Friday, July 20, 2018

Bard on the Beach

We went to the "As You Like It" performance at Bard yesterday evening. Wow...what a performance!   I can see why this just might hit Broadway. The performers had to sing, dance, and do Shakespeare and they all did it all magnificently. It's sold out and revenues are the highest ever. Good on everyone involved!

The sets were very cool (Volkwagon bus included which did get "rockin') and there were 25 Beatles songs that fit perfectly. There were cuts in the play but Jim said they really only cut the boring and rather incomprehensible to modern audiences parts. They also cut the five songs in the original play. That wouldn't have made sense with all the Beatles songs.

It was just so much fun and the audience went wild. It certainly ranks among the best live theatre experienes I've had.

We parked in the Planetarium parking lot. Next time we'll do this a little more strategically. Quite a nightmare getting out with cars and people everywhere and the darkness.







Lots of interesting items in the giftshop but I'm trying to get rid of things not get more things...





Wrestling is part of the beginning of the play and they had this very funny wrestling spectacle before the performance began.




The beginning scenes of the play, then Jim told me we weren't supposed to take photographs. Good thing we didn't get thrown out since Jim is doing some presentations at Brock House on the play!