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  1. 09-11-2014, 08:47 PM #1
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    Return To The Forbidden Planet

    Anyone ever hear of this play? Is it any good?

    We were at Little Miss Field Day's last High School Open House. Ran into the head of the theatre department (don't worry, he's fine). He told us that this is the play the HS will be performing in the Spring.

    From the Wikipedia description, it sounds like they've reworked the old 1950's movie Forbidden Planet (starring Leslie "and don't call me Shirley" Nielson) into a musical. And both are based on Shakespeare's The Tempest. So the pedigree is sound.

    But is it any good?
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    Show tunes? It'll be a hit

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    I just went to YouTube and typed it in, and there are some hits on there, from a High School play maybe. One set looks like it is pretty much all the songs and dance numbers from the play. It looks like it should be fun for the kids as well as the folks watching.
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    Forbidden Planet was my all time favorite Sci-Fi movie....
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    Yep. And Ann Francis was hot as Altaira, too.
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    Klaatu barata nickto! Oh, wait, wrong movie...
    All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
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    Quote Originally Posted by KJ6BSO View Post
    Klaatu barata nickto! Oh, wait, wrong movie...
    Klaatu bushtit nickto! That's how I remember it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by K7SGJ View Post
    I just went to YouTube and typed it in, and there are some hits on there, from a High School play maybe. One set looks like it is pretty much all the songs and dance numbers from the play. It looks like it should be fun for the kids as well as the folks watching.
    I hope so, I really do.

    After last year's disappointment, and considering that she's now a senior, I was really hoping they'd pick a play that could showcase her as the lead actress, or at least lead supporting actress. (Yeah, I know that my daughter's well being is not the primary consideration in the selection of the school play). I think she's earned it, especially after the two important-but-minor roles she's had the last two years.

    She wants one of the two lead actress roles. I'm scared that they're going to cast her as the plays equivalent to Robbie the Robot.

    Also considering the (lack of) props and the (lack of) budget that the school play has had the last two years... I'm wondering how they're going to pull this one off.
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    Quote Originally Posted by NA4BH View Post
    Klaatu bushtit nickto! That's how I remember it.
    Yeah, well, Keanu Reeves is not Michael Rennie.
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  10. 09-12-2014, 03:54 PM #10
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    Looks like a hoot, actually.

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