Much Ado

I needs to see this ish.

Much Ado

Last night I saw my college's production of Much Ado About Nothing, my favorite Shakespeare play. The above will always be my favorite version though. Kenneth and Emma forever!

I do want to see Joss Whedon's much-buzzed about movie version of it, whenever that's going to be released. And then of course there is the Catherine Tate/David Tennant theatre version, which apparently you can rent on amazon.co.uk (Maryann, can you confirm this?).

Let me have my musical theatre geek moment

So you might not know this about me, but I used to be super-duper into musical theatre. I've always danced and sang, I'm not afraid of an audience, I used to act in plays... I've kind of chilled out in all these arenas over the past few years, but I still have a BIG HEART for the underrated art of theatre. That's why when I saw this video on my friend Ian's awesome blog, Dramaturgically Speaking, I almost started crying. a) Wow, such talent: Christian Borle, Celia Keenan-Bolger (who I saw in a production of Our Town a couple years ago!). b) I read Peter and the Starcatchers when it first came out (nerd alert) because Peter Pan is my favorite story of all time; and the imagined prequel is really good! c) What an exciting way of doing theatre! People in a space creating magic around you, as Christian Borle says. Everything being pared down; actors playing numerous roles... Anyway, I could go on. Because I am so obsessed.