Party like it's 2019

[adrian_turtle]

Redbird and Cattitude and I just had a delightful night out, watching a play downtown. We reserved front-row lawn chairs at the Commonwealth Shakespeare Company outdoor production of As You Like it, which was just plain fun. Great chemistry, not just for the lead couple but between Rosalind and Celia. The fight scenes at the beginning were a wonderful mix of dancing and pro wrestling tropes. The show runs through August 10 and I recommend it.

Compared to the usual theater in the park, sitting on a picnic blanket and throwing some money in the collection basket, it was hideously expensive. But it was so much cheaper than the years of theater we've been missing out on because we were afraid to spend 3 hours in a crowded theater with lousy ventilation and a bunch of people with covid. It was even cheaper than the park performances we missed because not all the hips and knees in the family were up for sitting on the ground or in the kind of folding chair we could carry to the park.

Comments

[pameladean]

Oh, that sounds wonderful. I am suffering similarly from theatrical deprivation, but I'm not sure any outdoor theatrical companies in the Twin Cities will rent you any kind of seating. We did try to get to an outdoor production of Iphigenia at Aulis that was close enough to my partner Eric's house that seating could have been carried there. But it was one of the recent summers with huge torrential downpours, and both that performance and one of the later ones that might have worked were cancelled because of weather.

Anyway, I'm going to check out whether any of them rent seating and I just didn't notice. As for the play, I love it when a performance really gets into the chemistry in the dialogue between Rosalind and Celia. And it's delightful how Shakespeare's comedies can be adapted to local conditions, so to speak, as with the pro wrestling tropes. Always fun and interesting when a company does that.

P.

[adrian_turtle]

We were really lucky with the weather. It was miserably hot early in the week, and then pouring until the morning of the performance.

I hope you can find a play that's accessible to you! These people say "Arrive early and grab one of our provided chairs - they go fast," which seems like the kind of gamble I would take on some days. Last performance of the summer is tomorrow.
https://thegraymallardtheater.org/#current-season