way, it's kind of like John Water's film Hairspray, which he believes is his most subversive piece of work because most of the weirdness slips under the average person's radar, but it's still there, lurking under the surface. He felt that was much more subversive than having Divine eat poop. I don't know if he was right, but it's a perspective. :-)

[nostamj]

53. i would LOVE to see/hear more of their work

and while I LOVED what they did with this production, I did sense that there was probably a darker and more dangerous vision behind it.

are there any other recordings?

p.s. my composing partner and I are going to the 'edge' next with a 'political' cabaret revue timed to run during the repub convention in NYC.

[Liberal Christian]

5. Nuncrackers

I saw a local production of Nuncrackers last Christmas -- funny, light, fun.

Last fall, I saw a terrific production of Pride and Prejudice at the Guthrie in Minneapolis.

Next month, I'm hoping to go to New York to see a friend in a new show called Ministry of Progress.

[Rabrrrrrr]

14. Yes - Ministry of Progress!

Can't wait for it! Opens next week, off Broadway. It's a rock musical (but not the typical kind that has really bad rock) that takes place in a Department of Motor Vehicles.

http://www.ministryofprogress.com

Synopsis here, since the site is difficult to move around in:

http://www.ministryofprogress.com/infolist.html

[The Blue Flower]

6. My own

"Something Fishy This Way Comes" at the Seattle Fringe Fest. I wrote, directed, and produced. Full house every night.

[trof]

7. "Red Herring"

Local amateur (VERY amateur) group.
Mystery/comedy centered around the McCarthy/Red Scare era.
1st act very slow.
2nd act better.
Give 'em "E" for effort, anyway.

[trof]

8. Saw "Greater Tuna" in San Fran years ago.

Too funny.

[frylock]

9. peaches en regalia..

a play a friend of mine was in down at the Lyceum.

[A HERETIC I AM]

10. "Life with Father" starring Jose Ferrer in the lead role.

waaaay back in the early 80's, at the Coconut Grove Playhouse, in Coconut Grove, Miami, Fla.

Methinks tis time to go to a theatre again.

[Rabrrrrrr]

12. The play "Life (x3)" with Brent Spiner and Helen Hunt, on Broadway

Incredible play, incredible acting. Even got my playboook signed by Spiner.

[A HERETIC I AM]

13. Dupe....sorry...never mind....

[gator_in_Ontario]

15. Great balls of fire...

about the cousins Jerry Lee Lewis and Jimmy Swaggert in Kitchener, Ontario. Before that Rent on Broadway.

[snobird]

58. Ditto Sweetie..n/t

:bounce:

[alwynsw]

16. Ain't Misbehavin'

Actors Theater of Louisville. I'm just a Fats Waller fanatic.

[DS1]

17. Not so much a play, but Blue Man Group

[Burma Jones]

18. Life X 3

With John Turturro, Helen Hunt, Brent Spiner and Linda Emond at Circle in the Square. Great Fun.

[Rabrrrrrr]

19. Cool!

You'll notice, me, too!

[PVnRT]

20. Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast

Based on Alice In Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, very funny and entertaining.

[ldf]

21. Naked Boys Singing - off broadway, greenwich village

it is SO funny.

and they ARE naked!

edit to add that they are MEN, NOT boys. :-)

[Rabrrrrrr]

24. I've walked by that a lot, but never saw it -

and haven't known anyone who has.

Sounds like you'd totally recommend it?

[ldf]

25. totally.

it is a review of songs. they say right up front that there is no crudity, just gratuitous nudity. :-)

but almost everything is extremely humorous. one song, about a lost lover to aids, is extremely sad.

it seems to be a big hit with bachelorette parties, the night before weddings. those ladies can be lots of fun.

as long as you don't mind seeing dick(s) (eight or nine), i would highly recommend it.

and they are excellent singers. ;-)

edited to add the wink

[nostamj]

33. it is great fun....

seen it three or four times

[ET Awful]

22. A small production of Assassins in Boston in 1998.

Fun show.

If it wasn't for the bitch of an ex-girlfriend that I went with, it would've been even more fun. :)

[FlaGranny]

23. Just saw "Run for your wife."

That was one of the funniest plays I've ever seen. It was in a local playhouse with local actors with fake British accents, but it was still super funny. The audience (75% elderly folks) roared. English farce at its best.

[arwalden]

26. Local Playhouses and Community Theater Is ALWAYS FUN!!

The last community theater play I saw was Cat On A Hot Tin Roof. --- The woman who played Maggie could have been Elizabeth Taylor's sister. It was done exceedingly well.

-- Allen

[FlaGranny]

28. They sure are, and I'm going to go to more of them.

I've been to a half dozen in the last couple of years, but this one was the best, which had a lot to do with the hilarious story.

Edit: to add snip of a review I found (from another playhouse).
http://hudsonshakespeare.org/run_for_your_wife.htm
" In the grand tradition of Faulty Towers, Mr. Bean and The Benny Hill Show, Run for Your Wife is a fast paced, slapstick, laugh a minute romp that will leave in stitches and begging for more."

[terrya]

27. "The Lion in Winter" at a local theater here in Chicago.

Dougie and I saw it. Just as marvelous as the film.

Terry

[nykiera]

29. Miss Saigon

July 1999..NYC

[Bonhomme Richard]

36. Miss Saigon - Broadway

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[RebelOne]

30. A Christmas Carol

at Alliance Theater in Atlanta. That was about 10 years ago. I wouldn't have gone otherwise, but the company I was working for at the time paid for its employees as a Xmas gift, plus dinner.

[Rowdyboy]

31. Grease

For the first time-and I loved it!

[catmandu57]

32. Tonight we're going to see Bell Book and Candle

It's been since 1990, that we've been to the theater. I got free tickets while in school, and the price being right we attended regularly.

Thanks for the Tuna link, I've been thinking of Greater Tuna all week and was intending to find a page later, now I've bookmarked your link and I'll look at it tomorrow.

[terrya]

35. This is a question. Has anyone seen "Puppetry of the Penis"?...

And if so, what did you think?

:-)

Terry

[Capn Sunshine]

40. My staff went

They were inspired for days afterward.

Glad I missed it. It was exactly perhaps more, as described.
While women find penis tricks cool, I could live without them.

[AngryAmish]

42. You said staff

heh, heh-heh, heh

[pagerbear]

60. Thy rod and thy staff?

[notadmblnd]

37. The Wizard of OZ with

Mickey Rooney and Ertha KItt.

[Bertha Venation]

38. 42nd Street --

that overhashed, rehashed, diluted, entertaining but god-give-it-a-rest! staple of community theatre. :shrug:

[NightTrain]

39. A Gershwin revue.

Performed at the Hartford (Connecticut) Stage Company in 1997.

[AngryAmish]

41. Saw Showboat

Went with (now) ex-girlfriend and her parents from out of town. I needed several "constitutionals" before heading over there.

Who knew Dick Van Patten could sing? I shit you not, he was the captain.

Highlight - more booze at halftime.

[Bunny]

43. I saw Dame Edna last fall.

Does that count? I saw The Producers in fall of 02. I'm looking forward to the road show of Oklahoma - I'll definitely be seeing that!

[arwalden]

45. Oh I'll Bet That Was FUN!! That's One Show I'd Love To See.

I'm imagining that the show was just a monologue. Can you confirm, or elaborate a little bit?

-- Allen

[Bunny]

46. Yes, mainly a monologue.

Dame Edna talking about her life, her son Kenny, poking light-hearted fun of the locals, serving an actual Italian dinner to two people chosen from the audience, and the signature gladioli tossing to her possums at the end of the show.

It was a very enjoyable time, and I highly recommend it. Barry Humphries is sublime, and I'm pretty impressed with how he has been Dame Edna for, what, 40 some years now???

It's all good.

Edited to add possums!! :)

[Norbert]

47. Sweeney Todd

This is a regional theatre production with professional actors. The lady that played the Angela Lansbury part (and did a terrific job) I find out she lives only a couple of miles from me.

[Lars39]

55. I'd love to see that!

I caught part of a pbs version with Angela Lansbury and it was verry good. I like dark humor. :)

[nostamj]

56. it's available on video

i saw the original production (w/ angela) 6-7 times.

there's also a 'new' concert version that is BRILLIANT. Christine Beranski as Mrs. Lovett and Neal Patrick Harris ("dougie howser") as Tobias. very very good version. also on PBS.

[Lars39]

57. Ooooh, I'll have to check that out. Thanks !

:)

[imax2268]

48. I don't know if this counts...

But I saw the "Passion Play" in Germany sometime ago...not much into plays but I heard they only do this one once every ten years or so I think...so I had to see it...

[arwalden]

49. Has Anyone Seen "Shear Madness"??

It's been playing at the Kennedy Center for the longest time... but I haven't heard or seen any ads for it recently. I wonder if it closed.

-- Allen

Edit: It's Still Showing

The comedy whodunit Shear Madness has performed in the Theater Lab for approximately 6,500 performances, making it the third longest-running play in the history of the American theater (It's sister productions in Boston and Chicago are #1 and #2).

Washington's Shear Madness takes place in present-day Georgetown, in the Shear Madness Hair Styling Salon at 3229 P Street, N.W. The mixture of audience sleuthing and up-to-the-minute improvisational humor delights both Washingtonians and visitors alike.

http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/index.cfm?fuseaction=showEvent&event=TEMAD

[BrotherBuzz]

51. Bye, Bye, Birdie

at the Mountain Play, an outdoor amphitheater on Mount Tamalpais, overlooking the San Francisco Bay Area. Wonderful picnic day with my family.

[Lars39]

54. Fiddler on the Roof.

[Barad Simith]

59. Les Miserables

Seattle's Fifth Avenue Theater, March 2003