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 [...]
Archive for the ‘Musicals’ Category
Defying Gravity
Wednesday, 14 September, 2011
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 [...]
The Music Of Andrew Lloyd Webber
Tuesday, 12 July, 2011
There is a concert called “The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber” going on at the Grand Theater at Marina Bay Sands these few days. Due to budget limitations, I decided to forego this one. But anyway, here’s a list of my favourite Lloyd Webber tunes of all time: 1) High Flying, Adored (from “Evita”) 2) [...]
Alan Jay Lerner Book
Wednesday, 29 June, 2011
I finally finished my Alan Jay Lerner book, and boy was it a read. One of the most enjoyable books I’ve ever read, largely attributable to the sheer wit and eloquence of Mr Lerner. There were three main chapters in the book, and while the first one which chronicled the life and times of “My [...]
Lolness!
Thursday, 23 June, 2011
Many thanks to LF for sharing this vid with me. In keeping with the Spider-Man musical topic, the above clip had me in stitches! Who knew Sesame Street could be so wickedly funny?
“From Jaw-Dropping Badness To Mere Mediocrity”
Wednesday, 22 June, 2011
I wrote about the Spider-Man musical (here) last August when I first caught wind of this brand new US$50 million (or so it was estimated to cost back then) show that was to be the most expensive show ever produced on Broadway. In the last ten months or so, the show has gone through ordeals [...]
Musicals And Stuff
Saturday, 18 June, 2011
So many thoughts about musicals and songwriting these days, but because I’ve been busy with preparations for my church’s musical concert, I’ve not had any time to pen them down. I managed to get my Alan Jay Lerner book renewed recently, and I have been completely drawn into the book. I’m now at the part [...]
Review: “881″ The Musical…Getai Meets Musical Theatre
Wednesday, 20 April, 2011
Event: 881 – The Musical (by Toy Factory Productions) Venue: Esplanade Theatre Run: 15th Apr – 1st May 2011 Chinese Theatre’s Answer to “Fried Rice Paradise” The boisterous and colourful world of Getai arrives at the Esplande Theatre in the form of “881 The Musical”, the highly-anticipated theatrical adaptation of the wildly succesful Royston Tan [...]
Review: Disney’s “The Lion King”
Sunday, 27 March, 2011
Event: The Lion King Venue: Sands Theater at Marina Bay Sands Run: 3rd Mar – 31st May 2011 A Spectacular Beyond Words For all the supposed failings of Julie Taymor as director of the beleaguered Spider-man musical, one can never take away from her her crowning achievement that is the Disney musical “The Lion King”, [...]
