# Just saw a summer stock presentation of "Murder on the Nile"... when your last live theater outing? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 13, 2011, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-a-summer-stock-presentation-of-murder-on-the-nile-when-your-last-live-theater-outing/592545 "2011-08-13T03:49:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-a-summer-stock-presentation-of-murder-on-the-nile-when-your-last-live-theater-outing/592545/1 "2011-08-13T03:49:02Z")
My mom, Dominic, and I went tonight to see “Murder on the Nile” at The Barnstormers Theater in Tamworth, NH. They usually put on pretty good productions. This was no exception. I had an inkling as to who did it early on but couldn’t make the timeline work so I thought I was wrong until the explanation scene. When did you last go to see a live theater performance (play or musical, not concerts)? ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-a-summer-stock-presentation-of-murder-on-the-nile-when-your-last-live-theater-outing/592545/2 "2011-08-13T04:00:16Z")
Back in June, we went down to New York to see **The Mother F** ker with the Hat\*\* in New York city, with Chris Rock (who wasn’t the star, but rather the draw). Bobby Cannavale was the real star, and Elizabeth Rodriguez was also terrific. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-a-summer-stock-presentation-of-murder-on-the-nile-when-your-last-live-theater-outing/592545/3 "2011-08-13T04:16:07Z")
Last weekend Mama Zappa and I ran off to NYC. She saw The Addams Family while I went to the Museum of Natural History. We both saw Avenue Q and then Wicked. So just a few days for us - you got a problem wid that? ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-a-summer-stock-presentation-of-murder-on-the-nile-when-your-last-live-theater-outing/592545/4 "2011-08-13T04:17:05Z")
Does being in one count? Just finished a run of a community theater production of Shakespeare’s _Tempest_. Before that, saw the local light opera company’s production of the musical _Carousel_ back in, um, May or June. Had heard all those classic Broadway show soundtracks over and over when I was a kid, but haven’t actually seen many of them on stage: it was a real treat! Does anybody ever put on _The Golden Apple_ or _The Boys from Syracuse_ any more, I wonder? It would be fun to see those. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-a-summer-stock-presentation-of-murder-on-the-nile-when-your-last-live-theater-outing/592545/5 "2011-08-13T04:33:15Z")
I went to see Brian Friel’s _Translations_ last night in Dublin’s Abbey Theatre. It was a fantastic production, a great play. It’s laugh out loud hilarious and poignant. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-a-summer-stock-presentation-of-murder-on-the-nile-when-your-last-live-theater-outing/592545/6 "2011-08-13T14:41:44Z")
Last thing I watched in a theater was a production of _[Nickel and Dimed](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_and_Dimed)_ by Barbara Ehrenreich. I actually saw something after that, a family drama about the Vietnam War, but I was videotaping it for pay. so I don’t think that counts. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-a-summer-stock-presentation-of-murder-on-the-nile-when-your-last-live-theater-outing/592545/7 "2011-08-13T15:08:23Z")
We’ve been hitting the local repertory theater all summer. There’s something about open-air theater in the park that is magical on a summer’s evening. In the last month, we’ve seen productions of _Greater Tuna_, _Radio Gals_, _Becky’s New Car_ and _Nunsense_. Next week is Moliere’s _The Miser_. Somewhere in there we also wedged in a production of [Fleetwood Macbeth](http://www.troubie.com/public/media/fleetwoodmacbeth.html). ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-a-summer-stock-presentation-of-murder-on-the-nile-when-your-last-live-theater-outing/592545/8 "2011-08-13T17:58:01Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Somewhere in there we also wedged in a production of [Fleetwood Macbeth](http://www.troubie.com/public/media/fleetwoodmacbeth.html). That looks like a hoot! Any chance of a production of _Two Gentlemen of Lebowski_? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-a-summer-stock-presentation-of-murder-on-the-nile-when-your-last-live-theater-outing/592545/9 "2011-08-13T18:04:05Z")
Not much of a theatre goer. The last performance I attended was a local production of _M_A_S_H\* which I went to see because a friend was in it. This was around ten years ago. ---
**Author:** ![MarcusF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/67e7ee/32.png) [@MarcusF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarcusF)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-a-summer-stock-presentation-of-murder-on-the-nile-when-your-last-live-theater-outing/592545/10 "2011-08-13T18:23:38Z")
The Royal Shakespeare Company production of [MacBeth](http://www.rsc.org.uk/whats-on/macbeth/) in the re-built theatre at Stratford in mid-July. Actually didn’t think it was that good - the director trying to be too clever. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-a-summer-stock-presentation-of-murder-on-the-nile-when-your-last-live-theater-outing/592545/11 "2011-08-13T18:43:35Z")
Several, last weekend at Sweet Pea, Bozeman’s annual arts festival. The highlights were _Much Ado about Nothing_ and _The Merchant of Venice_ by Montana Shakespeare in the Parks, but there were also a couple of youth productions I saw, too. And I’ll probably see MSitP one or two more times this summer, when they come back to town to finish up their season. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-a-summer-stock-presentation-of-murder-on-the-nile-when-your-last-live-theater-outing/592545/12 "2011-08-13T19:27:06Z")
Last weekend, SHOUT at the Marriott Lincolnshire’s theater. It was…disappointing. Now, my mom and I have season tickets, so I know that most of their shows are fluff for the blue hairs, and I have no problem with that. Sometimes I like to be challenged by live theater, sometimes I just want to sit back and be entertained. This was…neither. Rather dull, actually, with costumes that were just all wrong, especially for one actress. (Seriously, she wasn’t an understudy or last minute replacement, so I can only surmise she really pissed off the Wardrobe Mistress at some point, because every single thing she wore made her look dumpy and lumpy.) I think the biggest problem was that I’m not terribly into that genre of music, and it’s basically a revue show without a storyline. So, absent captivating music or a captivating story, I’m left only with Theme to ponder, and by acting and blocking, there seemed to be a whole lotta man hatin’ going on. Very strange for a show comprised almost entirely of love songs. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-a-summer-stock-presentation-of-murder-on-the-nile-when-your-last-live-theater-outing/592545/13 "2011-08-13T19:38:46Z")
My last was Phantom of the Opera in Lansing Michigan. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-a-summer-stock-presentation-of-murder-on-the-nile-when-your-last-live-theater-outing/592545/14 "2011-08-13T20:06:09Z")
I \*finally \*got season tickets to the Encores! revivals on Broadway, after years of reading the reviews and kicking myself for not having tickets. This past spring I saw **Bells Are Ringing** (Kelli O’Hara was miscast, it needed Kristin Chenoweth) and \*\*Where’s Charley? \*\*(newcomer Rob McClure was _brilliant_, I hope he has a long career). I already have tickets for next season ( **Merrily We Roll Along, Pipe Dream** , and **Gentlemen Prefer Blondes** ) and eagerly await casting news. Oh, I also saw Varla Jean Merman and Leslie Jordan in **Lucky Guy** in May–\*I \*thought it was great, but apparently no one else did, as it opened and closed like a camera shutter. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-a-summer-stock-presentation-of-murder-on-the-nile-when-your-last-live-theater-outing/592545/15 "2011-08-13T20:22:25Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > That looks like a hoot! > > Any chance of a production of _Two Gentlemen of Lebowski_? No, but they _have_ done _It’s a Stevie Wonderful Life, As U2 Like It, It’s a Charlie James Brown Christmas, OthE.L.O., Little Drummer Bowie_, and my favorite, _Hamlet, the Artist formerly known as the Prince of Denmark_. ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Boods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@Ms\_Boods](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Boods)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-a-summer-stock-presentation-of-murder-on-the-nile-when-your-last-live-theater-outing/592545/16 "2011-08-13T20:22:59Z")
Last March saw Derek Jacobi in London (Richmond) in _King Lear_; next week will see David Tennant in _Much Ado About Nothing_ and Paul McGann in\* Butley\*, also in London. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-a-summer-stock-presentation-of-murder-on-the-nile-when-your-last-live-theater-outing/592545/17 "2011-08-13T20:27:23Z")
I saw a few small shows at the Minneapolis Fringe Festival this week. Still have a punch left on my ticket card so I’ll try to fit something in tomorrow probably and before that I saw a production of _A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum_ mid June. It’s so nice finally being able to see shows on a regular basis. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-a-summer-stock-presentation-of-murder-on-the-nile-when-your-last-live-theater-outing/592545/18 "2011-08-13T22:09:44Z")
Mrs Piper and I saw “[Shakespeare’s Wil](http://www.stratfordfestival.ca/onstage/productions.aspx?id=11172&prodid=36321)l”, starring [Seanna McKenna](http://www.stratfordfestival.ca/OnStage/productions.aspx?id=11173&prodid=36321&id2=879), a one-woman play at the Regina Globe in March. It’s now playing at the Stratford Festival - great play - great actress - heartily recommend it to anyone within driving distance of Stratford. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-a-summer-stock-presentation-of-murder-on-the-nile-when-your-last-live-theater-outing/592545/19 "2011-08-13T22:57:55Z")
_Hair_. Last year in Atlanta. Q ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-a-summer-stock-presentation-of-murder-on-the-nile-when-your-last-live-theater-outing/592545/20 "2011-08-14T01:28:13Z")
Tonight. An Off-Broadway production at Second Stage called “The Talls.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-a-summer-stock-presentation-of-murder-on-the-nile-when-your-last-live-theater-outing/592545.md?page=2)