June 13th - Saw Little Shop of Horrors with TL at Stages. Had never seen it (or the movie) before. Funny, campy, though not out there enough to count as my freaky play. Good performances by all the principals, plus great puppetry and design of the man-eating plant. Catchy Motown-ie songs, and I liked the "greek chorus" of Chiffon, Crystal, and Ronette. Three very talented singers - it was cute, very evocative of the Supremes, et. al. I'd be curious to know how much of a 2009 audience gets the in-joke contained in those names.BTW, I have decided to revamp #90 a tad - now it is: See 25 plays – all non Shakespeare, at least 15 non-musical, at least three modern/arty/freaky. For one thing, in the first 100 days I had already seen 3 plays out of my original goal of 5 non-musical plays. I've realized seeing plays is easy once you commit to it and know what is playing. So, I'm upping the ante. And while I still want to see more non-musical than musicals (since I feel a dearth of play-watching in my theatre history), totally neglecting musical productions is not the way to go. The last thing I want to do is incentivize not seeing something because it won't count towards the list.
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