# 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:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-a-summer-stock-presentation-of-murder-on-the-nile-when-your-last-live-theater-outing/592545/21 "2011-08-14T01:49:14Z")
2006? 2007? _The Sound Of Music_ at The Hollywood Bowl, with **Shayna** and **Spiny Norman**. Before that was also at The Hollywood Bowl: _My Fair Lady_, starring John Lithgow; also with **Shayna** and **Spiny Norman**. _Really_ amazing seats for that one, courtesy of **Shayna** ’s boss. . ---
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-a-summer-stock-presentation-of-murder-on-the-nile-when-your-last-live-theater-outing/592545/22 "2011-08-14T02:44:50Z")
“Guys and Dolls,” as discussed [here.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=617503) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-a-summer-stock-presentation-of-murder-on-the-nile-when-your-last-live-theater-outing/592545/23 "2011-08-14T02:52:55Z")
I last went a couple of years ago, to a full production of “The Mikado” at Washburn University here in Topeka Kansas. I’ve always adored that musical, and Gilbert and Sullivan in general. My mom went with me. One thing that got a cheer from the audience was a line in the song “I’ve got a little list”. It’s common to update the lyrics to this songs, perhaps adding in local references. They got a few chuckles with references to people who text in theaters and so on. But we roared and clapped when they made a reference to the Westboro Baptist church, which is located right here in Topeka. “And those who walk Topeka streets with signs that hate insist; I’ve got them on my list, They never will be missed…” ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-a-summer-stock-presentation-of-murder-on-the-nile-when-your-last-live-theater-outing/592545/24 "2011-08-14T02:56:26Z")
This summer, the Broadway Series that have stopped here have been great. We have seen West Side Story, Young Frankenstein, The Musical and Wicked. The community theater season is about ready to get started again, and we have season tickets to two different groups. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-a-summer-stock-presentation-of-murder-on-the-nile-when-your-last-live-theater-outing/592545/25 "2011-08-14T03:08:38Z")
Last Tuesday, [Bard on the Beach’s](http://www.bardonthebeach.org/) production of _As You Like It_. Which, frankly, I thought was a little weak. Is _As You Like It_ generally felt to be one of Shakespeare’s lesser plays? ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-a-summer-stock-presentation-of-murder-on-the-nile-when-your-last-live-theater-outing/592545/26 "2011-08-14T03:10:57Z")
1979 or 1980 ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-a-summer-stock-presentation-of-murder-on-the-nile-when-your-last-live-theater-outing/592545/27 "2011-08-14T13:02:54Z")
Most recent was the Neil Simon _Broadway Bound_ at Drury Lane. Chicago has a wonderful assortment of small theatres, there’s lots of great stuff around. We got to several each year. We subscribe to Lifeline, for instance, which did _Watership Down_ and _The Moonstone_ last year, and will be doing _Count of Monte Cristo_ in September/October. TheoUbique does amazing, amazing musicals in a small area (50 person audience). In short, there’s lots and lots of great stuff, at reasonable prices. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-a-summer-stock-presentation-of-murder-on-the-nile-when-your-last-live-theater-outing/592545/28 "2011-08-14T13:29:17Z")
> [@](#): > > Chicago has a wonderful assortment of small theatres, there’s lots of great stuff around . . . . will be doing Count of Monte Cristo in September/October. Good lord, is James O’Neill \*still \*touring in that? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-a-summer-stock-presentation-of-murder-on-the-nile-when-your-last-live-theater-outing/592545/29 "2011-08-14T17:43:29Z")
I’d guess it was about a year and a half ago, when a friend starred in a one-woman show that was written by a local playwright. It was a little experimental, but pretty good. If you count community theatre productions that I appeared in, then it was “You Can’t Take it With You,” last March. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2011, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-a-summer-stock-presentation-of-murder-on-the-nile-when-your-last-live-theater-outing/592545/30 "2011-08-15T00:08:52Z")
> [@C K Dexter Haven](#): > > Quote: > Chicago has a wonderful assortment of small theatres, there’s lots of great stuff around . . . . will be doing Count of Monte Cristo in September/October. > [@Eve](#): > > Good lord, is James O’Neill \*still \*touring in that? Ha ha. This is brand new adaptation, by the guy who did MARK OF ZORRO about three years ago (a fantastic production, they were literally swinging on the chandeliers.) ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2011, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-a-summer-stock-presentation-of-murder-on-the-nile-when-your-last-live-theater-outing/592545/31 "2011-08-15T01:54:45Z")
This afternoon - but I was onstage, not in the audience. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2011, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-a-summer-stock-presentation-of-murder-on-the-nile-when-your-last-live-theater-outing/592545/32 "2011-08-15T02:04:50Z")
On Friday I took my stepdad (who was a Shakespearean actor in his younger days) and my mom to a production of Shakespeare’s “The Tempest”. The performers were a local group called the “Short Shakespeareans”. All kids! The group was founded 33 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![punch\_line\_loser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e7dd6/32.png) [@punch\_line\_loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/punch_line_loser)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2011, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-a-summer-stock-presentation-of-murder-on-the-nile-when-your-last-live-theater-outing/592545/33 "2011-08-15T02:05:12Z")
My roommate works for two theatre companies at school, one of which she co-founded, and my other roommate works in a theatre in Montreal, plus I act and play in pit orchestras occasionally. I wind up taking in a lot of theatre, although mostly performed by university students. ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2011, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-a-summer-stock-presentation-of-murder-on-the-nile-when-your-last-live-theater-outing/592545/34 "2011-08-15T14:31:07Z")
In June we saw **Catch me if you Can** and **The Motherf\*cker with the Hat** on Broadway. We saw a couple of off-Broadway shows in June as well but July was so freaking hot outside that I wasn’t willing to leave the house, even to go to the theater. This weekend we are going to go see **Henry V**. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2011, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-a-summer-stock-presentation-of-murder-on-the-nile-when-your-last-live-theater-outing/592545/35 "2011-08-15T14:51:18Z")
Last month I went and saw _Jersey Boys_, it is just finishing a long run and we got fifth row seats half price. On Sunday afternoon we are seeing cult anime feature [Tekkon Kinkreet](http://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/whatson/tekkon_kinkreet.aspx?start=yes) at the Opera House with 3 live bands providing the soundtrack. Then off to catch _Hairspray_ in the evening. [Previous 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=1)