Sunday, August 23, 2009

Tradition!

Lance took me to see Topol in Fiddler on the Roof yesterday. Despite having to sit in our $50 nose bleed seats, the performance was absolutely amazing. I wish we had a set of opera glasses as we missed so much of the facial expressions that made the play as engaging as it was. Despite this, we laughed, cried, clapped, and sang with everyone else there. We are in the process of teaching Elisabeth some of the songs. "The Dream" is a great splashing, bathtime song. She will love show tunes before we know it!

I adore musicals and wish we could afford to attend the theater on a regular basis. After singing "Tradition" on the way to get frozen yogurt, we decided we need to make theater a part of our own family's traditions. We decided we will attend at least one musical or play every year. When Elisabeth is old enough - Maybe 8 or 9, she will start attending musicals with us.

Here is a record of what we have seen as a family so far:
  • Fiddler on the Roof - 2009
  • Wicked - 2008
  • The Pagaent of the Masters - 2008
  • Les Miserables - 2006
  • Holes - 2005
  • Walter Wonka and the Lawyer Factory - 2004 (A musical put on by the law students at the U of MN Law School).
  • A handful of musical and theater performances done at BYU in 2002. Unfortunately, neither one of us remembers what we saw but Lance got free tickets while we were undergrads so we know we saw quite a few!
We are thinking we may get tickets to see The Lion King in 2010. Do you have suggestions of what would be a good play to add to our wish list?

3 comments:

  1. You should try to see a few shows at South Coast Rep. The theaters are smaller, but there are a lot of great original (and Classic) shows that are put on there! Also, see The Light in the Piazza if you get a chance!

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  2. alex went with pete to see "joseph and the amazing technicolor dreamcoat" when he was 4 and he loved it. this year in london, alex and ruby both saw "the lion king" (they were 7 and 4) and were enchanted. start her early and she will love it for life. i'd also recommend "the phantom of the opera". i saw it with my family when i was little and have always loved it. what a great goal. thanks for keeping us up to date.

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  3. Love the tradition. Yeah, when we were living in Minnesota, we were only able to go see "My Fair Lady" as we couldn't afford the tickets. It made me sad because there is such great theater there! I'm still bummed that we never hooked up, but next time we go to Disneyland....BTW, I love Fiddler on the Roof too!

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