Periodically, the world presents me with proof that I am not actually a person; I am actually an escapee from a parallel Disney dimension, where my voice was enough to summon swarms of happy cartoon bats to sing, dance, and do my bidding. This morning presented me with another piece of proof. You see, I like to walk. And I like to sing. I like ( Read more... )

...oddly enough -- or perhaps not oddly at all -- this is a musical theater review. The subject line was my gleeful response when asked whether I enjoyed the show.

As many of you are probably aware, I consider the existence of Evil Dead the Musical to be proof that Western Civilization deserves to continue existing. It has zombies, chainsaws, ( Read more... )

Tomorrow is Friday the 13th! I love Friday the 13th. Not the movies, the day itself. Thirteen has always been my lucky number, and keeping that firmly in mind, I decided when I was like, six that Friday the 13th was thus my super-duper-ultra-awesome magical day of ultimate luckiness. I have yet to have this declaration challenged in any ( Read more... )

I have purchased my tickets for the Friday night performance of Evil Dead: the Musical at the Campbell Theater in Martinez. If the show is half as enjoyable as the guy at the box office seemed to think, I'll be going at least twice more, and sitting in the Splatter Zone at least once. But for opening night, it's a family affair: I'm taking my ( Read more... )

Good morning, world!

Saturday was spent enjoying the company of friends and the glory of a Cruz-and-Saber barbecue, which also meant I got to watch Kate try to navigate through Alameda (always entertaining, really). We then went to see Singin' in the Rain at the El Cerrito Speakeasy -- one of Kate's favorite musicals, but I'd never seen it before ( Read more... )

So tomorrow, seshat and I are going to see a matinée performance of Little Shop of Horrors in San Jose, an event which has had me all wound up and vibrating for the better part of a week (once I finally woke up enough to get excited). I love this show. I've loved this show since I was a little girl. I've been in this show more times than any other ( Read more... )

(This is a post I should have made well over a month ago. I didn't. So I'm posting now, because I really, really meant to say something about this ( Read more... )

I love 'RENT'. It was my absolute favourite musical for several years, and while other faces have taken the limelight, it remains dearly beloved, and has never slipped out of my top five. I was excited but apprehensive when they announced that they were doing a movie, with the excitement topping out the apprehension when I heard about the cast, ( Read more... )

The last four days -- the weekend, plus two days taken off work for the sake of spending actual time with my actual kitten -- have had a lot of astonishingly good things about them. I will now express a few of those, rather than whinging about how tired I am ( Read more... )

So the Wicked tour dates for San Francisco have been announced -- it's going to be at the Orpheum from August 4th through September 11th. No word yet on when tickets will go on sale, although I'll announce it here when they do; we should presumably find out how much tickets actually cost when that happens ( Read more... )