(From the musical “Wicked”) I’m Not That Girl Hands touch, eyes meet Sudden silence, sudden heat Hearts leap in a giddy whirl He could be that boy But I’m not that girl Don’t dream too far Don’t lose sight of who you are Don’t remember that rush of joy He could be that boy I’m [...]
Archive for the ‘Musicals’ Category
“I’m Not That Girl”
Saturday, 17 December, 2011
Review: “Wicked” The Musical
Friday, 16 December, 2011
(photo credit: Andrew Ritchie) Event: “Wicked” the Broadway Musical Venue: Grand Theater at Marina Bay Sands Run: 6th Dec 2011 – 26th Feb 2012 Gravity Defied Arguably one of the best and most successful new book musicals in the last 10 years has finally made its way to our shores, and moors itself at the [...]
Review: “Aladdin” by Wild Rice
Monday, 28 November, 2011
Event: “Aladdin” by W!ld Rice Venue: Drama Centre Theatre Run: 24th Nov – 17th Dec 2011 A Dazzling Place You Never Knew (All For Under $70) W!ld Rice’s big year-end production “Aladdin” sees Glen Goei directing this incredibly colourful extravaganza, with two of the biggest stars from Singapore’s pop music world headlining the show. This [...]
Song Placement
Wednesday, 2 November, 2011
I was just having a little discussion with Ilkosa about this the other day. We’ve seen our fair share of new musical stagings and stuff. Every time there is a staged reading of a new musical, I’ll always make it a point to go check it out. Firstly, I want to see what kind of [...]
More On “Singapura, Lion City”
Monday, 17 October, 2011
More on the saga. To use a boxing analogy, last Monday Adeline Chia knocked the musical “Singapura, Lion City” down onto the canvas, and just as it was making its way back up to its feet again, today she delivered another brutal knockdown blow. If last Monday’s scathing review wasn’t enough to knock the show [...]
The “Singapura, Lion City” Debacle
Monday, 10 October, 2011
(NB: Even though this post is about a brand new Singapore musical, I choose to abstain from posting this on “Buttons in the Bread” because I feel it would be a tad inappropriate to post it there. You’ll see why soon enough.) Adeline Chia’s scathing review of the “Singapura, Lion City” musical, currently playing at [...]
Stephen Schwartz
Sunday, 18 September, 2011
Because I’ll be watching “Wicked” again when it comes to Singapore, I’ve been brushing up on my knowledge of the songs in the musical. Been trying to get myself acquainted with as many songs as I can the past few weeks. And I’ve realised what a great songwriter Stephen Schwartz is. I mean, you’ve gotta [...]
Defying Gravity
Wednesday, 14 September, 2011
Recently I have somehow been obssessed with the song “Defying Gravity” from the musical “Wicked”. As in, like, it’s been swimming in my head for days. And whilst searching on YouTube, I chanced upon this clip from a show called “The Glee Project”. And can I just say that I think the girl in the [...]
Sondheim On Lyrics
Monday, 22 August, 2011
Over the past year, I have been consuming a lot of podcasts from the American Theatre Wing because they have an entire range of free and highly valuable interviews with some of the greatest practitioners ever on Broadway. It’s an incredible learning experience just hearing these masters of Broadway dispense their pearls of wisdom. I [...]
Review: “Into The Woods” by Dream Academy
Saturday, 30 July, 2011
Event: “Into The Woods” by Dream Academy Run: 29th Jul – 7th Aug 2011 Venue: Esplanade Theatre Dream Academy’s Delightful Foray First things first, it is so wonderful to see Emma Yong back on stage once again. Truly one of the most talented musical theatre actresses we have in theatre today. I had the pleasure [...]
