two plays in three days: thats the life

(photos: christopher sieber and i, he is quite tall actually, i think he may be slouching a bit; tim curry signing things!; tim curry and i !!!!!!!!( i didnt even think he was smiling in said photo, but laura ensured it))
Monday, i was so glad to be back in london, though i kept having to check myself from saying "pardon" to everyone on the tube, instead of "excuse me."
I had a trip to Covent Garden for my architecture class, which was great because somehow i seemed to have missed this though i had walked entirely around it. There are some fun little shops and stands that i did not have a chance to look at, but i will return on another day when i am not following around my quick professor while he rolls his bike along.

After this, i went to a play entitled the 39 Steps for my theatre class. The 39 Steps was originally a suspenseful book by John Buchan ( which i am reading, but have not finished). The book was adapted into a movie by the great Alfred Hitchcock ( same title, but some large alterations were made). The play is an adaptation of Hitchcock's movie, however, it is done by a cast of fou people who play over 130 roles throughout the show.

It was absolutely hilarious, in a farcical, fast paced, silly, British kind of way; and i was very impressed with the acting. I can talk more about this but it is really not exciting unless you have seen it or are particularly interested in this sort of thing. I loved it though,and i would certainly go recommend it if you ever see it being produced somewhere. In addition to having particularly good seats, this was also the first play i went to with class that i didn't have to write a paper on.

Tuesday was paper writing.

Wednesday, Laura and i wound up going to Spamalot. We bought tickets on monday. We are fans of spontenaiety, apparently. Somehow we were able to get seats in row k of the stalls, which meant we were quite close and could see everything in this fairly small theatre. Now although Spamalot will never be the same amazing wonderful fantastic experience that it was the first time with the original cast, it was still very enjoyable. Tim Curry and Christopher Sieber were still in it, though the rest of the cast was unfamiliar. I was somewhat surprised to find out that they changed a good deal of the musical, including the addition of new bits of song and the editing of old songs. Such as changing the song "you won't succeed on broadway" to "you won't succeed in show biz" and talking about the West End rather than broadway. Many things were made a bit more English, of which i approved. It was also cool to see the set, which remained the same for the most part, though had to be adjusted for this different stage. Anyone, i am obsessed with Spamalot and it was magnificent, despite the fact that i am now sad since i will probably never see it again.

Tim Curry sounded especially great, and Christopher Sieber (the dad on that olsen twins show i used to watch: Two of a Kind) seemed to have a bit more confidence with the role than last time. Both were amazing. Laura and i decided it was neccessary to stalk them outside the stage door...but we had planned on doing that all along. So with cameras and programs in hand, we joined the queue of people around the side of the building which consisted of ...two people. About 20 people wound up being there in the end, so we made sure we had good positions. I have noticed that the London actors have this tricky exit plan: a few big steps out of the building, they smile and wave, they sign autographs for two people in the front, take two more big steps, two more autographs, then run away. It is a sneaky strategy and i commend them.

These two did the same, in essence, though no one knew who christopher sieber was, so when he left he kind of smiled and looked around for a moment before he started to leave. I was brave and said "Mr. Sieber" to get his attention; so he came over for a photo and autograph. He was a very nice man...i think he may be from new jersey too. Then Tim Curry came out about 5 minutes later and everyone clapped. He signed a couple of autographs but seemed in a hurry. I managed to get a picture since laura is fantastic, though he did not seemed very pleased with people asking for pictures. He was quite nice, but obviously is not into the meeting fans/ signing things/ taking photos as much as Jeff Goldblum is. But still, i met Tim Curry, star of Clue and the Rocky Horror Picture show and other things fantastic. This pleases me .