Correction
It's amazing how close the 1 and 2 keys are on a keyboard. And it's also amazing just how much I could use a copy editor. But, due to whatever reason, it seems that I mistyped the dates of the auditions for The Fantasticks at Mesa College. They are February 28 and 29, not 28 and 19. So, if you thought you could get an audition in today, don't bet on it. I'm sure most of you were smart enough to notice it was a typo, but I just wanted to be sure.
Meeting
Again, we'll be having a general meeting on Wednesday, February 21 at Scripps Cottage. We might even be feeding you people again with pizza this time, so be sure to come on by. We'll be talking about upcoming meetings and other things of interest such as how we might entice a few more of you to join Skull and Dagger without being so obnoxious about it.
Chester and Billy
For those of you who haven't noticed, there's still a lot of stuff going on surrounding the symposium of Chester Gillette and Grace Brown.
Love Library has a photographic exhibition in the Lobby from now through next month.
Also this week, Professor Terry O'Donnell and the Musical Theatre MFA students will be putting on a performance and discussion: "Dreiser and the Tragedy in Popular Music." This goes up Friday and Saturday, February 23 and 24 at 7:30 pm in the Experimental Theatre and Sunday, February 25 at Scripps Miramar Ranch Library at 2 pm. Tickets are $12 general, $10 faculty/staff/seniors, and $8 students. Call 594-2548 for more details.
Trivia
Seems I'm just the King of Oversights. For last week's trivia contest, I forgot to mention which production of Equus to which I was referring, London or New York. Well, I was referring to New York, but both entrants (only two?!?) referred to the original London production...at least in reference to who starred as Dysart. So, here are the answers: Peter Shaffer wrote it, Alec McCowen originally starred as Dysart in the London production while Anthony Hopkins took the role in New York, and John Napier designed the sets and costumes.
The winner this week is Tim Heitman who answered all three parts correctly. And while I commend Paul Morgavo for including Richard Burton also for the film, I remind the gentle reader that this is theatre trivia, not movie trivia.
So, for future reference, unless I make specific reference to another area, I am referring to Broadway productions. But, since I seem to have started something, here's another multi-part question:
The question of "longest running production" is hotly debated with many distinctions: play/musical, London/New York, Broadway/Off-Broadway, West End/Fringe, etc. With that in mind, what is the longest running:
Production in London?
What is special about it?
Musical in London?
What is its significance to New York?
Musical, London or New York?
Why might it "not count"?