Extra Ticket to "Love's Labours Lost"
Extra Ticket to "Love's Labours Lost"
#1Extra Ticket to "Love's Labours Lost"
Posted: 8/17/13 at 6:36pmExtra single ticket to this Shakespeare in the Park show. Any takers?
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Posted: 8/17/13 at 6:51pmI just sent you a message...if it's for tonight I'd love to take it!
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Posted: 8/17/13 at 6:56pmWhat time did you end up getting in line this morning, Luminous? What was it like throughout the morning?
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Posted: 8/17/13 at 7:32pm
I arrrived at about 6:45 and there were about 75 people ahead of me. My friend and I each got a pair of good seats (one of our group of four bailed, hence the extra). The rest of the morning was quiet and lovely. No incidents. The line stretched pretty long behind us, but it wasn't like the madness of "Into the Woods."
Thanks for asking!
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Posted: 8/17/13 at 11:10pmGlad to hear that it all worked out. You think people who got there around 7:30 were safe? Can't wait to hear your thoughts on the show.
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Posted: 8/17/13 at 11:29pmPeter Duchan, who wrote the book to Dogfight, tweeted that there was an onstage proposal tonight. Who was the couple?
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Posted: 8/17/13 at 11:55pm
Just some nobodies.
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Updated On: 8/17/13 at 11:55 PM
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Posted: 8/18/13 at 12:19am
I think the 7:30 people were safe, but of course I can't be sure. The line grew pretty quickly behind us (at least 20 groups of 2-3 showed up within 10 minutes of my arrival). It also looked like people were getting in on the standby line, and there was a scalper outside the 81st st. Park entrance. (I was pettily pleased to note that he didn't have any luck selling his tickets. He was fairly upset about it, too :-P)
As for the show, I quite enjoyed it. LLL is one of the wispier of Shakespeare's comedies, and I didn't feel its dignity was marred by the anachronisms or over-the-top production elements. I liked the score a great deal, and appreciated that there was a variety of song styles represented.
The show does have fairly obvious flaws to my mind, such as not following through on some of the plot points; not clearly defining the motives for the men to take the oaths at the beginning, thus robbing their breaking the oath of some dramatic value; and cutting a lot of exposition text to make room for songs which, while catchy and fun, didn't always serve the story. I was also taken out of the moment by a few of the "stunts," most notably that odd German Expressionistic (or whatever it was) dance, and wish they'd toned the production down just a bit in a few places.
Despite these issues (and a few others), I overall found the evening to be charming, delightful, and even a trifle deep. I didn't feel that the production was pretentious or "look-how-clever-I-am," but felt that the tone of the piece was a sincere effort to translate this play and render it accessible to a modern, not-typically-theater-going audience. It was entertaining while successfully integrating some of the issues inherent in the text, such as academic pretention, class, and the value of a woman's ability to trust her partner before marrying (to name a few).
I felt the cast was excellent, particularly Daniel, Colin, and Rebecca.
I'd be happy to continue to expound on my thoughts of the play and this production, but typing on my smartphone is getting tricky and it's challenging to proofread (plus, I got in line at the buttcrack of dawn and I have to rise early for a matinee again tomorrow). If anyone's interested in hearing more of my thoughts and contributing your own in this thread (the other one's getting pretty long), go ahead and comment! (Seriously, it would make my day!)
Good night all, and happy line-waiting to anyone going tomorrow.
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Posted: 8/18/13 at 12:22am^ That pic must've been taken backstage: I was sitting fairly front and dead center, and the woman kept her back to the audience during the whole proposal. The actress playing Rosiline became pretty emotional, and cried during most of his speech.
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