kewlschool said:

Genesia said:

One of the worst fights Sweetie and I ever had was over going to see Phantom in London. He loves that show, while I think anything involving Andrew Lloyd Webber is

I concur.

One of the awesomest moments in Spamalot (which Sweetie and I also saw together) is "The Song That Goes Like This." It's a total send-up of those horrible ALW numbers.

Us at the theater:

Me:

Sweetie: It's not funny.

Me: You're right, it isn't. [img:$uid]http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g216/rebecca8273/emoticon/eusa_shifty.gif[/img:$uid] [img:$uid]http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g216/rebecca8273/emoticon/0002.gif[/img:$uid]

PurpleJedi said:

Revolution said:

My feelings? Not if you go with a chick and order beer from the bar...

But this sense of needing to feel "cultured" seems off to me....I'm mid 40's, I know what I like, and cavier ain't it.

Ultimately, we're just giving you a hard time over nothing...if you want to go, I'm not begrudging that decision (it's your purse).

So I need a date is what you're saying...

You're a good looking fella. THere are plenty of ladies out there willing to be your Katie Holmes. :scientology-purse:

imago said:

PurpleJedi said:

So I need a date is what you're saying...

You're a good looking fella. THere are plenty of ladies out there willing to be your Katie Holmes. :scientology-purse:

imago said:

PurpleJedi said:

So I need a date is what you're saying...

You're a good looking fella. THere are plenty of ladies out there willing to be your Katie Holmes. :scientology-purse:

Face it, if you're going to see a musical willingly, a purse is involved....but if you take a date, it's only a change purse....go solo and it's a clutch....go with another male and you have the pink zebra print of gi-normous purses. Enjoy it though.

Revolution said:

imago said:

You're a good looking fella. THere are plenty of ladies out there willing to be your Katie Holmes. :scientology-purse:

Face it, if you're going to see a musical willingly, a purse is involved....but if you take a date, it's only a change purse....go solo and it's a clutch....go with another male and you have the pink zebra print of gi-normous purses. Enjoy it though.

BTW - there's more than showtunes on Broadway..."Seminar" isn't a musical.

Would that then tone it down to, say perhaps, ...a messenger bag???

PurpleJedi said:

Revolution said:

Face it, if you're going to see a musical willingly, a purse is involved....but if you take a date, it's only a change purse....go solo and it's a clutch....go with another male and you have the pink zebra print of gi-normous purses. Enjoy it though.

BTW - there's more than showtunes on Broadway..."Seminar" isn't a musical.

Would that then tone it down to, say perhaps, ...a messenger bag???

A messenger bag with a nice brooche. You'll look like the bell of the ball.

kewlschool said:

PurpleJedi said:

BTW - there's more than showtunes on Broadway..."Seminar" isn't a musical.

Would that then tone it down to, say perhaps, ...a messenger bag???

A messenger bag with a nice brooche. You'll look like the bell of the ball.

This is possibly the funniest broadway themed thread ever

we should jointly write our own broadway script

we can call it 'bell of the org'

and every now and then throw in an orger personality to twist things up

kewlschool said:

PurpleJedi said:

BTW - there's more than showtunes on Broadway..."Seminar" isn't a musical.

Would that then tone it down to, say perhaps, ...a messenger bag???

A messenger bag with a nice brooche. You'll look like the bell of the ball.

imago said:

kewlschool said:

A messenger bag with a nice brooche. You'll look like the bell of the ball.

This is possibly the funniest broadway themed thread ever

Am I breaking new ground on the Org here?

ThisOne said:

we should jointly write our own broadway script

we can call it 'bell of the org'

and every now and then throw in an orger personality to twist things up

Let's get Cborgman to start things off for us!

PurpleJedi said:

Anyone here a fan of Broadway shows?

(Actually, I mean the Theater by that, not specifically in New York City, but as a New Yorker I consider them "Broadway Shows" )

I'm 41 and the only shows I have seen are "Phantom Of The Opera", "Beauty And The Beast", and "Chicago".

The ex had wanted to go see "Wicked" but we never got around to it (ironic, no?).

I just saw a commercial on TV for "Seminar" starring Alan Rickman, and I'm thinking I should buy tickets and just go see a show. What's the use of living so close to NYC and not take in a show every now & then, right?

Any recommendations?

I used to like going a lot; but now I feel like everything is so overproduced it's a bit too fake for me. Maybe this is a function of having gone to several - I've seen Aida, Sweeny Todd, American Idiot (that Green Day musical), Gypsy, Chicago, The Producers, Rent, Putnam County Spelling Bee, and several others I'm sure that I'm forgetting. One of my good friends from HS lives in Brooklyn and is a HUGE theater goer; he usually invites me once or twice a year. I think I prefer plays - one year we went to see A Streetcar Named Desire at Studio 54.

I liked The Producers a lot. I hated Sweeny Todd and that Green Day one but the tickets were free for both. The Sweeny Todd one was a Sonndheim(?) set with Patti Lupone, who was the best part of the show. My date hated it so much he left at intermission. I only stayed because a co-worker had given me tickets and I knew she would ask me what I thought.

When I worked at the museum in Chicago we used to get tickets to plays and performances all the time; I went a lot more when I lived there. My legs start to hurt at the NY theaters; because I am so tall my knees are crunched against the seat in front of me for 2+ hours. I'd rather go to an art musuem.

jone70 said:

PurpleJedi said:

Anyone here a fan of Broadway shows?

(Actually, I mean the Theater by that, not specifically in New York City, but as a New Yorker I consider them "Broadway Shows" )

I'm 41 and the only shows I have seen are "Phantom Of The Opera", "Beauty And The Beast", and "Chicago".

The ex had wanted to go see "Wicked" but we never got around to it (ironic, no?).

I just saw a commercial on TV for "Seminar" starring Alan Rickman, and I'm thinking I should buy tickets and just go see a show. What's the use of living so close to NYC and not take in a show every now & then, right?

Any recommendations?

I used to like going a lot; but now I feel like everything is so overproduced it's a bit too fake for me. Maybe this is a function of having gone to several - I've seen Aida, Sweeny Todd, American Idiot (that Green Day musical), Gypsy, Chicago, The Producers, Rent, Putnam County Spelling Bee, and several others I'm sure that I'm forgetting. One of my good friends from HS lives in Brooklyn and is a HUGE theater goer; he usually invites me once or twice a year. I think I prefer plays - one year we went to see A Streetcar Named Desire at Studio 54.

I liked The Producers a lot. I hated Sweeny Todd and that Green Day one but the tickets were free for both. The Sweeny Todd one was a Sonndheim(?) set with Patti Lupone, who was the best part of the show. My date hated it so much he left at intermission. I only stayed because a co-worker had given me tickets and I knew she would ask me what I thought.

When I worked at the museum in Chicago we used to get tickets to plays and performances all the time; I went a lot more when I lived there. My legs start to hurt at the NY theaters; because I am so tall my knees are crunched against the seat in front of me for 2+ hours. I'd rather go to an art musuem.

...and just out of curiosity...your theater-going friend...is he straight?

Help me out here Jone!

PurpleJedi said:

jone70 said:

I used to like going a lot; but now I feel like everything is so overproduced it's a bit too fake for me. Maybe this is a function of having gone to several - I've seen Aida, Sweeny Todd, American Idiot (that Green Day musical), Gypsy, Chicago, The Producers, Rent, Putnam County Spelling Bee, and several others I'm sure that I'm forgetting. One of my good friends from HS lives in Brooklyn and is a HUGE theater goer; he usually invites me once or twice a year. I think I prefer plays - one year we went to see A Streetcar Named Desire at Studio 54.

I liked The Producers a lot. I hated Sweeny Todd and that Green Day one but the tickets were free for both. The Sweeny Todd one was a Sonndheim(?) set with Patti Lupone, who was the best part of the show. My date hated it so much he left at intermission. I only stayed because a co-worker had given me tickets and I knew she would ask me what I thought.

When I worked at the museum in Chicago we used to get tickets to plays and performances all the time; I went a lot more when I lived there. My legs start to hurt at the NY theaters; because I am so tall my knees are crunched against the seat in front of me for 2+ hours. I'd rather go to an art musuem.

...and just out of curiosity...your theater-going friend...is he straight?

Help me out here Jone!

He is gayer than a picnic with Elton John. Sorry!

jone70 said:

PurpleJedi said:

...and just out of curiosity...your theater-going friend...is he straight?

Help me out here Jone!

He is gayer than a picnic with Elton John. Sorry!

OK...can I retract this thread? Pretend it never existed?

PurpleJedi said:

jone70 said:

He is gayer than a picnic with Elton John. Sorry!

OK...can I retract this thread? Pretend it never existed?

I saw The Wiz starring Stephanie Mills with my family waaaaaay back in the day, but every other play/musical I've seen on/off Brodway was with a woman that really wanted to go. And that includes A View From The Bridge with Scarlett Johansson.

OMG, this thread is so gay it's going to end up with its own permenant seat on Hollywood Squares.

PurpleJedi said:

jone70 said:

He is gayer than a picnic with Elton John. Sorry!

OK...can I retract this thread? Pretend it never existed?

I'm a little confused - are you wanting to go to the theater because you're interested in it/trying out something new; or are you thinking of it as a way to meet women?

Is your goal to meet someone to date? Based on some of your other threads it sort of seems like that, but if I may be frank it's also coming off a tiny bit desperate (sorry ), which is like chick super-repellant.

If you want to meet people, try doing something YOU like, not something you think you should to meet the "right" people. If you're not really into theater and you happen to meet someone who is, then you might end up looking disingenuous.

You have the gym, you do stuff with your kids. What else do you like? Cooking? How about taking a class at the ICE (www.iceculinary.com) - they have "singles" classes: http://rec.iceculinary.co...tail/14018 Take a foreign language class, or volunteer for an organization you like (maybe get involved with something at your kids' school?). Did you go to college in NYC? Maybe look into their alumni group to see if they have activities.

jone70 said:

PurpleJedi said:

OK...can I retract this thread? Pretend it never existed?

I'm a little confused - are you wanting to go to the theater because you're interested in it/trying out something new; or are you thinking of it as a way to meet women?

Oh honey, have you not been paying attention to all the clues?

!

imago said:

OMG, this thread is so gay it's going to end up with its own permenant seat on Hollywood Squares.

Center square, no less.

I'll admit, I love this thread.

It's charming. And I like live performances of any kind--it's a true artform.

Plus, this thread isn't as frightening as this thread: http://prince.org/msg/100/325313

I'm trying really hard not to connec the dots here, folks.

Genesia said:

imago said:

OMG, this thread is so gay it's going to end up with its own permenant seat on Hollywood Squares.

Center square, no less.

GuRRLL, you're on his fishslap list now!

imago said:

jone70 said:

I'm a little confused - are you wanting to go to the theater because you're interested in it/trying out something new; or are you thinking of it as a way to meet women?

Oh honey, have you not been paying attention to all the clues?

!

That's what I'm saying; I don't think the theater is a good place to meet (single) women!

back atcha!

jone70 said:

imago said:

Oh honey, have you not been paying attention to all the clues?

!

That's what I'm saying; I don't think the theater is a good place to meet (single) women!

back atcha!

imago said:

Genesia said:

Center square, no less.

GuRRLL, you're on his fishslap list now!

Do I look scared?

jone70 said:

PurpleJedi said:

OK...can I retract this thread? Pretend it never existed?

I'm a little confused - are you wanting to go to the theater because you're interested in it/trying out something new; or are you thinking of it as a way to meet women?

Is your goal to meet someone to date? Based on some of your other threads it sort of seems like that, but if I may be frank it's also coming off a tiny bit desperate (sorry ), which is like chick super-repellant.

If you want to meet people, try doing something YOU like, not something you think you should to meet the "right" people. If you're not really into theater and you happen to meet someone who is, then you might end up looking disingenuous.

You have the gym, you do stuff with your kids. What else do you like? Cooking? How about taking a class at the ICE (www.iceculinary.com) - they have "singles" classes: http://rec.iceculinary.co...tail/14018 Take a foreign language class, or volunteer for an organization you like (maybe get involved with something at your kids' school?). Did you go to college in NYC? Maybe look into their alumni group to see if they have activities.

No Jone...honestly I was watching TV the other night and a commercial came on for that "Seminar" play that I mentioned earlier. THAT got me thinking that, here I am; a 30 minute ride from Manhattan, and I don't do "city" things like going to see a show.

Not because I'm desperate (really, not there yet) but honestly because I imagine it's something "well-rounded" metropolitan people would probably do. I like museums, I like seeing live bands, I like all that "cultural" stuff...

...THEN I got slapped in the face with a pink purse.

imago said:

I'll admit, I love this thread.

It's charming. And I like live performances of any kind--it's a true artform.

Plus, this thread isn't as frightening as this thread: http://prince.org/msg/100/325313

I'm trying really hard not to connec the dots here, folks.

Oh damn...I completely forgot about that effin' thread. What the hell was I thinking?!?!

Yeah...between that one and this one...I'll meet you in Greenwich Village in an hour.

PurpleJedi said:

jone70 said:

I'm a little confused - are you wanting to go to the theater because you're interested in it/trying out something new; or are you thinking of it as a way to meet women?

Is your goal to meet someone to date? Based on some of your other threads it sort of seems like that, but if I may be frank it's also coming off a tiny bit desperate (sorry ), which is like chick super-repellant.

If you want to meet people, try doing something YOU like, not something you think you should to meet the "right" people. If you're not really into theater and you happen to meet someone who is, then you might end up looking disingenuous.

You have the gym, you do stuff with your kids. What else do you like? Cooking? How about taking a class at the ICE (www.iceculinary.com) - they have "singles" classes: http://rec.iceculinary.co...tail/14018 Take a foreign language class, or volunteer for an organization you like (maybe get involved with something at your kids' school?). Did you go to college in NYC? Maybe look into their alumni group to see if they have activities.

No Jone...honestly I was watching TV the other night and a commercial came on for that "Seminar" play that I mentioned earlier. THAT got me thinking that, here I am; a 30 minute ride from Manhattan, and I don't do "city" things like going to see a show.

Not because I'm desperate (really, not there yet) but honestly because I imagine it's something "well-rounded" metropolitan people would probably do. I like museums, I like seeing live bands, I like all that "cultural" stuff...

...THEN I got slapped in the face with a pink purse.

Thanks for the explanation. Who cares about the - if you want to go, just go! Go by yourself if you really want to see a particular show. I do stuff by myself all the time, sometimes I prefer it that way.

jone70 said:

PurpleJedi said:

No Jone...honestly I was watching TV the other night and a commercial came on for that "Seminar" play that I mentioned earlier. THAT got me thinking that, here I am; a 30 minute ride from Manhattan, and I don't do "city" things like going to see a show.

Not because I'm desperate (really, not there yet) but honestly because I imagine it's something "well-rounded" metropolitan people would probably do. I like museums, I like seeing live bands, I like all that "cultural" stuff...

...THEN I got slapped in the face with a pink purse.

Thanks for the explanation. Who cares about the - if you want to go, just go! Go by yourself if you really want to see a particular show. I do stuff by myself all the time, sometimes I prefer it that way.

Yeah...I'm actually not so insecure as to NOT do something I would enjoy simply because of some ribbing on the internet.

But thanks for the info on ICE...I'm addicted to the Food Network ("Chopped" is my favorite show right now) and other than breakfast, I'm clueless in the kitchen...so that's definitely something to consider.

....and if you ever want company to go see an exhibit or something...I've got lots of free time now, and I'm a 30-minute train ride away!