Theatre

"All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players..."
from William Shakespeare's "As You Like It"

How true...

My husband and I were both stage actors when we met. When we decided to start a family, it was agreed that show biz was not as stable a life as we wanted for our kids, so we quit, just like that. We've done some things since and perhaps will do so in the future...anyone for Le Mis? (wink)

Favorite Plays

• "The Norman Conquests" by Alan Ayckbourn
• "Nuts" by Tom Topor
• "The Children's Hour" by Lillian Hellman
• "Marty" by Paddy Chayefsky
• "The Royal Family" by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber
• "As You Like It" by William Shakespeare (love Helen Mirren as Rosalind in the 1978 BBC version)
• "Cyrano de Bergerac" by Edmond Rostand
• "The Lion in Winter" by James Goldman
• "6 Rms Riv Vu" by Bob Randall
• "The Madwoman of Chaillot" by Jean Giraudoux

Favorite Musicals

• "Les Miserables" by Robert Hossein, Claude-Michel Schönberg, and Alain Boublil.
• "Man of La Mancha" by Dale Wasserman, Joe Darion and Mitch Leigh
• "Carnival" by Michael Stewart and Bob Merrill
• "The Cradle Will Rock" by Marc Blitzstein
• "Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris" by Jacques Brel, Eric Blau and Mort Shuman
• "Follies" by Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman
• "I Do, I Do" by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt
• "Promises, Promises" by Burt Bacharach, Hal David and Neil Simon.
• "Kiss Me Kate" by Cole Porter
• "The King & I" by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
• "Fiddler on the Roof" by Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick and Joseph Stein
• "Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street" by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler