Who has seen "Shear Madness"?
Who has seen "Shear Madness"?
#0Who has seen "Shear Madness"?
Posted: 11/10/05 at 5:42pm
Here is a BroadwayWorld.com interview with the creator...
Shear Endurance: A discussion with the man behind the longest running play in American History
Hamlet's father.
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#1re: Who has seen 'Shear Madness'?
Posted: 11/10/05 at 6:00pm
I've seen it three times here in DC...it's hysterical. And it's fun, because they change the jokes up every once in awhile to go with current events. Plus, the audience participation makes for easy improvs for the cast.
Thanks for the link. :)
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#2re: Who has seen 'Shear Madness'?
Posted: 11/10/05 at 6:09pmI have ushered for it 5 times when it was here in Atlanta. They changed up the lines and jokes pretty much everyday, so it was fun everytime.
#3re: Who has seen 'Shear Madness'?
Posted: 11/10/05 at 6:12pmI've seen it twice, once in Boston and once in DC. In DC, I went with school and they mentioned our school during the show. It was cool. It's such a funny, awesome show.
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#4re: Who has seen 'Shear Madness'?
Posted: 11/10/05 at 6:16pmI saw it in DC and loved it.
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#5re: Who has seen 'Shear Madness'?
Posted: 11/10/05 at 6:18pmi hope too! my roomate raves about it!
"At the opening night party, they had clowns on stilts, jugglers, a chocolate fountain, popcorn, hot dogs. [My son] looked at me like I had been holding back. Like, 'This is what you do?' I had to tell him, 'No, no, darling. Opening nights don't usually look like this.' It's usually a dark bar with a bottle of vodka." ?Chitty Chitty Bang Bang's Jan Maxwell
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#6re: Who has seen 'Shear Madness'?
Posted: 11/10/05 at 6:41pmI've seen it twice. Hilarious both times.
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#7re: Who has seen 'Shear Madness'?
Posted: 11/10/05 at 7:14pmI saw the Boston edition a few years ago and loved it.
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#8re: Who has seen 'Shear Madness'?
Posted: 11/10/05 at 7:21pmWow - I saw this when my 8th grade class went to Washington DC...almost 8 years ago. Thought it was hilarious!
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#9re: Who has seen 'Shear Madness'?
Posted: 11/10/05 at 7:34pm
Awwwww Sheer Madness!!!
I saw it in Boston yeeeeeaaaaars ago and had a blast
and they gave me a free t-shirt which I still have 
#10re: Who has seen 'Shear Madness'?
Posted: 11/10/05 at 7:49pmJAC -- try over 20 years ago in college....the Boston company. FUn show!
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#11re: Who has seen 'Shear Madness'?
Posted: 11/10/05 at 7:53pm
saw it in DC about 5 years ago. wow. but i loved it and really want to see it again!
i think i may just have to do that!
Sally
Broadway Star Joined: 5/12/03
#12re: Who has seen 'Shear Madness'?
Posted: 11/10/05 at 8:19pmI saw it in Chicago several years ago and had a great time! I'll go see it again in a minute if it opens again there.
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#13re: Who has seen 'Shear Madness'?
Posted: 11/10/05 at 9:12pmOh! I saw it! 'Twas fun.
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#14re: Who has seen 'Shear Madness'?
Posted: 11/10/05 at 9:29pmOhh what a hilarious show. Anyone know if the rights are available to it?
#15re: Who has seen 'Shear Madness'?
Posted: 11/10/05 at 9:29pmOhh what a hilarious show. Anyone know if the rights are available to it?
#16re: Who has seen 'Shear Madness'?
Posted: 11/10/05 at 9:41pm
I was in the San Diego company of the show. One of my all time favorite shows to be in! We would have company meetings every few days to update all the jokes.
I know that, when I was doing it, the only productions were the "official" Shear Madness productions. But, there was talk of opening up the rights. Don't know if that has happened yet or not.
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#17re: Who has seen 'Shear Madness'?
Posted: 11/10/05 at 10:08pmI've seen it in Boston... it's great!
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#18re: Who has seen 'Shear Madness'?
Posted: 11/10/05 at 10:38pmI was late getting around to seeing this. A production just opened in my area and one of the papers I write for sent me to interview the director and the star a few days before the opening. This production was in a dinner theatre and it seemed a perfect venue for it. It was very funny and the audience clearly loved it.
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#19re: Who has seen 'Shear Madness'?
Posted: 11/10/05 at 10:42pmI love Shear Madness! It's hilarious!
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#20re: Who has seen 'Shear Madness'?
Posted: 11/10/05 at 10:52pmsaw it in DC about 4 or 5 years ago and loved it
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#21re: Who has seen 'Shear Madness'?
Posted: 11/10/05 at 11:59pmone of my CLOSEST CLOSEST friends Brad Letson is playing the Gay Hairdresser in this show. I ADORE him and can not wait to go see it in a few weeks in DC!!!!
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#22re: Who has seen 'Shear Madness'?
Posted: 11/11/05 at 4:27amI saw it in Boston...I dunno if I really liked it as much as people think here. It was funny though and I liked the audience interaction. I dunno about the other theaters, but the one in Boston was tiny! I was sitting right on the side @ the table near the little reception desk.
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#23re: Who has seen 'Shear Madness'?
Posted: 11/11/05 at 7:48am
I love the show. It has no ad libs, by the way. Every single situation has been scripted. There are a list of things the actors can pull from, in the script. Every situation has happened, and a line has been written for it.
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#24re: Who has seen 'Shear Madness'?
Posted: 11/11/05 at 7:51amI saw it in Boston a couple years ago. It was great.
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