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Feb. 14th, 2009 07:55 pmOHMYGOSH IT WAS SO GOOD! It was so much fun to watch ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
elise_wanderer on stage today. The lovely thing about this production of Man of La Mancha is that everyone had their moments of being the lead actor. Everyone. Yes, Brent plays the title character, and he has the most lines and the most songs, but everyone gets their moments in the sun, and it's such a delight.
Fangirl moment: hello, Blue Eyes! Hugh Laurie has nothing on Brent Spiner; he's got lovely eyes. (Yes, my seat was that close.)
There was no curtain, and there are only about 525 seats in the theater, so every seat is a good seat. (Most weren't as good as mine, though. *evil chuckle*) The stage was kind of dark, but you could see the raked stage (is that the right term? raked?), the six pillars, the ramp from above, and the portcullis. The audience were still all finding their seats and talking and looking at their programs when the actors started to shimmer onto the stage. Movement catches a person's eye, so the actors moved vvveeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrryyyyyyy sssssllllllooooooooooowwwwwlllllyyyy onto the stage. There were at least five people visible before I realized there was anyone there, and that's because this guy was rolling about on his back like a cat. And they just kind of lolled about for five more minutes until the lights went down and we heard the announcement about silencing cell phones and pagers.
There is a moment early on where Don Quixote and Sancho are riding their horses, and it was brilliantly staged: they were astride a sawhorse and a water barrel, and two actors donned horse-like head gear and pranced in front. Another actor had two bowls for the clop-clop sounds (like Monty Python and the Holy Grail). The windmill, shortly after, was done using light and shadows cast onto a large piece of fabric. (Elise was the windmill! She did a good job there, too.)
I'd never seen the play or the film or even listened to the music before. I'd heard a few songs and seen the episode of Quantum Leap where Sam is the lead in the play, but that's it. It was very touching and thought provoking, and it's going to take me a while to process it all.
We waited for Elise by the stage door as instructed, and we weren't the only ones waiting to see her. She had at least three other groups of people who wanted to say hey, and two of her friends ended up coming to dinner with us. (Shame on me, I can't remember their names!) The six of us ended up in a deli in Westwood Village (I guess that's what it's called) just south of the UCLA campus. Lots of restaurants and shops there. We squished into a corner booth and chatted and ate and chatted some more. I didn't talk too much, because the other five have all been involved in the entertainment business a lot. I loved it because I love listening to war stories; I could have sit there and listened to them for another two hours. And them Bambu's mom grabbed and paid for the bill before we knew what was going on, which was very kind of her! (Thank you!)
Another fangirl moment: Elise is so sweet! She's very friendly, is a jolly good actor, and has a great singing voice, to boot.
I did get a few pictures with Elise and Bambu as we were dropping Elise off at the theater, so as soon as I finish that roll of film, I'll post them. I can't squee enough. EEEEEE!!!
elise_wanderer on stage today. The lovely thing about this production of Man of La Mancha is that everyone had their moments of being the lead actor. Everyone. Yes, Brent plays the title character, and he has the most lines and the most songs, but everyone gets their moments in the sun, and it's such a delight.Fangirl moment: hello, Blue Eyes! Hugh Laurie has nothing on Brent Spiner; he's got lovely eyes. (Yes, my seat was that close.)
There was no curtain, and there are only about 525 seats in the theater, so every seat is a good seat. (Most weren't as good as mine, though. *evil chuckle*) The stage was kind of dark, but you could see the raked stage (is that the right term? raked?), the six pillars, the ramp from above, and the portcullis. The audience were still all finding their seats and talking and looking at their programs when the actors started to shimmer onto the stage. Movement catches a person's eye, so the actors moved vvveeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrryyyyyyy sssssllllllooooooooooowwwwwlllllyyyy onto the stage. There were at least five people visible before I realized there was anyone there, and that's because this guy was rolling about on his back like a cat. And they just kind of lolled about for five more minutes until the lights went down and we heard the announcement about silencing cell phones and pagers.
There is a moment early on where Don Quixote and Sancho are riding their horses, and it was brilliantly staged: they were astride a sawhorse and a water barrel, and two actors donned horse-like head gear and pranced in front. Another actor had two bowls for the clop-clop sounds (like Monty Python and the Holy Grail). The windmill, shortly after, was done using light and shadows cast onto a large piece of fabric. (Elise was the windmill! She did a good job there, too.)
I'd never seen the play or the film or even listened to the music before. I'd heard a few songs and seen the episode of Quantum Leap where Sam is the lead in the play, but that's it. It was very touching and thought provoking, and it's going to take me a while to process it all.
We waited for Elise by the stage door as instructed, and we weren't the only ones waiting to see her. She had at least three other groups of people who wanted to say hey, and two of her friends ended up coming to dinner with us. (Shame on me, I can't remember their names!) The six of us ended up in a deli in Westwood Village (I guess that's what it's called) just south of the UCLA campus. Lots of restaurants and shops there. We squished into a corner booth and chatted and ate and chatted some more. I didn't talk too much, because the other five have all been involved in the entertainment business a lot. I loved it because I love listening to war stories; I could have sit there and listened to them for another two hours. And them Bambu's mom grabbed and paid for the bill before we knew what was going on, which was very kind of her! (Thank you!)
Another fangirl moment: Elise is so sweet! She's very friendly, is a jolly good actor, and has a great singing voice, to boot.
I did get a few pictures with Elise and Bambu as we were dropping Elise off at the theater, so as soon as I finish that roll of film, I'll post them. I can't squee enough. EEEEEE!!!
