mwolf@yale-com.UUCP (Anne G. Wolf) (11/04/83)
I heard an ad for Doonesbury on the radio. The ad said that the show
was a musical and that it was about what happens when some of the
characters introduced in the comic-strip graduate from college and
encounter the real world. The ad mentions specific characters, but
I don't remember which ones. The ad does not say whether Trudeau wrote
the script.
Mary-Anne Wolf (decvax!yale-comix!mwolf)
P.S. For those who would like to go, tickets can be obtained at Ticketron.res@cbosgd.UUCP (Robert Stampfli) (11/09/83)
I saw the play recently in Boston. The play is a musical, and was very well done. I found the show particularly rewarding as a longtime reader of the comic strip, although I doubt that someone unfamiliar with the original would find it as entertaining. The show deals with the doonesbury characters from the point where the comic strip left off. All of the Waldon crowd is present, plus Uncle Duke and Honey. Several characters are left out, including Mark's Slaymaker's dad and the congresswoman fashioned after Millicent Fenwick. I will not reveal the plot, but it definitely shows the characters progressing in their careers and I suppose sets the stage for a continuation of the comic strip if and when Trudeau decides he is ready. The actors closely resemble the comic strip characters. The casting is well done. The props are truly phenomenal from the standpoint of engineering. Unfortunately, the music is only so-so. I would definitely recommend this play to the true doonsbury follower, or even the casual reader. I rank it as one of my all-time favorites. It looks like Trudeau certainly has another winner. -- - Robert Stampfli (cbosgd!res)