Most of this is self-explanatory ;)I will lose my 'student' status, i.e. cheaper tickets into everything in about a year, so I have made a big part of this trip and future trips, my 'theatre' trips....
In the end it is a great deal. I walk up the day of the performance and they put me in $100 seats for $40! Orsome or what?
I still find the idea of a 'Zorro' musical funny because it reminds me of a 'Simpson's' episode where they go to a Zorro musical and Zorro ends up becoming king of England, I think... (of course Lisa has a problem with the lack of historical accuracy, and of course Bart is mesmerized by 'history coming alive' ;)
In the end I wanted to see it because Gypsy Kings did the music. Some of the music was good and the character Inez was great! Worth the seeing....
Les Miserables - good story, I like most of the music and of course Jean val Jean is one of my most favorite characters from literature/theater/etc. EVER!
We went to the recreated Globe theater to watch 'Timon of Athens'. Dr. Lisa said this was Hugh Nibley's favorite Shakespeare play. It is very 'dark' and depressing, but has a lot of 'wise' things to say about money/gold and what it does to people. WARNING: when they say 'brief male nudity' on the entrance, they mean it! The English seem to love that sort of thing (Benny Hill show)....
The stage....it was really cool-looking inside...
These are 'the Groundlings'. For $9 you can stand there ALL TWO HOURS of the play! I would have been there, but they didn't have any of those tickets left - I sat on a bench...I was grateful for the bench... ;)
I went and saw Phantom of the Opera. I had only seen the movie that came out a few years ago. It was REALLY good! This was the first play where I was like 'THIS is what I expected of a Broadway/West End production!' (I understand now why they don't do 'student' tickets - they don't need to! Business is good! :)
(Many of the other West End plays were like....a production by a large, good theater group from a large city in the States, i.e. Boston or Seattle.
The Lion King was creative beyond belief when it came to costume design! Definitely worth seeing just for that!
Then I went to one of my favorite (but oddly enough, rarely known/seen by German folks)...the Hills were alive, but Captain Von Trapp was tone deaf! I seriously CANNOT believe he was in a West End play!
But on the better side, I was impressed by their 'scenes' - the staging was really well done...
But, so goes the show! And that was the Thee-uh-tuh for this round, peeps....
