Plays that have impacted your lives

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 12/22/08 at 10:39pm

What are some of the plays that have impacted your lives in ways good and bad? How so?

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 12/22/08 at 11:03pm

I was nicer to Derek Jeter after I saw Take Me Out.

[CapnHook]

Posted: 12/22/08 at 11:16pm

After I saw PETER PAN with Mary Martin on Goodtimes Video, my life changed.

[philly03]

Posted: 12/23/08 at 12:06am

Shockingly, despite what many think of it, Jane Eyre ~ The Musical had sincerly impacted my life, mostly of course with the Helen/Young Jane/later Second Act with Jane stuff, but still did impact my life for the better. Suprisingly, I just got really back into it with these bad times :o!

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 12/23/08 at 12:33am

Since the question did say plays, here are some plays that I consider defining parts of who I am:

Angels in America
Venus by Suzan Lori Parks
Cloud 9
Kindness by Ping Chong
Lion in the Streets by Judith Thompson
Fefu and Her Friends by Maria Irene Fornes
How I Learned to Drive and Baltimore Waltz by Paula Vogel
A Doll's Life
A Streetcar Named Desire
Doubt

[broadwayfan7]

Posted: 12/23/08 at 1:05am

August Osage County. Just the feeling I left walking out of the theatre that day, made me appreciate how much I love the theatre.

[Pianolin717]

Posted: 12/23/08 at 1:07am

Glass Menagerie
specifically when I saw it in London with Jessica Lange... loved it :)

[jewishboy]

Posted: 12/23/08 at 1:18am

Well, the movie of the play "Auntie Mame" really impacted my philosophy of life.

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 12/23/08 at 1:25am

THE TRICKY PART by and starring Martin Moran

[BroadwayBound062]

Posted: 12/23/08 at 1:32am

The History Boys
See What I Wanna See
Glory of Living

[hpeabody930]

Posted: 12/23/08 at 1:38am

3 specifically:
August: Osage County- Wow. Just, wow.
Topdog/Underdog- I didn't see it on B'way but at a tiny little theatre near me and they had onstage seating. I sat onstage and I have never left the theatre feeling like I did that night.
Hair in Central Park- The pure euphoria I experienced those two hours in that theatre was amazing. Dancing with James Rado after: Priceless

[EponineAmneris]

Posted: 12/23/08 at 8:14am

LES MISERABLES

[nmartin]

Posted: 12/23/08 at 8:18am

I can not imagine a life being impacted by something as inconsequential as a play.

[once a month]

Posted: 12/23/08 at 9:05am

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby in 1981 changed me, and not just by sitting for 9 hours. It made me think, changed the way I perceived life. Things aren't always as they seem, and it made me see those who are less fortunate with more compassion. So much of the imagery that the RSC used still haunts my mind to this day. Out of over 300 professional productions, this one was my ultimate favorite.
Angels in America as well as Love Valor Compassion also impacted my life. For musicals...Chorus Line defined me in my adult life. It opened and I was literally homeless, living in the woods in Maryland. I saw the show (still homeless believe it or not), and the the show ignited a survival mode in me. I soon had my first apartment and moved on and am now in my third home. Theatre has definitely more than sparked my life over the years.

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 12/23/08 at 9:19am

For personal reasons, Shining City and Spring Awakening definitely had an effect on my life.

[jordangirl]

Posted: 12/23/08 at 10:05am

For me, it's the same as my answer for those theatrical moments to relive. Sunday in the Park With George and Next to Normal.

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 12/23/08 at 10:06am

He asked about plays, not musicals...

[sally1112]

Posted: 12/23/08 at 11:07am

"I can not imagine a life being impacted by something as inconsequential as a play."...ok, so why don't you read some of these posts where people are describing how plays changed their lives and then maybe you can imagine it?

Back to the OP's question, one of the plays hat really changed me was Amadeus. It made be think about talent, competition, motivation, it really moved me.
Updated On: 12/24/08 at 11:07 AM

[bwaybri2]

Posted: 12/23/08 at 1:12pm

Rabbit Hole -

being a new father - I would say that play has crossed my mind at least weekly - on cherishing every moment with my boys-

[RyToast1]

Posted: 12/23/08 at 1:19pm

The way I felt after seeing Judy & Me is indescribable.

[jordangirl]

Posted: 12/23/08 at 2:04pm

Well the way people on here confuse the two, unless it says "straight play" I tend to assume they mean either.

[lite2shine]

Posted: 12/23/08 at 2:04pm

33 Variations at La Jolla Playhouse.

[Mamie]

Posted: 12/23/08 at 2:09pm

I was more emotionally moved by "The Guys" than any other play I've ever seen. Did it impact my life? Not really. It was just an incredibly moving and sad play.

The one theatrical event that did impact my life more than any other was "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels". That's because I made a couple of very good friends through that show and I'll love them forever.

[Weez]

Posted: 12/23/08 at 2:24pm

Henry V.

Up until then, I was just your average run-of-the-mill theatre-goer who loved musicals but found that Shakespeare fella kinda dull. Now I simply can't get enough of him (plus I have vastly improved knowledge of a certain period of English history). No, it didn't profoundly alter my outlook on reality, but I've seen over twenty different Shakespeare plays this year (including eight over a single weekend and more Hamlet than I would care to shake a stick at) and there's NO WAY that would've happened if I hadn't fallen for Henry V the way I did.

At the very least, we're talking at least £450 spent on tickets in a single year that otherwise would have gone towards CDs, books, take-out food, repeat trips to Avenue Q, whatever, and that's before travel costs, programmes, the RSC Open Day, and the books, CDs, and DVDs I've bought since becoming a fan. If you're incapable of believing in the intellectual or emotional impact of a play on a life, then perhaps you'll be more inclined to take note of a financial impact.

Updated On: 12/23/08 at 02:24 PM

[sabrelady]

Posted: 12/23/08 at 3:18pm

"Wit" as a play as a telefilm- brilliant.

Also Hair- It WAS the way alot of people were in the late 60's early seventies.