| Is the National heinous these days? The first theater I knew. | |
| Last Edit: Delvino 09:28 am EST 11/20/17 | |
| Posted by: Delvino 09:18 am EST 11/20/17 | |
| In reply to: MEAN GIRLS in DC (herein lie a few spoilers) - carolinaguy 08:37 am EST 11/20/17 | |
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| I feel I grew up in the National (see Frank Rich's book Ghost Light) and saw so many wonderful shows there. First nationals of everything, the Drake-Jeffreys LTC revival of Kismet, the try-outs of 1771, Promises, Promises, the Pearl Bailey Dolly, etc. When I lived in DC again in my 20s, it was upstaged quite literally by the Kennedy Center*. But so many shows in the Opera House (the Lansbury Gypsy, the first national of Little Night Music) would've been so much better suited to the National, even if falling down. I'm sorry to hear it's either uncomfortable, in disrepair, or just not functioning well. Full disclosure: haven't been to the National since the late 70s. *In the early days of the KC, the Eisenhower was seldom used for musicals. I believe the try-out of Annie was a rare exception. When the national of Two Gentlemen of Verona with Larry Kert, Larry Marshall, Marion Ramsey and Jill O'Hara was booked into the National instead of the KC, people complained. Maybe that's to your point. |
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