Omigod you guys! It's a musical!
Thursday and friday, I saw Legally Blonde (the musical), and Jersey Boys. They were both interesting shows, but were interesting for different reasons.
Jersey Boys is actually pretty good! I expected to be bored and confused throughout the entire thing, as I do not know much about the music business, but the show was surprisingly engaging and illuminating. Assuming that the show accurately tells the story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons (and I've been told that it does), it taught me a lot about the group's inner dynamics and mafia connections, as well as about the personal lives of each member.
Jersey Boys also had great music (many of the songs featured were ones I loved to listen to as a kid), and the guy I saw as Frankie Valli (Jarrod Spector)was really cute!
Legally Blonde, on the other hand, seemed like a parody of itself (or perhaps of musical theater in general). I found it amusing, but it was so overtly cliche, simplistic and flashy that it's hard to imagine anybody would take it seriously. Granted, the show is supposed to be a comedy, but even the moments that seem like they're supposed to be heartbreaking or uplifting just come across as ridiculous.
However, I did learn a few things from this show too... namely that intelligent dialogue is not a requirement for Broadway shows, that and that one can get into Harvard by dancing around in a cheerleader costume! I wonder if that would have worked with some of the Grad schools I applied to?
Jersey Boys is actually pretty good! I expected to be bored and confused throughout the entire thing, as I do not know much about the music business, but the show was surprisingly engaging and illuminating. Assuming that the show accurately tells the story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons (and I've been told that it does), it taught me a lot about the group's inner dynamics and mafia connections, as well as about the personal lives of each member.
Jersey Boys also had great music (many of the songs featured were ones I loved to listen to as a kid), and the guy I saw as Frankie Valli (Jarrod Spector)was really cute!
Legally Blonde, on the other hand, seemed like a parody of itself (or perhaps of musical theater in general). I found it amusing, but it was so overtly cliche, simplistic and flashy that it's hard to imagine anybody would take it seriously. Granted, the show is supposed to be a comedy, but even the moments that seem like they're supposed to be heartbreaking or uplifting just come across as ridiculous.
However, I did learn a few things from this show too... namely that intelligent dialogue is not a requirement for Broadway shows, that and that one can get into Harvard by dancing around in a cheerleader costume! I wonder if that would have worked with some of the Grad schools I applied to?