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Post by Lonnie on Feb 7, 2015 20:36:27 GMT -5
Good morning. My bass player's son is assistant director of Midsummer Night's Dream at the Guthrie. Got comps, going to the matinee. I am seeing some bad English accents in your near future. It was a contemporary take on the play. The fairies, including Puck, were spike-haired, vividly colored loincloth adorned, sort of Mad Maxish characters, Lysander and Dimitrius were clad in modern military dress uniforms, the amateur play companyhad a trailer trash, Budweiser swelling vibe. There was singing and dancing (the actor who played Puck, Tyler Michaels, had an incredible voice and equally wonderful acting skills). The songs were good for the most part, not to many of them, the lyrics were were Shakespeare's. It was a pretty lighthearted play, the dialog was faithful to the original... I imagine if Willie was around today he would approve. No bad English accents were heard. The new Guthrie is a beautiful theater, seating behind the stage makes this a true theater in the round. We had comps from the assistant director, we were seated in what's referred to as the queen's box. Directly above one of the forward entrance tunnels, no seats in front of us, perfect.
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Post by Village Idiot on Feb 7, 2015 22:20:26 GMT -5
Glad to see you back, Bruce. It's good you're on the mend.
Knowing nothing about French food, I had to do quite a bit of googling to figure out the Meritage menu. The Cassoulet with the pork and duck confit, yea, I could eat that.
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Post by t-bob on Feb 7, 2015 22:37:32 GMT -5
G'nite!
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Post by TKennedy on Feb 7, 2015 23:27:19 GMT -5
Glad to see you back, Bruce. It's good you're on the mend. Knowing nothing about French food, I had to do quite a bit of googling to figure out the Meritage menu. The Cassoulet with the pork and duck confit, yea, I could eat that. I had Cassoluet in a little town just north of Carcassonne In southern France and although very good felt like a bowling ball in your stomach for quite a while. I think it was designed for the hardy Pyrenean goat herder or timber cutter that ate one meal a day. We were cycling the Pyrenees so it was burned off in short order. I had Sturgeon with cooked pears and Pat had Atlantic Scallops. Both excellent. Meritage is the real deal but is a hard walled loud room that requires a yelling dialogue for the elderly hard of hearing patron.
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Post by billhammond on Feb 7, 2015 23:48:55 GMT -5
Glad to see you back, Bruce. It's good you're on the mend. Knowing nothing about French food, I had to do quite a bit of googling to figure out the Meritage menu. The Cassoulet with the pork and duck confit, yea, I could eat that. I had Cassoluet in a little town just north of Carcassonne In southern France and although very good felt like a bowling ball in your stomach for quite a while. I think it was designed for the hardy Pyrenean goat herder or timber cutter that ate one meal a day. We were cycling the Pyrenees so it was burned off in short order. I had Sturgeon with cooked pears and Pat had Atlantic Scallops. Both excellent. Meritage is the real deal but is a hard walled loud room that requires a yelling dialogue for the elderly hard of hearing patron. I agree with you about the acoustics, Terry, although I have been fortunate to be there only in uncrowded occasions. I can imagine what it's like on a Saturday night.
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Post by TKennedy on Feb 8, 2015 10:25:39 GMT -5
It was really loud but the great food and service compensated pretty well. The adjoining bar was a lot of it. I felt slightly rushed but if they offered a true European experience they would probably get a ton of complaints about the slow service and how they were all ready to leave and the waiter never brought the check until they asked for it.
We'll definitely go back but probably around 8:30 or 9:00 on a week night.
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