I LOVE plays!!!

We have a terrific summer playhouse here in RI called 'Theatre by the Sea'. It's less then a mile from the ocean in an old restored building. The grounds surrounding it have an award winning garden you can stroll through during intermission. There have been some famous actors in plays here. Of course my mind has gone blank right now and I can't think of one. lol. We see at least one play there every summer. The last 2 were 'Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat' (my favorite) and 'The Sound of Music'.

The University of RI has a great theater dept. & we have been to alot of their productions. Just recently I took my Girl Scout troop there to see 'Romeo & Juliette'. They loved it!!

Our local high school has put on some pretty good performances too. Last year they put on 'Bye Bye Birdie'. This coming weekend my youngest is going to be in 'South Pacific'. Grumble will be going with us to see it.

Theres also Providence Performing Art Center. (PPAC) They put on big shows equal to any I've seen in NYC. Two years ago we saw 'Phantom of the Opera'. This year my daughters saw 'Hairspray' starring that funny guy with the deep voice.... darn it I'm drawing blanks on all names tonight. (my kids say I have 'old-timers' disease)...... (BRATS!!!)

We used to go to NYC once a year to see something on Broadway. But it got so expensive and the local theater is so good, that we stopped going. The last few we saw were 'Sugarbabies', with Mickey Rooney; 'Annie' with Sarah Jessica Parker; and 'Evita', forget who was in that one.

I think live performances are the best! No special effects like in the movies but when you see those actors pouring themselves into their role or singing and dancing with all they've got, its just incredible. Yeah, I guess you could say I like watching plays.