LISA DENTON: Barry, did you know that you can see a Broadway show this week without buying a plane ticket to New York? Before it closed in December, a performance of “Romeo and Juliet,” starring Orlando Bloom and Condola Rashad, was taped for broadcast to movie theaters.
The shows will be presented through Wednesday at the Majestic 12 in downtown Chattanooga, Northgate 14 in Hixson and Carmike 12 in Dalton, Ga.
I know it’s Shakespeare and Broadway and all, but in my heart of hearts, I still prefer Andy Griffith’s version, where Juliet says, “Wherefore art thou, Romeo?” And he pops up and says, “I’m right cheer!”
Now that, my friend, is great literature.
BARRY COURTER: Andy is a true Southern bard. I wonder if people realize that the local Carmike theaters also screen opera on occasion. As in, operas from some of the biggest and best companies in the world filmed and presented on the big screen. I bet you can’t get a bucket full of buttered popcorn, a box of Goobers and a half gallon of Co’Cola at one of those fancy Broadway houses.