o yes, theatre

[jazzfish]

If you're in the DC area (even on a visit) I can highly recommend taking an evening to see Tom Stoppard's modern classic Arcadia, now playing at the Folger Shakespeare Theatre. Everyone involved did an excellent job; the only quibble I had was that Lady Croom was a bit too over-the-top and, well, theatrical, for my tastes. I'd always thought of her as being more of the devastatingly-raised-eyebrow type. This was pretty clearly a deliberate directorial choice, and one that worked well enough.

If you're unfamiliar with Arcadia, go see it anyway. It is hilarious and smart and poignant, often all at once, from the very second line through to the final blackout.

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I can't remember the last time I was at the Folger. It may have been spring '96 (or maybe '97), watching Troupe's performance at the Student Shakespeare Festival. It's. . . unchanged. Very odd, to see the long marble walkway and think "right, those are the stairs where we took group pictures," or the narrow lobby with the big marble columns around the stairways, or the giant awkward pillars on the stage.

Running into Alicia McBride (who I think recognised me) and her father (who didn't until I introduced myself) outside only added to the surreality of the whole experience.

High school was a really long time ago now.

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[thanate.livejournal.com]

We've got tickets for June 2. My first trip to the folger was in 6th grade, and weirdly enough I ran into my 6th grade teacher when we were there for MacBeth last winter, which was particularly odd as I played Lady MacBeth in our 6th grade production of it.