ophie said:
WSP in Italy are doing Romeo & Juliet? Wow... don't they usually do comedies? I've never heard of them doing a tragedy... What's it like?
World Showcase Players do perform comedies -- twisted renditions of famous stories. This particular performance is not "Romeo & Juliet" as we know it, it is the lesser known tale of "Romeo & Edna".
What follows is probably more information about World Showcase Players recent history than most people would care to know, but are afraid to ask anyway.
The World Showcase Players currently perform street theater sets with audience participation in 2 Epcot areas -- the UK pavillion and the Italy pavillion. They tend to change their shows with the seasons. When I was there earlier this month, they were performing only "Romeo and Edna" in Italy and "King Arthur & the Holy Grail" in the UK. I *think* "Romeo and Edna" is only performed during the summer, but I could be wrong on that. In the spring they were performing "Kiss Me, Shrew" in Italy and were alternating "My Unfair Lady" with the "King Arthur" performances in the UK.
During Epcot's "Holidays Around the World" season, they alternate "A Christmas Carol" with the "King Arthur" performances.
Prior to their Italy appearances, they were performing "Cyranose de Bergerac" over in the France pavillion.
Although I do enjoy the "Romeo and Edna" and "Kiss Me, Shrew" shows, I much preferred when they had France performances. It made it a heck of a lot easier to bounce between the two pavillions and catch multiple shows and I always loved the coaxing to "make a lot of noise because it annoys the French/English".
I don't know if it's an official spinoff to World Showcase Players, but there is a storyteller in the Japan pavillion who is/was with the troupe.
That's the information I have about recent stuff, anyway! Whew!
And now I leave this Epcot live entertainment discussion with a moment of silence for the dearly departed "Anacomical Players" who used to perform at the Wonders Of Life pavillion.
Kudos! 
Encore, encore!!! Very nice Peg...must have been a ton of fun. Was dd sufficiently mortified??
