I have never seen a live theater performance before and I was kind of upset when I was not able to go see Kiss Me Kate. I forgot when it was and accidentally scheduled a bus to go home that weekend. It was stupid of me because I have never seen a play and I was wondering what it would be like. The idea of going to see a live theater performance never really appealed to me, honestly I thought it was gay. All of my friends would go see the plays that our high schools would have and I used to make fun of them when they went. I grew up in a house where neither of my parents were big into reading or going to see theater so I never really took the time to do either of them. I honestly do not think I have ever seen my dad read a book in 19 years. I'm not even really sure if my dad knows how to read. I like to write about things that I want to write about but that is about the extent of what I liked about English coming into Penn State. I am more of a mind person I like to think about what other people our thinking.
I do not really have anything to compare it to but I feel like watching the movie Kiss Me Kate is nothing like seeing the live version of it. I do not think that watching a movie of anything can compare to the live version of it. When you watch a live version of a play it kind of comes to life and makes you feel like your a part of it more. I wish I would have been able to go see Kiss Me Kate live because I feel like seeing a live theater performance is something that you should do in your life. Maybe I will go see a play in Philly when I get home. I do not have a favorite musical because I have never seen one and I do not really know that much about them but in middle school and high school I read a lot of Shakespeare for class and I feel like I would like to see one of those plays live. I have never seen the Taming of the Shrew but I feel like having seen it would have made Kiss Me Kate make more sense.
Although I did not get to see the musical live and I have never seen a live theatrical performance I am happy that I had this experience to get me thinking about the experience and make me want to go see one. I guess you never really know if you like something until you try it. This whole time I assumed that I would not like a musical but who knows maybe I will find something new that I enjoy to do.
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