An Evening At The Theater

For a lad of my age, I've been to a lot of theater performances. It is a dying art, but I find it very entertaining, and the music department at school has given me numerous opportunities to go. I've seen good shows, terrible shows and shows that I ended up sleeping through. What is my ideal play? One may ask, well, let me tell you.

First, add some music and lyrics and make it a musical. The use of music only increases the portrayal of emotion, this creates a much more intimate and engaging experience. The music has to be all live and very good.

Second, the plot has to be good. Nothing makes me tune out more then when I don't care about the plot. The writing and lyrics should be very inspiring as well. If the plot suck, the play sucks.

Third, the acting should be done extremely well. I can not take bad acting seriously, if I notice one character is lacking, the whole experience starts to deteriorate for me.

Fourth, the set should be interesting, well built and constantly changing. Staring at the same old background for two hours wears out very quickly. There should be a lot of different sets that appear throughout the performance to give the experience multiple dimensions.

Now, I'm not saying that I'm picky, this is just the ideal for me. They are important factors though. If the play can't keep me entertained, then it's not doing its job properly.