Does your BF/GF enjoy theatre?

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 5/9/06 at 2:10am

just wondering?

[~FloweryFriend~]

Posted: 5/9/06 at 4:07am

Yes he does! I met my boyfriend in a production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella. He played the chef, and I was one of the stepsisters. :) He did plays when he was in high school a lot, and he's done about 4 in college now (he just finished playing Hastings in Richard III). Over the summer, I think he's going to be a production assistant for a Summer Shakespeare festival that I'm acting in. Should be a ton of fun and a great learning experience.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 5/9/06 at 5:43am

He certainly does! He's a professional actor. He even holds and EQUITY card.

[DannyBoy82]

Posted: 5/9/06 at 7:42am

Nope. , I had to find the only gay guy in the U.S. who hates theater.
Updated On: 5/9/06 at 07:42 AM

[Over_the_Moon]

Posted: 5/9/06 at 7:44am

How does it work out for those of you that have a significant other that is big into theatre? Does the jealousy factor ever get in the way if one person gets more/better roles? Do you go to auditions together?

I dated a guy for about two years, and at the very end of our relationship, he was just getting into being a techie, but there was too much fighting going on at the time for it to really play a significant role in the relationship.

With another boyfriend, I got our friends to help me talk him into auditioning for a show. He got in, said it was a lot of fun, was in another show this year, and now hates theatre. Or something.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 5/9/06 at 8:11am

Yes. It is sort of how we met. Kind of.

[brdlwyr]

Posted: 5/9/06 at 8:45am

My wife is a talented Equity actress and we love the theatre!

[RobbO]

Posted: 5/9/06 at 9:11am

mister matt, did you two meet at the unicorn too?

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 5/9/06 at 9:21am

Dollypop, you have a boyfriend? I certainly hope his last name is Vandergelder.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 5/9/06 at 10:18am

Ohhh, I remember the Unicorn.....and I am sure they remember me.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 5/9/06 at 10:21am

my partner is somewhat into theater......he has a problem with regional theater or touring casts as he doesn't feel they will be good (which shows how little he actually knows).....but he'll come along, and usually has a good time.

In April of 2005 he knew I wanted tickets to Spamalot for my birthday, didn't want to go....but bought them.....and he had a ball, never seen him laugh so much.

[mint0621]

Posted: 5/9/06 at 10:23am

My boyfriend loves basketball not theater...although he definitely doesn't mind going with me, I'd rather go with someone who loves theater.

[Aaron27]

Posted: 5/9/06 at 10:24am

Mine enjoys it...he never went before he met me, and then he came to two shows I was involved in. Assassins and Company...if he liked those (esppecially if he's not a theatre guy) then you know he's a keeper!

[theatahguy]

Posted: 5/9/06 at 10:26am

When I find one, I'll let you know.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 5/9/06 at 10:30am

princeton, that's exactly it.......making the effort.
In 1998 I dragged by boyfriend down to Palo Alto to the Stanford-Oregon State football game. He bitched the entire way (we lived in SF then)......I am a major college football fan, and he made the effort to enjoy it with me........
What's funny is that now whenever my team plays in LA, he WANTS to go..........

I think if you can get people out of their comfort zone to try something new, they'll like it...

mint, nothing wrong with basketball.......

Posted: 5/9/06 at 11:13am

Floyd luvs theater and in his last letter he tol me that what he hates most about jail is not being able to see Broadway musicals. He hopes to see Lestadt when he gets out.

[erikaamato]

Posted: 5/9/06 at 11:48am

My husband is not especially fond of the theater, but the poor man still sees everything I'm in, and even accompanies me from time to time when I go see friends in shows. He probably averages 6 plays and/or musicals a year that way. But he still doesn't really like it.

[SonofMammaMiaSam]

Posted: 5/9/06 at 11:50am

But he knows that you'll be his meal ticket some day Erika.

[erikaamato]

Posted: 5/9/06 at 11:56am

lol! =)

[circusliz]

Posted: 5/9/06 at 1:06pm

MY BF of 5 years, having no interest in theater before he met me, enjoys going to plays. Musicals are another story. He'll go, but does it rather grudgingly....it's not really anything exciting or interesting for him. We just saw the Rent tour in DC and he enjoyed it (more than the movie, which I also dragged him to). However, I can't get him within 10 feet of an R & H musical. He won't even give it a try.

I think what's most frustrating for me isn't the fact that he's not as big a theater fan as I; it's that after the show (straight or musical) he's not really interested in discussing the show. For him, it's either "I liked it" or "I didn't like it." I, of course, want to go on and on about all the nitty gritty details and stories and history. I often wish we could have that sort of interaction after a show.

[FloridaRentHead92]

Posted: 5/9/06 at 4:44pm

My BF and I have done school shows together since 6th grade. He's a techie and I'm on stage. Earlier this year, he asked me to produce and direct Rodgers and Hammerstien's A Grannd Night for Singing with him at our JCC to raise money for hurricane relief. We ended up raising over $10,000, but that's not important right now. Since we got so close doing Grand Night, we each began to like one another and then one night told each other. We've been dating now for two months on the thirteenth.

[Magical_Ms._Mistoffeles_72]

Posted: 5/9/06 at 4:51pm

All of the guys I have ever dated have been into theater. But it isnt a requirement. Thats just where I spend most of my time, so thats where I meet people.

[Mariel]

Posted: 5/9/06 at 5:14pm

My boyfriend loves the theatre. He did productions in high school (examples: Colonel Pickering in My Fair Lady and Dr. Einstein in Arsenic and Old Lace). He's seen Les Miserables and loves it. We've gone to see Rent together three times. He also came with me to see my college's production of The Great God Brown. He enjoyed it.

Mariel

[Taryn]

Posted: 5/9/06 at 6:54pm

He's more of an orchestra pit guy than an actor, but he enjoys seeing shows, and he's seen my shows since we became friends, before we even started dating.

[forni-kate]

Posted: 5/9/06 at 6:59pm

I find that I just end up dating people who are involved with theatre because I spend a ton of my time rehearsing productions, taking classes, seeing plays, and hanging out with my fellow theatre nerds.