Showing posts with label Musicals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Musicals. Show all posts
10/21/2012
A Supercalifragilistic Spectacle: Mary Poppins In Review.
Winds in the East, there's a mist coming in. Like something is brewing....and 'bout to begin.
Well, Mary Poppins actually has now begun in Auckland, I just couldn't resist using that lyric. We went to the show last Sunday & loved it so I thought I'd do a post about it for you all. Instead of doing a traditional review I've decided to compile a list of 10 reasons why you must go & see Mary Poppins in Auckland. There really are more than 10 reasons though!
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Well, Mary Poppins actually has now begun in Auckland, I just couldn't resist using that lyric. We went to the show last Sunday & loved it so I thought I'd do a post about it for you all. Instead of doing a traditional review I've decided to compile a list of 10 reasons why you must go & see Mary Poppins in Auckland. There really are more than 10 reasons though!
And why exactly should you see Mary Poppins?
5/30/2012
Mid Week Music
So if anyone ever finds my iPod, there's a high chance they'd be rather confused by my music selection. After all, there is a rather unusual mix on there. A fair portion of that selection is Broadway Cast recordings given that I love Musical Theatre.
Without further ado, here's four of the musical theatre songs I've been listening to lately. This is only a small selection, there are countless more, but we'd be here all day if I shared everything.
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Without further ado, here's four of the musical theatre songs I've been listening to lately. This is only a small selection, there are countless more, but we'd be here all day if I shared everything.
1. My Eyes Adored You from Jersey Boys. Personally I think this version is better than the original. Maybe it's the placing of it on stage, during the scene where Frankie & Mary Delgado split, but it is beautiful on the CD & even more so live.
2. I've Never Been To Me from Priscilla Queen of the Desert. Again this is beautiful live as it is performed by one of the Divas above the stage & then reinterpreted on stage by one of the drag queens. It's just stunning to watch & this rendition by Chrissy O'Neil is stunning.
3. Step In Time from Mary Poppins. This version is quite different to the film version of the song & is definitely a lot more entertaining to watch. It's one of those numbers that are just so catchy & guaranteed to leave you wanting to pick up tap-dancing.
4. Science Fiction from Rocky Horror. There's something about this song, I'm not sure what it is but I love it. When I saw the stage show it was sung by a cast member dressed as a cinema usher from another era. It was one of my favourite moments in the show.
4/25/2012
Mid Week Music
We've been talking 'bout Walk the Line, ever since the film came out (See what I did there?). In all seriousness though, myself and one of my cousins love this movie, not to mention the love story of Johnny Cash and June Carter, bought to life in Walk the Line, the 2005 biopic starring Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon. Not only do they star in the film, they both sing on the soundtrack, which is where this week's track comes from.
Jackson, originally recorded in 1963 by Jerry Leiber and Billy Edd Wheeler. It tells the story of a married couple, who's relationship has lost its spark and want to travel to Jackson where they will become more desirable versions of themselves.
In the film it acts as the song which Johnny proposes to June during. It's quite a cheesy moment in film I suppose, but it comes across as sweet and not laden with Nicholas Sparks style effects.
4/17/2012
Oh What A Night! Jersey Boys in Review.
The New York Times dubs this show "too good to be true", and it almost is. How often does a Broadway musical make its way to New Zealand? With the arrival of Jersey Boys in Auckland, legions of theatre goers will be rejoicing.
Jersey Boys is the award-winning Broadway musical which charts the rise and fall of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. In New Jersey you had three choices; join the army, get mobbed up or become a star. It certainly happened for these four, who became one of America's biggest pop sensations of all time. By the time they were 30, the band had sold 175 million records. How's that for an impressive statistic?
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Jersey Boys is the award-winning Broadway musical which charts the rise and fall of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. In New Jersey you had three choices; join the army, get mobbed up or become a star. It certainly happened for these four, who became one of America's biggest pop sensations of all time. By the time they were 30, the band had sold 175 million records. How's that for an impressive statistic?
4/11/2012
Mid Week Music
Oh Auckland and overseas readers, have I got a story for you this week! Take yourself back to 1960. Think of the Fab Four. No not THAT Fab Four, the Four Seasons!
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Now you'll notice both of those songs come from Jersey Boys, the musical chronicling the rise and fall of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. Four boys from the wrong side of the tracks became one of the biggest American pop music sensations of all time. Their songs are constantly covered and featured in films. Perhaps one of those above may be familiar to you.
Outside the Civic Theatre in Auckland.
Outside the Princess Theatre in Melbourne.
I'm heading along to the show once, perhaps twice this week and will be doing a review of it. So keep your eyes open or even adoring sometime next week.
1/04/2012
Mid-Week Music!
Somewhere back in my very first post I mentioned how I love Musical Theatre. Love's probably a bit of an understatement. Anyway....
With that in mind this week's song is one of my childhood favourites. Especially the Broadway reincarnation. It's upbeat, it's uplifting, it's nonsensical, it's wonderful, it's SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS!
Images of the Australian Cast performing, 'Supercal'.
"When trying to express oneself it's frankly quite absurd, to leaf through lengthy lexicons to find the perfect word. A little spontaneity keeps conversation keen. You need to find a way to say precisely what you mean. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious. If you say it loud enough you'll always sound precocious. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious."
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With that in mind this week's song is one of my childhood favourites. Especially the Broadway reincarnation. It's upbeat, it's uplifting, it's nonsensical, it's wonderful, it's SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS!
Images of the Australian Cast performing, 'Supercal'.
"When trying to express oneself it's frankly quite absurd, to leaf through lengthy lexicons to find the perfect word. A little spontaneity keeps conversation keen. You need to find a way to say precisely what you mean. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious. If you say it loud enough you'll always sound precocious. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious."
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