Thursday, March 25, 2004

I watched OLEANNA today with Bethany. The play is flawless. I listen to the dialogue and it puts me to shame. Will I ever be able to write something so tight? Where every sentence is needed and there is absolutely no excess?

Not only is it tight, but it's thought provoking, intense, and interesting all the way through.

Man, I love those movies/plays that make you want to throw things.

And now, for kicks, I'm going to list my favorite plays. I'm a senior, from four years of theatrical education, so I should figure out what my favorite plays are.

In no particular order (writing them down as they come):
(Oh, and I've not been in these. I don't think I could judge a play I've been in as the play itself.)

Obviously, Oleanna
The Dutchman
Waiting for Lefty
A Streetcar Named Desire
Fuddy Meers
The Tempest
Othello
Henry V
Hamlet
Agamemnon
Incident at Vichy
Summer and Smoke
Shoot, what's that one that we read in theater history? I think it's called The Wall.

Musicals:
Assassins is #1
Sweeney Todd (The Demon Barber of Fleet Street)
Jelly's Last Jam
Godspell
Pippin

Hehe, I'm sure you all were SO interested in that entry. But it's my journal. I have a license to be self-indulgent.

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