Best Area to live in
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Topic: Best Area to live in
Posted By: verneaux
Subject: Best Area to live in
Date Posted: 9/10/09 at 10:58am
| I am closing in on retirement. One of my options is to move to an area that has a thriving number of community theatres. Does anyone have a suggestion of a good area? Or, how I might search for such an area on the internet? Thanks... |
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Posted By: David McCall
Date Posted: 9/11/09 at 11:33pm
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Sarasota has a lot of good theater both amateur and professional. Bradenton is just north of Sarasota a community theatre that was good 40 years ago. They just built a very nice new theater. Venice is to the south and I believe they have at least one community theatre and a regional theater. I grew up in Sarasota.
Now I'm in the Boston area and there is certainly a lot of theatre around here. ------------- David M |
Posted By: Rorgg
Date Posted: 9/14/09 at 11:17am
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Given the weather, I wouldn't recommend retiring here. However, I moved to McHenry IL, (about 40 miles or so NW of Chicago) about a year and a half back. I can count eight companies with shows in production or pre-production within a 30 minute drive of home right now. Expand the range to 50 minutes or so to include the closer reaches of what you'd consider the suburbs, and it more than doubles. |
Posted By: Gaafa
Date Posted: 9/14/09 at 11:57pm
You could always migrate down under?
Pobably the Eastern States have more community theatres, but the WA & SA is more suitable for retirees! Unless you check out Tasmania? ------------- Joe Western Gondawandaland turn right @ Perth. Hear the light & see the sound. Toi Toi Toi Chookas {{"chook [chicken] it is"} May you always play to a full house} |
Posted By: ReACT01
Date Posted: 9/17/09 at 10:13am
| OKLAHOMA ! We are growing and cost of living is down to nat avg. |
Posted By: Dondero
Date Posted: 2/19/10 at 1:00pm
| Ohio - we have huge numbers of community theatres in this state! Google OCTA (the Ohio Community Theatre Association) for a listing! |
Posted By: edh915
Date Posted: 2/19/10 at 1:58pm
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Northwest Indiana is nice from a theatre standpoint. I don't know if you'd care for the winters. Check out the Northwest Indiana Excellence in Theatre Foundation website. (www.nwindianatheatre.org) In Lake County, IN there are over a dozen active groups of all sizes and shapes. Also, you might check out www.curtainrising.com It lists over 8,000 theatre groups in the U.S. - listed by state, and towns within each state. I use it sometimes when I'm traveling to see if something's going to be playing near where I'm staying. |
Posted By: little_owl
Date Posted: 3/06/10 at 11:54pm
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Minneapolis/St. Paul is a great theatre area with a good number of community theatres. |
Posted By: B-M-D
Date Posted: 3/08/10 at 8:29am
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Eastern Massachusetts. You can't swing a cat without hitting a community theatre. Go to http://www.emact.org - www.emact.org to get an idea of the number of theatres in the area. ------------- BD 
"Dying is easy, comedy is hard." |