My "Ring of Keys" Story

I had a similar experience seeing Paul's monologue in A Chorus Line when I was a teenager. Of course, that one is shot through with the self-loathing of the times, but, still. I am glad to know that you had that Fun Home experience. Art changes lives.

I think it's pretty safe to say that we thought Fun Home's performance was the best that evening.

While the story you shared is great, this part is not as great. Art is subjective. It cannot be universally agreed on that their performance was the "best." What, exactly, makes it the best? What qualitative and/or quantitive metrics can be used to make such a statement? It is your opinion that it was the "best," while I thought another performance was better.

You don't owe the Headcase a response, Ado Annie D'Ysquith. He knows everything posted here is the opinion of the poster, even when we use the royal "we".

I wonder how unbearable it might have been for the troll if this one thread had remained unmolested?

Thanks for your post, Ado Annie.

I'm sorry the creep felt it necessary to troll you, especially because your post was so lovely.

But nowadays I carry myself bravely with the hope that it IS possible, and that someday I'll repay her.

You already have.

Updated On: 7/26/15 at 09:31 PM

It has been the established standard here at Broadwayworld that anything anybody posts is understood to be their opinion unless they are quoting somebody else's opinion with attribution. It has been stated and restated to this person, but like an argumentative third grader, it states the obvious ("That's your opinion!") as some sort of challenge.

For chrissake, she said, "we thought it was." Not, "it definitively was." She clarified it was their opinion by saying "we thought."

So why didn't she just say "I thought...," instead of "We thought..."? Who is she speaking for?

Liza, do you still have a boyfriend? Or any friends? Do they ever ask what you do online and do you respond, "I continue to troll a website long after I made sure that everyone else who posts there hates me? I do nothing but antagonize and act contrary at all times"?

It is your opinion that it was the "best," while I thought another performance was better.

I just think you misunderstood. I think I speak for "us" when I say that "we" on this board does not include you.

I actually posted this in another thread regarding this song, but I'll paste it here as well. I love Ado's story and starting a thread on the subject:

I had such a special moment seeing that Tony performance because it reminded me of my own light bulb moment. When I was 12, my parents took me to see the movie Deathtrap. I was aware that I was attracted to the males rather than females, but I figured I just hadn't yet experienced whatever life event it was that makes me full-on heterosexual and that it would just eventually happen for me one day. I was at the age where the taunts and bullying start to become more dangerous, so I thought, for my own sanity and survival, I'd just do my best and hope that my hetero feelings are just blooming late and I'd outgrow all my fantasies (and experiences).

***SPOILER ALERT IF YOU LIVE UNDER A ROCK AND DON'T KNOW THE FILM***

So, when the big reveal happens, and Michael Caine and Christopher Reeve kiss, I stopped breathing. Literally. That was the very first time I saw a realistic depiction of love and sexual affection between two men. It was monumental to me and it completely changed my world. Before that, it was only the most humiliating and demeaning stereotypes of homosexuality hurled as taunts and ridicule that I knew. I was oblivious to the idea that it could ever be anything else. And once that light bulb lit up, it only got brighter from then on. I suddenly understood this hugely significant part of me.

I imagine so since no one single person should speak for an entire collection of anonymous posters when proclaiming that we all can agree it was the "best performance" of the evening.

I read it as "we" as in the people she was watching with or her family members or whoever. It truly doesn't matter. I never once thought she was branching out her opinion to include ALL opinions.

I don't know why any of us even bother, though. Liza's Headband is trolling yet again and getting all the attention he/she wants.

Thank you for sharing your story, Ado Annie. While I've unfortunately never had quite the revelation as you, connecting and relating to characters in musical theater is what I love most about the art. I remember leaving the theater after seeing Violet last year and not knowing what to say or do. I related so much to the character of Violet (even though I do not have a scar across my face!), it almost hurt. This has happened at a number of special performances both on and off Broadway. And this is why live theatre is important.

Updated On: 7/27/15 at 11:42 AM

You ass-hat Liza Headband that wasn't at all what this thread was about and how dare you bring this beautiful thread down with your remarks.

Oh please. If you read my posts, I commended Ado Annie on her remarks and sharing her story. Apart from that, I then proceeded to pinpoint & address one troubling section of the original post. Get off your virtual high horse, you holier-than-thou pansy.