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| re: Stoppard's THE REAL INSPECTOR HOUND -- Thoughts? Worth Seeing? | |
| Posted by: markdr 01:45 pm EST 01/15/22 | |
| In reply to: Stoppard's THE REAL INSPECTOR HOUND -- Thoughts? Worth Seeing? - BroadwayTonyJ 01:31 pm EST 01/15/22 | |
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| I don't want to spoil it for you - so I'll say that HOUND is the anti-Christie!! Stoppard in a lighter vein. Enjoy! | |
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| re: Stoppard's THE REAL INSPECTOR HOUND -- Thoughts? Worth Seeing? | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 02:07 pm EST 01/15/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Stoppard's THE REAL INSPECTOR HOUND -- Thoughts? Worth Seeing? - markdr 01:45 pm EST 01/15/22 | |
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| Thanks. I appreciate your response (and wit). | |
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| re: Stoppard's THE REAL INSPECTOR HOUND -- Thoughts? Worth Seeing? | |
| Posted by: BruceinIthaca 04:05 pm EST 01/15/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Stoppard's THE REAL INSPECTOR HOUND -- Thoughts? Worth Seeing? - BroadwayTonyJ 02:07 pm EST 01/15/22 | |
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| As a fellow (former in my case) Chicagoan, you may appreciate this anecdote. In either 1976 or 1977 (can't remember which), I went on a short road trip from Oak Park to DeKalb to see a fellow OPRFHS grad and member of the DG (drama group, as we called ourselves, reclaiming our identity from the "greasers" and jocks who often referred to us as "those drama f---." One of our own was playing the role of the detective and we wanted to support him. It and he was quite good: Dan Castellaneta--wonder whatever happened to him? | |
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| re: Stoppard's THE REAL INSPECTOR HOUND -- Thoughts? Worth Seeing? | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 05:12 pm EST 01/15/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Stoppard's THE REAL INSPECTOR HOUND -- Thoughts? Worth Seeing? - BruceinIthaca 04:05 pm EST 01/15/22 | |
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| Great story. I attended LTHS from 1962 - '66. I was both a jock and a theatre enthusiast, but not quite a DG. However, I was in the English Honors program. All my English teachers talked me into doing theatre, and I did enjoy it. If I could do it all over again, I would have become a DG. | |
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| re: Stoppard's THE REAL INSPECTOR HOUND -- Thoughts? Worth Seeing? | |
| Posted by: BruceinIthaca 07:46 pm EST 01/15/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Stoppard's THE REAL INSPECTOR HOUND -- Thoughts? Worth Seeing? - BroadwayTonyJ 05:12 pm EST 01/15/22 | |
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| Not to be boringly repetitious, but out DG also included: Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, ballerina (NYCB soloist) Helene Alexopoulos, novelists Jane Hamilton and Kevin McIntosh, sculptor Peter Lane. The younger crowd included Kathy Griffin and Megan Cavanaugh, but they were pretty much after my time (though I was KG's "escort" in the "Many a New Day" number in our summer production of Oklahoma--in which MEM played Laurie and HA danced her and Dan was Ali Hakam). They were friendly to the rest of us mere mortals! I think what it speaks to, in addition to a confluence of talent, was the support for the arts in many public schools back then (mid-70s). Oak Park was very heterogenous in terms of socio-economic status, but it had a high tax base, and if you chose to live there, you knew that education would be a priority. We were lucky enough to have three theatres (a 1700-seat auditorium, a 400-seat thrust, and a black box), four full-time drama and speech teachers (and a theatre manager), two orchestras, two bands, wind ensembles, boys choir, girls choir, and a capella choir (the "honors "mixed" choir), and our orchestra took two trips to Europe in my time there. We had about 6000 students, so that may have helped explain why there was so much support for the arts (and there were at least ten studio art teachers--I never ventured into them), but I also think we were in a time when the arts really were seen as essential to a well-rounded education. Not as much today, though I think they remain strong at my high school--one young man, John Clay III, made it to NY finals for the Jimmy Awards, and has appeared on Broadway in Choir Boy, after attending Carnegie-Mellon. I don't think we were really aware of how good we had it. Many others went into stage management, teaching, and other things related to the visual and performing arts. |
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