All of my former english teachers would be so proud...This is evidently the term for theater. Shortly upon arriving back in London in January, I discovered that a West End theater that used to show Breakfast at Tiffany's is now showing Waiting for Godot.
WITH IAN FRICKING MCKELLAN.
Now, I've read Waiting for Godot. I am NOT a Samuel Beckett fan. AT ALL.
This doesn't matter, though, because I would follow that man to the ends of the earth... to throw a magical ring that promises the destruction of life as we know it into a giant volcano.
I'M SEEING GANDALF IN A PLAY. LIVE. IN PERSON.
Needless to say, I'm very excited.
In other theater news, in a few weeks I'm seeing another show called the Misanthrope. This play is the hot ticket in London this season, mostly because Moliere's female lead is being played by Keira Knightley. Pshhh, whatever. *I'M* excited to see it because the MALE lead is being played by Damien Lewis. I've seen him in various things like Band of Brothers, the Forsyte Saga, and Life. For a while, I was quite confused--- his character in the Forsyte saga is so vicious, hateful and selfish that those feelings transferred to the actor, but his character in Band of Brothers is AWESOME. Life tipped the balance, and now he's one of my favorite British actors.
SO EXCITED.
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