6/7 I'm a noob to theater, but I have a GF that likes it, and will
be coming to the bat area to spend some time with me next month.
Any recommendations of something that will be good, but could
be appreciated by someone without much exposure to this sort
of thing.
\- I think theater means different things to different people ...
althought some have broad interests. First there is "literary"
theater vs popular theater [Hamlet vs. Pajama Game]. Next, are
you looking for high quality, evening on the town, expensive
productions [ACT, +$30tix] or cheep stuff in small theaters
[cost of the movie, sometimes version of well known plays, other
times you're picking based on plot/reviews]. You could try one of
the (free) shakespeare in the parks or shakespeare at stinson
[although hamlet may not be the best choice ... taming of the
shrew is pretty user friendly]. I'm exlcuding Opera, symphony but
including musicals. Given your parameters, do not under any
circumstances see the Oresteia.
\_ Taming of the Shrew, with a GF, is a bad choice. A lot of
'modern' women don't like it because the whole point of the
\- oh jesus. and part of the idea is making a
day out of it going out to stinson etc. is anybody
around here putting on 'Ado or 12N?
play is how Petruchio de-shrewifies Katarina... which women
will claim is misognyist. Though it's arguable, just beware.
Instead, go for Much Ado About Nothing or Twelfth Night;
both are some of the better comedies, and will please
everyone --michener
\_ The Exit theatre (http://www.sffringe.org tends to have
interesting productions for a small theatre. I tend not to like
ACT because the productions aren't worth the price of admission.
The SF Opera is actually pretty good, and you can get either
student or standing room tickets for really cheap if you're
willing to stand in line at 10 in the morning the day of.
\_ The Berkeley Rep has reliably good productions. See what its
current crop of plays is at the moment. -dans
\- i am actually interested in seeing moliere: miser. anybody seen
in and have a review? i dont think berkeley rep is that great.
the best thing i've seen on this side of the bay was probably
the shotgun player's version of Shaw's Man and Superman which
was quite good.
\_ The Shotgun Players aren't in the same league as the Berkeley
Rep. -dans |
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