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Shakespeare comes alive in Staunton, Virginia {Gadling}
Sep 7th 2008 12:53PM My wife and I discovered the ASC when visiting a high school buddy of mine who lives near Staunton. We fell in love with it the first play we saw.
We've been back a couple of times just because, and actually bought T-shirts with the Center's motto, "We do it with the Lights On"- a unique feature of the ASC, imitating the original Shakespearean practice, which lets the actors make eye contact with audience and draw them into the story. (They don't embarrass you, unless you choose to sit on the stage - another practice taken from Shakespeare's day - and even then, only in asking you some rhetorical line of dialogue.)
I've never been the kind for "culture" but these actors are awesome and really put on a good show. Beyond pulling the audience in during the performances, during the intermissions, the actors loosen up and either perform joking routines with the audiences or do a mini-rock concert in full costume.
I'd also recommend staying at the Stonewall Jackson Hotel, connected to the Playhouse. My wife and I stayed at the Frederick House B&B our first visit, but opted for the Stonewall Jackson afterwards. Beautiful hotel, literally next door, and you can get a special deal on a room and plays package. Well-worth it.
Lastly, I'll also throw out a recommendation for the Pampered Palate for incredible, creative and affordable sandwiches. Stauton itself is very walkable, and this is a great place to plan on stopping in for lunch.
Visit the world's most advanced supermarket {Gadling}
Jul 1st 2008 8:02AM You can get the hand-held scanner at Bloom grocery stores in the U.S. now. But I'm not sure it saves all that much time, and it makes tag-team shopping less useful. Personally, just let me check myself out and I'll forego the hand-held.
