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LSPoorEeyorick · 08-14-2008, 02:11 PM

I've got a list of things I'd like to see locally in the next year or so. Anybody interested? (More to come after the Taper releases their schedule.)

Assassins
Sondheim's darkly funny abstract musical about the various presidential assassins in America. This is one of my favorites, also Tom's, also Mousepod's.
Playing now through 9/20/08
West Coast Ensemble Theater Company
El Centro Theater, Hollywood

Once on this Island
Beautiful musical fantasy in which a young girl must prove to the mythical gods of her island that the power of love is stronger than death
September 2-14
Reprise! Theater company
Freud Playhouse at UCLA

Spring Awakening
Duncan Sheik's terrific musical, based on a nineteenth-century German play that was banned there - about teenagers discovering sexuality.
Oct 29 - Dec 7, 2008
Ahmanson

Frost/Nixon
Very well-received political drama by the screenwriter of Last King of Scotland and The Queen (among others) - about, obviously, journalist Frost and President Nixon.
Mar 11 - 29, 2009
Ahmanson

Chess
ABBA's Bjornsen and Ulvaeus' musical about a love trial at an international chess tournament.
May 5-17, 2009
Reprise! Theater company

Mary Poppins
(duh)
Nov 2009.
Ahmanson

Morrigoon · 08-14-2008, 02:19 PM

Chess and Poppins appeal

JWBear · 08-14-2008, 02:21 PM

Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Maybe

innerSpaceman · 08-14-2008, 02:36 PM

Assassins, Spring Awakening, Frost/Nixon and Mary/Poppins look good to me.

Um, someone else pick dates.

Prudence · 08-14-2008, 02:38 PM

I'm in for anything happening October or later.

flippyshark · 08-14-2008, 03:27 PM

I'd go to all of those.

I wonder what variation of CHESS you will get. It's been revised and rewritten countless times, and, as far as I know, has never really conme together as a satisfactory show, but the music is so glorious, it hardly matters.

Not Afraid · 08-14-2008, 03:27 PM

Spring Awakening is a maybe. I saw Poppins London. It was great.

Chernabog · 08-14-2008, 03:53 PM

Assassins and Once on This Island I am interested in.

Chess, maybe. I love the music but I hear the experience of watching it isn't as nice.

Mary Poppins, hell no. I heard the music on the cast album and hated it.

Not listed, but also really good, is The Drowsy Chaperone, which I am interested in seeing again when it hits San Diego at the end of September.

LSPoorEeyorick · 08-14-2008, 03:58 PM

Oh, yes, Cherny - I meant for others to add in anything that might interest them!

I'm curious about Chess because it is the premiere of a brand-new book. I'd like to see if it improves the experience.

Assassins and Once on this Island are comin' up soon - so early next week (hopefully allowing for people who are interested to chime in) I'll look at ticket availability and dates. Saturday nights good for people? Sunday matinees?

Disneyphile · 08-14-2008, 04:05 PM

I'd love to see Chess, and Mary Poppins is a definite.

08-14-2008, 02:11 PM	#1
LSPoorEeyorick scribblin' Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: in the moment Posts: 3,872	Theatregoin' I've got a list of things I'd like to see locally in the next year or so. Anybody interested? (More to come after the Taper releases their schedule.) Assassins Sondheim's darkly funny abstract musical about the various presidential assassins in America. This is one of my favorites, also Tom's, also Mousepod's. Playing now through 9/20/08 West Coast Ensemble Theater Company El Centro Theater, Hollywood Once on this Island Beautiful musical fantasy in which a young girl must prove to the mythical gods of her island that the power of love is stronger than death September 2-14 Reprise! Theater company Freud Playhouse at UCLA Spring Awakening Duncan Sheik's terrific musical, based on a nineteenth-century German play that was banned there - about teenagers discovering sexuality. Oct 29 - Dec 7, 2008 Ahmanson Frost/Nixon Very well-received political drama by the screenwriter of Last King of Scotland and The Queen (among others) - about, obviously, journalist Frost and President Nixon. Mar 11 - 29, 2009 Ahmanson Chess ABBA's Bjornsen and Ulvaeus' musical about a love trial at an international chess tournament. May 5-17, 2009 Reprise! Theater company Mary Poppins (duh) Nov 2009. Ahmanson
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Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	Chess and Poppins appeal __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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Prudence Beelzeboobs, Esq. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gavel - I haz it Posts: 6,287	I'm in for anything happening October or later. __________________ traguna macoities tracorum satis de
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flippyshark Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 2,852	I'd go to all of those. I wonder what variation of CHESS you will get. It's been revised and rewritten countless times, and, as far as I know, has never really conme together as a satisfactory show, but the music is so glorious, it hardly matters.
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Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	Spring Awakening is a maybe. I saw Poppins London. It was great.
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08-14-2008, 03:53 PM	#8
Chernabog Biophage Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The Moon Posts: 2,679	Assassins and Once on This Island I am interested in. Chess, maybe. I love the music but I hear the experience of watching it isn't as nice. Mary Poppins, hell no. I heard the music on the cast album and hated it. Not listed, but also really good, is The Drowsy Chaperone, which I am interested in seeing again when it hits San Diego at the end of September. __________________ And they say back then our universe Was a coal black egg Until the god inside Burst out and from its shattered shell He made what became the world we know ~ Bjork (Cosmogony)
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08-14-2008, 03:58 PM	#9
LSPoorEeyorick scribblin' Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: in the moment Posts: 3,872	Oh, yes, Cherny - I meant for others to add in anything that might interest them! I'm curious about Chess because it is the premiere of a brand-new book. I'd like to see if it improves the experience. Assassins and Once on this Island are comin' up soon - so early next week (hopefully allowing for people who are interested to chime in) I'll look at ticket availability and dates. Saturday nights good for people? Sunday matinees?
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08-14-2008, 04:05 PM	#10
Disneyphile SQUIRREL! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: On the curbside. Posts: 5,098	I'd love to see Chess, and Mary Poppins is a definite.
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