AMAZING! I watch the tony awards every year to see what's new and hot on broadway and to get ideas for new music downloads...a couple of years ago when Spamalot first came out, they dominated the Tony's and became a "must see" on my list. This musical, based on the movie "Monty Python and the Holy Grail"
was funny, creative, and daring. full of catchy tunes, brilliant writing, and amazing acting. I was thoroughly impressed. My favorite songs were "you can't succeed on broadway if you don't have any jews", "the song that goes like this" "diva's lament" and "find your grail", but the whole soundtrack is amazing.
the play really engages the audience and in fact at the end encourages the audience to join the cast in singing "always look on the bright side of life" (the words were on a screen on stage). if you have a chance to see this musical you must. you will not be disappointed.
next i have dirty rotten scoundrels in november, a tony award winning play based on the movie of the same title (my favorite song is "great big stuff")
and jersey boys in january, another hit that swept the tony awards, based on the story of frankie valli and the four seasons, which is going to be amazing. frankie valli had soooooo many hits.
then i am hoping to see avenue q (favorite songs: mix tape, and everyone's a little bit racist) and the color purple (favorite songs: i'm here, and hell no) when they come to the Paramount theater for their 2008-2009 season. oh i am excited just thinking about it!
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Ooh...this is right up my alley! I am going to look into tickets to some of these shows :O)
If your life was a musical, what would you name it?
oooh good question! "the understudy". the story of a girl always "waiting in the wings" for her big break...her chance to shine.
that kind of sounded depressing...but it wouldn't be. it would be a comedy. she would get herself into funny situations make fun of those who have succeeded...plus it would have amazing music and dancing!
I love musicals! I haven't been to play for a long while, though. So excited for Jersey Boys!
The world would be a better place if we all had regular song breakout moments. As far as my musical, I'm going to go with "head in the clouds" playing on both my tallness and occasional belief in the good of all humanity. I would hope for a quirky main character with the true comedic genius coming from the side characters.
Oh I love musicals! My favorite movie list is full of them. I love that my mom raised me on them, they're the best movies.
I really want to go to a musical really bad. At the end of July I started planning a weekend getaway for Tom & I in Coeur d'Alene the first weekend in November. I tried to convince Tom into going to Dirty Rotten Scoundrels while we're there but it's a no go. I'm so disappointed. I really want to see The Color Purple too!
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