Jeeves and Wooster is a comedy based
on the books of P. G. Wodehouse. I really enjoyed this play. I listen to these audio books over and over
and never tire of them. Since coming
home, I have discovered a British television series about Jeeves and Wooster on
YouTube and have been watching episodes.
The actor who plays House (Hugh Laurie) plays the Bertie Wooster
character in the tv series. Duke of York Theater
The Woman in Black was really scary.
I don’t recommend seeing this play if you have a weak heart! Fortune Theater
The Commitments is a musical based
on Roddy Doyle’s best selling novel about a musical group in Ireland. I hadn’t heard of it before and was surprised
to find out there is a book and a movie already out there. It featured the music of Otis Redding, Jimmy Ruffin, Wilson
Pickett, The Supremes, Marvin Gay, Aretha Franklin and others. Palace Theater
Once is also set in Ireland, and is
a musical based on the film of the same name.
It tells the story of an Irish busker and a young Czech girl who meet through
a shared love of music. It was funny and touching. The stage is a pub and before the show and during the intermission, people in the audience could buy drinks on stage. Phoenix Theater
My favorite of the plays I saw this
trip was Let It Be, about the Beatles.
The audience was encouraged to stand up and sing along with the
musicians who played the Beatles. I
often listened to the Beatles in my younger days and I knew all the words to
all the songs. It was very nostalgic. Garrick Theater
Miss Saigon is again playing in
London, but I didn’t choose to see it this trip. I saw it on my very first trip to London in
January of 1991. I liked it when I saw it, but it is so dark and haunting that
I couldn’t see it again.
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I love live shows, Pamela :) The hubby and I try yo catch a show at least once a month, normally a comedy though as hubby doesn't quite enjoy musicals!
I am so glad you got a lot of entertainment out of your stay in London. I used to go to the Open AIr Theatre in Regent's Park. It is always so nice to see the evening darkening and the stage setting changing with the natural light. Many people have a picnic basket, a bottle of champagne or a flask of cocoa to enjoy during the performance. Once we all sat under umbrellas... that was a memorial night, too.
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