It's Sunday and the fun doesn't have to end!
With phantom stirring much discussion I thought I throw the musical topic out there.
T: what's your favourite musical, musical song, musical show?
Alt: how was your weekend?!
Posted Apr 3, 2022, 9:10 AM UTC
Weekend was average at best. A colleague of mine had a mental breakdown last week, followed by an engagement breakdown yesterday. We get on like a house on fire, so seeing them like this was pretty awful. I was worried before but it's off the scale now :/
Aww that sounds really rough. Just keep checking in with them and look for any unusual behaviour. Sometimes the shittiest life events can bring positive change, but in the short-term it sucks for everyone.
Only seen a handful of musicals but starlight express in london stood out. Stage was like a rollercoaster track for the skaters.
Last minute short trip away. Kid wanted to walk the circuit of mt panorama. I knew it was steep from driving it of the odd visit but standing at the top and seeing how far below conrod straight is really puts it in perspective. Balloons at canowindra at dawn and the rain over the mountains yesterday with bright sunshine today, plain old sorta weekend.
Ohhh the balloons would have been fantastic, one of those events that slips under the radar.
Starlight is a great experience!
Ballonons go for a week so still time to head out.didnt go up in one this time but have on a prior visit years ago. $1200 was a but much for the family to take a ride.
Yeah I've been long ago and I think I baulked (sp?) at the price too!
Good to know that it goes for a week!
T: there’s no way I can really pick one. Sweeney Todd is my all-time favourite (and Sondheim in general - I love all his works) but West Side Story is the greatest musical theatre score ever written. I also have a soft spot for The Producers - I stage managed the NZ premiere quite a few years ago and it’s a completely bonkers and brilliant show. It was still making me laugh at the end of a twelve week run; we had a wonderful cast and it was generally a spectacular season once we got past what was a fairly hellish tech week! I’d do it again in a heartbeat. Lion King and Wicked - staging of them is incredible, Mary Poppins likewise. Avenue Q made me laugh until I cried. Also think you can’t go past Jesus Christ Superstar - saw that at the Entertainment Centre a few years ago and while I didn’t love the production, Tim Minchin was spectacular as Judas.
EDIT: I forgot Gypsy. Saw it in London a while back with Imelda Staunton as Mama Rose and she was unbelievable.
Tim Minchin
That guy's insane, worth going to one of his concerts if you can. I'm sad his movie never got made.
I find it impossible to compare the "old" style musicals and the new ones. Being part of the production for anything would be awesome fun though!
Hard to beat "We Will Rock You" the Queen musical. Great music and very funny script.
Our weekend was quite good. We were up in Tweed heads Coolangatta for a several days up to Saturday.
I spent most of today washing a mountain of clothing and bed sheets. Then did the lawn. More rain coming so had to get those jobs done.
Sounds like a busy weekend!
I haven't seen that musical I'll have to add it to the list!
We saw it at the Star casino theatre years ago. You need to be a Queen fan. Our teenage kids (at the time) really enjoyed it too.
Iirc, there's a bout 20 Queen songs Elton has somehow squeezed into the story.
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I think I have to swear off "kids" musicals because I can't get past spending money to hear kids sing... For lion king and wicked everyone was fine, but some other musicals have parents outright encouraging a singalong.
Which is fine... But I wish there was adult sessions too.
If I had to choose only one it would be Little Shop of Horrors. Have seen the movie with Rick Moranis and on stage. The songs are brilliant!
My weekend was lovely. I am doing a uni course through work so I got a whole lot done on that and last night headed to Rouse Hill for a family dinner. We swapped Easter Eggs and I got a belated birthday gift. The food was delicious.
This is a big one I've never seen, maybe with the wet weather I'll check it out!
The songs are eminently singable
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T: I've generally had a good time at most of the musicals I've seen on stage, in person. The last one was Hamilton and yeah, it was good!
A: I caught up with some friends yesterday and it was kinda mixed? I've been quite stressed and burned out recently, I was really looking forward to seeing them and I had a good time but somehow it's not lifted my funk? Today I was the saddest I've been in a long while.
Sorry your catch-up wasn't as recharging as you'd hope! Hopefully this week brings you some happiness. I reckon things are just plain weird ATM so we have to be kind to ourselves readjusting to "the new normal".
Yeah, I think you're right. Thank you!
T: Not a musical but I went to watch the George Michael tribute show at the Opera house a few years ago, it was so good!
I also saw Book of Mormon, I had an absolute thumping headache the whole time but I had such a good time.
A: It was good! Didn't do much, but I was feeling a lot better than I have been, so we took baby dumpling to her first physie lesson, which she loved!! And today we drove to Rhodes to pick something up. It's the most we've done in a month lol.
Eta- forgot a musical
It's great to get things ticked off the list! Glad everyone's feeling better :)
Topic: Oddly enough, despite me absolutely adoring Disney animation, I'm not a huge fan of musical theatre. However, it's difficult to deny that some of Andrew Lloyd Webber's works haven't become cultural icons.
Alt: Terrible, despite not having to work. Worrying about ill family members isn't fun.
Hands down Hamilton! Just the lyrics themselves are so damn clever I can’t get over it. Lin Manuel Miranda is a genius 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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How extraordinary that is was warm and to see the sunshine at last. What a beauty of a day.
But musicals… are horrendous, torture! The worse.
For me this weekend I revisited Dr Horribles sing-along blog, it's a must for lovers of Joss Whedon (although have we cancelled him?), Neil Patrick Harris and Nathan Fillion.
Favourite musicals have to be the lion king, Hamilton and book of Mormon.