{"id":543,"date":"2004-05-16T20:26:00","date_gmt":"2004-05-17T03:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/?p=543"},"modified":"2004-05-16T20:26:00","modified_gmt":"2004-05-17T03:26:00","slug":"urine-good-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/?p=543","title":{"rendered":"Urine Good Company"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Little Sally<\/i>: What kind of musical is this?! The good guys finally take over and then everything starts falling apart.<\/p>\n<p><i>Officer Lockstock<\/i>: Like I said, Little Sally. This isn&#8217;t a happy musical.<\/p>\n<p><i>Little Sally<\/i>: But the music&#8217;s so happy!<\/p>\n<p><i>Officer Lockstock:<\/i> Yes, Little Sally. Yes it is.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><i>Little Sally<\/i>: I don&#8217;t think too many people are going to come see this musical, Officer Lockstock.<\/p>\n<p><i>Officer Lockstock:<\/i> Why do you say that, Little Sally? Don&#8217;t you think people want to be told that their way of life is unsustainable?<\/p>\n<p><i>Little Sally:<\/i> That, and the title&#8217;s awful.<\/p>\n<p><i>Officer Lockstock:<\/i> I suppose you&#8217;re right, Little Sally. I do suppose you&#8217;re right.<\/p>\n<p><font SIZE=-1>[Lyrics quoted for review purposes]<\/font><\/p>\n<p>Today, we went to go see <a HREF=\"http:\/\/www.broadwayla.org\/wilshire\/show.asp?ID=13\">Urinetown<\/a>. Ignore the bad name, and <b>go see Urinetown<\/b> while you can. It is one of the funniest musicals I&#8217;ve seen in ages, with obvious parodies of other musicals, great acting, and one of the most satirical and sardonic books I&#8217;ve seen in ages. For those not familiar with the story, simply put, it is a classic love story about a boy and a girl, fighting injustice in an town whose bladders and pocketbooks are oppressed.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re not in Los Angeles, and the tour comes your way, go see it.<\/p>\n<p>BTW, this was my first time at the Wilshire Theatre. Really good sight lines; much better than the Pantages.<\/p>\n<p>We went to the Grove for dinner afterwards. This was my first time there since they&#8217;ve redone it. At least the Farmers Market core is still there, but the Grove itself is overpriced (a few good stores). It&#8217;s fun for the people watching, but unless you&#8217;ve got extra cash, you can likely do better elsewhere. They do have an interesting replica Gilmore Gas station, but the buyer for the Farmer&#8217;s Market store needs to learn history. He\/She has it stocked with Route 66 merchandise, but Route 66 ran along Santa Monica Blvd, <i>not<\/i> Beverly or 3<sup>rd<\/sup>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Little Sally: What kind of musical is this?! The good guys finally take over and then everything starts falling apart. Officer Lockstock: Like I said, Little Sally. This isn&#8217;t a happy musical. Little Sally: But the music&#8217;s so happy! Officer Lockstock: Yes, Little Sally. Yes it is. [&#8230;] Little Sally: I don&#8217;t think too many <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/?p=543\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,28,1],"tags":[479,181,179],"class_list":["post-543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","category-theatre","category-lj-xfer","tag-pantages-hollywood","tag-reviews-2004","tag-theatre-2004"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}