Nice song. I learnt about this song when I was watching the play “Singapore” by The Necessary Stage. Great stuff. The verses are OK, but the chorus is killer. The Carpenters never disappoint.
Archive for the ‘Theatre’ Category
“I Won’t Last A Day Without You” by The Carpenters
Tuesday, 21 February, 2012
What I Like About Theatre
Sunday, 19 February, 2012
I think one reason theatre appeals to me is that it is one of the last bastions of art that is still relatively unchanged by technology and social media. I mean this in the sense that social media has thus far still been unable to infiltrate into the theatre. Recorded music is so easily transferred [...]
Review: “iChestnuts 15″
Wednesday, 11 January, 2012
Event: “iChestnuts 15″ by Stages Venut: Jubilee Hall, Raffles Hotel Run: 5th Jan – 21st Jan 2012 A Good Ol’ Roasting It’s kinda amazing when you think about it – the “Chestnuts” spoof comedy franchise has lasted for 15 years, and on this 15th anniversary of the show, “iChestnuts 15″ goes the whole nine yards [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Multi-Disciplinary Artistry
Monday, 17 October, 2011
Lately I’ve been fascinated with the issue of multi-disciplinary artistry. I think it’s human nature to want to label a person as a “writer”, or a “musician”, or an “artist”, or a “photographer”. It’s human nature. We’d all like to think that every person is very good at one thing only, if he is good [...]
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 [...]
Songwriting And Playwriting
Thursday, 29 September, 2011
Haven’t really had the time or resolve to blog much lately. Plus the fact that I’ve discovered my new love Twitter, which means I’ve been wanting to blog less. I suppose in the past few years I’ve paid my fair share of dues in learning as much as I possibly can about the art and [...]
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 [...]
