Thanks to the scholars program, I was able to see two Broadway shows: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and the Lion King.
I really enjoyed Cat. It stayed faithful to Tennessee Williams, and was skillfully executed. Even though it’s a period piece it doesn’t feel dated because the themes are somewhat universal, if a little blah now. The only bad thing about the evening was that I was seated next to a freshman from the subcontinent, and in our conversation we discussed some of the problems of poverty there but I gathered that he had very little interest in doing much about it other than get what he could for himself first. He’s young, so young.
I loved Lion King, even though I had stayed up the whole night before to write an essay, crashed afterwards and somehow woke up in time to go. Best musical so far I’ve seen, beats Wicked hands down in sheer spectacle. My favorite character was Scar, who was evil in a charming way.
These excursions are the best thing about being part of the scholars program, since there’s very little that’s actually scholarly about it.
