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[jaala]

It's QMT's bodily fluids year!

I'm afraid I don't much like what I've heard of the music of Blood Brothers but, hey, it wasn't really my choice to make[1]. A lot of people seem really enthusiastic about the show at any rate. I was glad to hear that they won't be attempting RP and Liverpudlian accents--that would have been painful.

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[1] Of course, if it was my choice, I'd be considering all sort of bizarre or obscure stuff... Weill, Cole Porter, Noel Coward, Candide, the weirder side of Sondheim's oeuvre (e.g. Assassins), Pelagie, The House Of Martin Guerre....

And as for that musical QMT people constantly use as a "random" example in order to make fun of it: I like Camelot! (Aside from its miserable movie adaptation, that is.) How many of the people who ridicule that show actually know what a wicked sense of humour it has?

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Blood Brothers

[sherbear82.livejournal.com]

I love the music, but not really to listen to for enjoyment. I saw the show in Toronto when I was around thirteen, perhaps younger; my mom made me go because David Cassidy was Mickey. Afterwards we went to the stage door to get his autograph, and my dad took a picture of me and him. Then I said to David Cassidy, "And now one with my mom." She said, "Oh Shari, ha, I don't know why she wants me to do this..." but then when we got the pictures developed she has the biggest smile.

Anyway, I'm happy for Stacey. Blood Brothers had been proposed against Bat Boy when I was in second year. I'll tell you more about that some other time.

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[jaala]

I love the music, but not really to listen to for enjoyment.

Oh, I expected to love the music too! I love British pop and folk music, the two style I was told were prominent in the score. It's not like I have an inherent dislike for pop or rock scores either; I like Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Working, Godspell, Rent, Little Shop of Horrors and Chess. And some of my favourite musicals and operas are the ones that leave me in a sobbing mess.

I think the problem is that, yet again, I heard so many people rave about how amazing, moving, profound and so on it was before I ever heard it--just like with Les Mis and Jesus Christ Superstar. Stacey even told us how Tim Fort raves about the show, and with that (because, well, it's Tim Fort) I was pretty much sold. But what I've now heard of Blood Brothers struck me as self-consciously profound ("Look at me, I'm an epic!"), just like those two shows. All in my humble opinion, of course, and I may be convinced otherwise.

Then I said to David Cassidy, "And now one with my mom." She said, "Oh Shari, ha, I don't know why she wants me to do this..." but then when we got the pictures developed she has the biggest smile.

Heheh. I don't think I've attempted to get a photo with the star of a musical since Brent Carver and I held our little shyness contest at Stratford.

Anyway, I'm happy for Stacey.

Me too! I can see how much she loves the show so I'm very happy for her.

I'll tell you more about that some other time.

Speaking of which: I do hope I get to see you in person some time during the holiday. I'm going to see if I can swing a trip to Newmarket to see Fiddler.

[forget-my-fate.livejournal.com]

Ooh I love Kurt Weill too!!!!! And when you said Candide, did you mean Leonard Bernstein's Candide?? Or is there another one I don't know about?

[fapiece.livejournal.com]

I was sure she meant Tony Orlando's. Oh well.

[jaala]

I only know Weill's Threepenny Opera but it's certainly enough to get me interested in his other works.

And yes, I meant Bernstein's Candide, a show/operetta that I absolutely adore. Heck, I've got three recordings of it. Can you imagine my pain when I found out that Western did it the year before I transferred schools? (I was accepted at Western and very nearly went there, BTW.)

[forget-my-fate.livejournal.com]

Cool!! I love Candide! And I'm singing an aria from it this year (Glitter and be Gay). It's such a fun piece! It challenges me to find my inner coloratura.... even though I am not a coloratura soprano... but whatever, challanges are good. And I really like the way Bernstein writes and orchestrates his music.