broadway musicals day - september 29
9:03 PM
As children, my sister and I would forgo the classic reenactment of "The Hills are Alive" for the less popular sitting-on-the-stairs-inching-up-while-singing "the sun has gone to bed and so must I" whenever we saw a flight of stairs.
As adults, my sister and I do a complete two-person interpretation of any of the Les Miserables songs. For instance, a classic reproduction of "Look Down" must have a bed or couch to function as the set piece that Gavroche looks down at his "patch" and each of us has our parts memorized and access to the necessary props (I'm Eponine, she's Marius, and we take turns being Gavroche because he's our favorite).
We may or may not wish we were in a musical at all times (see here)
Today, in honor of Broadway Musicals Day, I purchased tickets to go see West Side Story this weekend! West Side Story is on my list of top five favorite musicals. I mean, it's a Sondheim-written Shakespeare-modernization with a hot dramatic medley and balleting gangsters. Each of those elements in and of itself is enough to make me crush on a play but put them together and I'm in love. And I have always wanted to see West Side Story in real life and see if the director decides to be true to the original version by doing such things as having them sing "Officer Krupke" after they witness their friend's murder (which why did anyone conceive that as an appropriate song placement in the first place?)
So this, the day I make this Broadway musical dream come true is a good day indeed!
What's your favorite Broadway musical? Comment below.
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I don't know if I have one favorite. You've already mentioned two of my favorites (three if you count the one you linked to above that you starred in). One of my favorites has to be "Fiddler on the Roof" since that was the first one I saw as a child. I have to say "Camelot" as well, because that was one me and my little brother reenacted as boys (I was always Guinevere to his Lancelot as we lip-synced "If Ever I Would Leave You." And finally, "Phantom of the Opera" is memorable because that we saw that with my parents when my wife and I were expecting our first child. I love so many!
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