When we saw Much Ado About Nothing two weeks, I thought it was really really good. But if I could go back one more time before the end of the year, it would be to see Merchant. It was so awesome! It plays in Milwaukee the last weekend in October, and in Whitewater on October 23.
The notes in the program seemed to indicate that the play was about anti-Semitism. I think the play was about living by mercy versus living under the law. Those who live by the law will die by the law.
Katie and Rachel will be amused by one of David's comments before the show. This year he's putting on his make-up on-stage for about 20 minutes before the play starts, answering questions people have. When he came out onto the stage, our family applauded wildly. He looked up and said, "Oh. It's you folks. What would I expect?" Yippee! David knows I'm one of his groupies! Anyway, back to the comment... In answer to a question about the difficulty of learning his lines, David was saying that it was easy except for his ADD distractibility. (No wonder I liked that man right off the bat! He thinks like I do!) He said people have suspected that he's really ADHD, but he could never sit still long enough for a test to diagnose him as such!
Oh, and also to taunt my daughters.... we went to the General Store for lunch and Colleen and James came in with their son. Oh, he's cute! And jabbers!
The number of people in the talk-backs is growing, and the Q/A today was super. Some of the typical questions about stagefright and learning lines and favorite characters. But also lots of questions about character motivation and historical background. Very cool!
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Awww...makes me wish we would have gone to this one too!
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful weather you had today for the play.