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genuinegirly · 07-28-2011, 06:35 AM

Love them or hate them, what do you think?
Have you ever seen a musical performed live?
What was the first musical you remember seeing?
What is your favorite musical?

I love musicals. It's a sad truth. I'm a sucker for them. When I visited London, the first thing on my mind was getting to a performance of Les Miserables. When I was in Chicago, I hunted down a performance of Chicago. I've seen three versions of Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. The first musical I dragged my husband to see was Mama Mia. For Valentine's Day, my husband got us tickets to Fiddler on the Roof when it came to Cincinnati.

I helped build the set, arranged all of the flowers, and ran the spotlight for our high school's Little Shop of Horrors, designed the lighting for a community production of Company, and helped with props other little community productions like A Snoopy Musical and RENT. From either side of the curtain, I love musicals.

There's one musical that I have always wanted to see, but never managed to get tickets. I want to see The Secret Garden. I suppose it's an obscure musical. It's not performed often for a number of reasons. Honestly the main reason why it's not usually performed is that the vocals are far too technically challenging for a troupe of typical performers. It's more of an opera than a musical that challenges every adult and child character with an astronomical range of notes to sing, infrequent places to stop for breath, unexpected rhythms, and confusing chorales.

For some unknown reason, a local community theatre in the Cincinnati area has decided to take it on this summer. With only a month between auditions and a performance, there hasn't been much time to perfect each piece. I have no idea if it is going to be any good. But I'm going to see it. I have to. Opening night is today.

07-28-2011, 06:35 AM	#1 (permalink)
genuinegirly Eat your vegetables Super Moderator Location: Arabidopsis-ville	Musicals Love them or hate them, what do you think? Have you ever seen a musical performed live? What was the first musical you remember seeing? What is your favorite musical? I love musicals. It's a sad truth. I'm a sucker for them. When I visited London, the first thing on my mind was getting to a performance of Les Miserables. When I was in Chicago, I hunted down a performance of Chicago. I've seen three versions of Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. The first musical I dragged my husband to see was Mama Mia. For Valentine's Day, my husband got us tickets to Fiddler on the Roof when it came to Cincinnati. I helped build the set, arranged all of the flowers, and ran the spotlight for our high school's Little Shop of Horrors, designed the lighting for a community production of Company, and helped with props other little community productions like A Snoopy Musical and RENT. From either side of the curtain, I love musicals. There's one musical that I have always wanted to see, but never managed to get tickets. I want to see The Secret Garden. I suppose it's an obscure musical. It's not performed often for a number of reasons. Honestly the main reason why it's not usually performed is that the vocals are far too technically challenging for a troupe of typical performers. It's more of an opera than a musical that challenges every adult and child character with an astronomical range of notes to sing, infrequent places to stop for breath, unexpected rhythms, and confusing chorales. For some unknown reason, a local community theatre in the Cincinnati area has decided to take it on this summer. With only a month between auditions and a performance, there hasn't been much time to perfect each piece. I have no idea if it is going to be any good. But I'm going to see it. I have to. Opening night is today. __________________ "Sometimes I have to remember that things are brought to me for a reason, either for my own lessons or for the benefit of others." Cynthetiq "violence is no more or less real than non-violence." roachboy