Don't know if anyone has time for the arts or if many care for it these days, but I thought I'd bring up a thread for discussion of your favorite plays, works of art (or literature), broadway shows, songs from musicals, and artwork (to include paintings, sculptures, etc).

One of my favorite plays is The Scarlet Pimpernel. I especially like the songs Madam Guillotine, Into The Fire, Falcon In The Dive, and Where's The Girl.
Any opinions or suggestions?

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I love The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri... it's one of my favorite works.

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Contrary to my generally badass reputation, I'm pretty much gay for the arts. I love literature, and have written (and published) several pieces of poetry. I listen to operatic music on pretty much a daily basis (yes, adjacent to Drowning Pool and 2Pac), and am slowly building a home art collection (soon to be adding a new piece by a very talented up-and-coming photographer). I love the theater, but I have to admit that I'm not as well-versed in it as I'd like to be.

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Love the Divine Comedy as well. I need to re-read it though. That's one more thing on my to-buy list, which is huge, thanks to me picking up cigar smoking. I can only remember The Inferno. I somehow managed to forget Purgatorio and Paradise.

I also enjoyed the play The Taming of the Shrew. Macbeth was also a good piece of work. I'm not too fond of Romeo and Juliet (though the cigars are good).

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I like illusions and painting that play with your mind, recently i have been admiring this guys stuff. http://www.vladimirkush.com/home.php#lblStart . They actually look much better in real life as you get to see lots of details and stuff you dont see if you look through computer! I appreciate art as whole, music , plays etc.

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Only art I know is Arturo fuente.....

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I love reading Shakespeare. It's a little hard to follow sometimes and I find myself re-reading sentences but it's rewarding. Much Ado About Nothing is my fav. There is always a Shakespeare play somewhere.

Strangely I am a fairly hardcore artist, yet have almost zero interest in the art world in general. I'm a free lance photographer, a classical pianist and occasionally I do session work with a few local orchestras on the bass/tenor trombone, as well as the occasional stint in a local band on bass guitar or keyboards. One of the few art endeavors I take an interest in are the geometric glass works of Jon Kuhn.

http://www.kuhnstudio.com

I am planning to design and have constructed a glass home based around one of his works as my final residence.

mrpillow:

Strangely I am a fairly hardcore artist, yet have almost zero interest in the art world in general. I'm a free lance photographer, a classical pianist and occasionally I do session work with a few local orchestras on the bass/tenor trombone, as well as the occasional stint in a local band on bass guitar or keyboards. One of the few art endeavors I take an interest in are the geometric glass works of Jon Kuhn.

http://www.kuhnstudio.com

I am planning to design and have constructed a glass home based around one of his works as my final residence.

That is some interesting stuff pillow... I like it!

Every once in a while certain artwork catches my eye and three artists come to mind, Ryan Bliss, Julie Dillon and Tim Bradstreet. Bliss runs digitalblasphemy.com and works in computer based design software. Dillon is known for her fantasy work and works with some digital media. Bradstreet is known for his photo-realistic comic book illustrations for The Punisher series.

Bliss - http://digitalblasphemy.com/freegallery.shtml

Dillon - http://jdillon.net/

Bradstreet - http://timbradstreet.typepad.com/

That is some awesome stuff MrPillow! I love artistic glass, and yet I don't own a single piece - it's blasphemy! My fiance already knows that I plan on developing a collection of glass pieces, but our art collection is a very slow process.

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Great to see this up here. My wife teaches art in elementary school. It is often hard to get people to appreciate how beneficial understanding and exploring art can be to kids. Naturally I have personal favs including Mondrian and Hopper. I also like that cultures around the world have evolved to include art as a part of their societies. Hopefully there is some good discussion here that will lead to us all being exposed to art we have not seen or experienced before.

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“Today's scientists have substituted mathematics for experiments, and they wander off through equation after equation, and eventually build a structure which has no relation to reality.” -Nikola Tesla

I'm mostly into literature. All forms from Greek mythology up to current fiction..... I'm always reading 2-3 books at a time. Anything that looks good and I can get my hands on, I'll read.

I do like the occasional play, but don't really have a favorite that comes to mind.

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I can appreciate good art though I am not a collector. I do not care for the modern stuff that some would call art. I very much like painting/sketching that captures the essence of a place, time, or person. Sculpture that does the same is also of interest to me.

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Ah the arts. Well, I enjoy a lot of what Billy Shakespeare has written, A Midsummer Night's Dream since I've read it, seen it performed and acted in it as well. Acting is another one of my passions.

Back on topic, Edgar Allan Poe is nice. I greatly enjoy the dark works of H R Giger, as well as Clive Barker's work. I have a deep pocket in my heart for Greek Mythological artwork. Hmm, I feel like I could list things forever.


Oh and Nature is probably one of the best and most inspiring artist of them all.

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ahh, bach!

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