Much Ado About Noting.

[david13]

It was originally pronounced or meant to be (?) noting, not nothing. It is stage in Long Beach at this time.
I will see it tomorrow.
I read it this week and watched the Ambrose Video today.
The moral: Believe none of what you hear (hearsay) and only one half of what you see (witness).
Make note that those are things easily mistaken. Hearing and seeing.
As in the play.
I think this will be play no 25 for me in my later in life quest to see them all (Shakespeare only, thank you).
dc

[Bluenorthwest]

1. Well how was Much Ado About Long Beach?

One of my favorite plays...

[david13]

3. Also Blue. What was the true title of this play? And, what was the

moral of the play? Yes, it was a moral play or morality play, and ... if ... it is your favorite, then you should have that down pat. Yes? No?
Oh, I should mention the audience. The usual dullards. Sounded like a bunch of football fans? yuk yuk yuketing away behind me.
Also, I asked the above question, first of the stage manager. She didn't know. Then a young man at the ticket desk, he knew part of it, and was in the play.
Here: Fill in the blanks: True title:
Moral:
(ha ha)
dc

[david13]

2. Moderate. At best I can say moderate. The cast was mostly young

and many were only reading/reciting their lines, from memorization. Didn't seem natural at all, well, about half of them about half of the time.
Secondly it is a small theater of 30 seats, and 3 or 4 yelled and shouted, far too loud.
Also a goodly spattering of nice fatty ham. Overdone, here there and all too many places.
All around a rather amateur production, even so in the directing.
Just not a lot of plain common sense in it.
There were some good moments, where they did get into their lines, and spoke them, one to another.
But worse, this was their last run through of this one. In other words, they won't get better than this.
Their Richard III was worse, only for Richard who did the whole thing yelling and shouting at the top of his voice in this tiny theater as if he were in a huge stadium. Insanity.
But worse was last month or two ago, out at Topanga Canyon, Theatricum Botanicum, aka Will Geer theater, (200? seats, outdoors) Cymbeline. Imogen was this super skinny, scrawny female, with the most squeaky, raspy, high pitched voice I have ever suffered thru' in 60 years, and all she did with every line was shriek, squeak and squeal it out at full volume. That still ratchets thru' my brain like a knife thru' butter.
In other words, even in 'the entertainment capital of the world(???)', it's difficult to get good Shakespeare. But it was true pure Shakespeare, and not some horrid rewrite, or 'update'.
dc

[mackerel]

4. Have you ever made it up to Ashland, OR?

My aunt and my parents used to vacation up there and catch a few plays.

[david13]

5. Oh yes indeedy doo, it's beautiful up there. But cold and rainy, a lot.

I have seen good and bad plays there.
Some of the best of the good, and the bad was really bad as it was aimed at the lowest common denominator audience. Kind of a 'rewrite' to make 2 Gentlemen of Verona into a slapstick, not good like the Marx Bros. but common, like the 3 Stooges.
Very bad.
Yes, I think I have been up there 3 times. What a sweet little town, beautiful state and area, but one year, Sept. 17? 8 p.m. outdoor showtime (like a huge baseball stadium) and ... rain starts as does the play. 2 nights in a row.
Oh well.
If you do go up there, don't forget to stop at Crater Lake.
dc