the full bard- abridged

Last night the hubby and I went to "the complete works of william shakespeare (abridged).  It was written by 3 hilarious guys!  It was performed by the Cincinnati Shakespeare Co. and is going until the 26th (so there is still time to get in!)

We have seen this performance recorded by the authors of this hilarious production, and knew we wanted to see it live.  With our discounted tickets it was 30 total!

The show was hilarious, and the three guys were really good.  I loved that they made a few things specific to Cincinnati, and updated a few things as well (references to charlie sheene, rebecca black, and a few other pop hits).  I loved that it was a small theater, 140 seats total, but not all are available for audience.  Seriously, if you are at all educated about any of shakespears works- find this show!  It is a must see!!

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Hubby and I once we returned home- apparently camera was not on the right setting

a few great things- I took this to see if we would fit in the frame, our dog is barking at me, and that pile of stuff in the corner, that is our basket of blankets, which puppy likes to eat (normally that area looks better)

cincinnati opera, rigoletto

in the middle of the week last week both us us were suppose to be off work, and we were going to go camping.  with rain in the forecast we nixed it- and i am so glad we did!  I wasn't feeling great on Tuesday (which was a 12 hour day of nannying, then 1 hour of running errands, followed by small group- I was not home until 11)- Wednesday I worked in the morning, and was not feeling great that night, and thursday we cleaned the house and looked at rentals, and I was sick.  But the up side of not going camping was that we would get to see Rigoletto!

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Even being a sicky it was a great night!  It was held at Cincinnati's Music Hall.....

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Gorgeous, right?!!

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The soprano stole the show!  After her aria there was so much applause that the show has to stop for a few minutes!  The famous quartet in the 3rd was also wonderful!  Really the whole cast was great, but my favorite was by far the soprano!  (which is saying a lot seeing as my hubby is a tenor and has performed a few scenes from this opera!)

The best part, we went for free!  My inlaws got me an Orange card for Christmas which allows me to go to several arts shows for free, and get discounted tickets!  Next thursday we will be seeing "the complete works of william shakespear (abridged)"!  So excited to be back in the 'theatre going crowd' :)