> > > > I hate to sound "weird" about this play, but it truly is wonderful. You have to really listen to
> > > > the words and pay attention to get anything out of this play. But once you do, you'll get a whole
> > > > new perspective on cats.
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> > > Personally, (but mind, this is based only on having seen the video version) I think that reading the book they nicked most of the lyrics from will give you *at least* as whole a new perspective on cats, plus it's cheaper, doesn't pretend to have a plot, and you don't need to put up with that music.
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> > > Paul
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> > I'm a cat person and I've always enjoyed musicals, so "Cats" is at the top of my "to see" list. But I haven't seen it yet. Maybe the Cumberland County Playhouse in Crossville, Tennessee will do it. I saw "Fiddler on the Roof," "Oklahoma," "South Pacific," "Music Man." "Carosel," and "Brigadoon," there and they always do a great job. Sure, they're way, way, off Broadway, and they aren't in the same league as the people who did "42nd Street" in London, but they're less expensive and only 60 miles away. Maybe some day I'll see a Broadway play on Broadway.
> > Howard
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> Oklahoma. What a great play, about a *great* state. Never seen it live, which I am ashamed to say, but I vow to someday. A place here in Ok called Discovery Land puts on the play every year, and it's supposed to be really good. That's less than 2 hours away, I just have never gone.
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> It is kinda strange how people who live around tourist attractions usually don't visit them. Tahlequah (TAH-le-qwah - conventional pronunciation -- ta-LEH-qwa - Cherokee pronunciation), where I live, is the capitol of the Cherokee Nation. There is a Trail of Tears drama that is held in a large amphi-theatre just out of town, and I have been to see the play 3 times in my whole life. I have floated the Illinois River (one of our biggest attractions) only once. I guess when you grow up around it you just don't have an interest in it like others do. Kind of a shame though. I bet there are plenty of people who only visit Oklahoma/Tahlequah who know more about the state/city than I do simply because they take the time on vists here to see and do things that have never had an interest in.
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> Drac "Chicks, and ducks, and geese better scurry, when I take you out in my surry" imas

My first impression of Oklahoma (the state) was not good because I was stationed at Ft. Sill, a miserable place. However, I have been back a number of times and found it to be beautiful and filled with my kind of people. I was in Oklahoma City in the days of the daily sonic booms. It was great fodder for the Oklahoma sense of humor. Then I spent three weeks in Ada attending a workshop. I used two weekends to tour the state. That was in 1982 when some of the towns only had one paved street and that was the highway. It was hot and dry, and the kids rode their dirt bikes up and down the river bed. I met a guy who commuted to work in a Piper Cub. I walked down a dry creek and picked up 300-million-year-old fossils. I never found an arrowhead, but I looked. Does it get any better than that?
Oh, I liked the play. I've seen it twice and the movie.....I've lost track of how many times.
Howard