Tag: musicals
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Les Miserables the Movie
I was supposed to write a sympathetic review of Les Miserables the movie, until I realized that they lowered most of the musical numbers by one key. Save your money, watch the anniversary concert tributes instead. No use watching a musical adaptation that has to adjust 80% of its score to suit that one Hollywood…
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Moonlight Over Manila
I’m currently doing production work for Repertory Philippines’ Romeo and Bernadette, a very loose adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. In the show, Romeo Montague wakes up in 1960s Brooklyn and chases after one girl that bears a stunning resemblance to Juliet. The girl turns out to be the daughter of a mob boss, and…
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[Writing Meme] Day 01: Your Favorite Song
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6E2Mooz_LA] Don’t Rain On My Parade by Barbra Streisand I first caught ‘Funny Girl’ on the old classic movie channel when I was much younger, but I just viewed it as a Barbra Streisand vehicle. I have heard the Streisand jokes and the horror stories, but I still admired her for being able to produce-direct-write-sing-dance.…