Tale as old as time...song as old as rhym...Beauty and the Beast
So NYC was AMAZING...except for the part about me be really sick. Otherwise...
RENT was frickin awesome. They had decorated the theatre so that it looked like a shabby building of NYC so it made the audience be more into the play. And the way they did the scenery was amazing. There werent any scene changes, just a couple of tables and chairs moved around to change things. But it worked so perfectly. Mimi's voice was a litle weak in the begining, but by her second song she was incredably strong. And Seasons of Love...wow. The woman who did the solo was incredable. Her voice filled the entire auditorium, and it was so moving. She didn't play Joanne, she was MArk's mother and the bag lady, but her voice was undescribable it was so good.
And Beauty and the Beast, in my opinion, was even better. I know most people don't think it would be much, but once you have scene it you will never forget it. It was amazing because it was done on its home theatre obviously so the scenery was incredable. The castle was amazing...and it really came to life, moving forward everytime the play was in the castle. And just everything was perfect. Belle's dress was beautiful, and Be Our Guest was brilliant. I didn't know what to expect for that song because I had no idea how they were going to pull it off since they couldnt really have spoons flying into bowls of punch, but they did. And the characters had solo songs that werent in the movie, and they added so much depth to the characters, especially the Beast. It showed his more human characteristics. His character was more humorous than in the movie. But Lumiare...he was incredable. Obviously the funniest character in the play, but I just couldn't believe how good he was. It was so much better than the movie obviously, and ir was so moving. But it was dark. Disney made it happy and light, with some darker parts too, but the play was a lot darker. It's not something I would bring a little kid to see. That is a show that I will never forget, and that I deffinitaly am going to go see again.
The thing that really sucked is that I was sick all day, and all day Sunday.
The bridal shower was boring...obviously. Sitting there for 5 hours watching Margret open gifts that she already knew she was getting...pointless. But it's a big Italian tradition, and she's 100% Italian so her mother wanted to do it for her. But the good part of the shower was meeting these three women who were friends with Margret's parents who had come over from Italy. They were really nice. And I met Margret's cousin Anthony. The most amazingly cool person I have ever met. He's an English teacher in Queens in his mid to late 20's and he was telling me and my cousin Maddy about his classroom and everything. He wears jeans and a t-shirt into work everyday. And he has couches in his classroom. Huge school, and so there's about 36-41 kids in each of his classes. But he was just great. And he really liked Maddy and me too. He kept talking about us to our Aunt Barbara. Then afterwards I slept for most of the 3 hour drive home.
And now I am home from school sick, and it sucks because I feel like crap.
RENT was frickin awesome. They had decorated the theatre so that it looked like a shabby building of NYC so it made the audience be more into the play. And the way they did the scenery was amazing. There werent any scene changes, just a couple of tables and chairs moved around to change things. But it worked so perfectly. Mimi's voice was a litle weak in the begining, but by her second song she was incredably strong. And Seasons of Love...wow. The woman who did the solo was incredable. Her voice filled the entire auditorium, and it was so moving. She didn't play Joanne, she was MArk's mother and the bag lady, but her voice was undescribable it was so good.
And Beauty and the Beast, in my opinion, was even better. I know most people don't think it would be much, but once you have scene it you will never forget it. It was amazing because it was done on its home theatre obviously so the scenery was incredable. The castle was amazing...and it really came to life, moving forward everytime the play was in the castle. And just everything was perfect. Belle's dress was beautiful, and Be Our Guest was brilliant. I didn't know what to expect for that song because I had no idea how they were going to pull it off since they couldnt really have spoons flying into bowls of punch, but they did. And the characters had solo songs that werent in the movie, and they added so much depth to the characters, especially the Beast. It showed his more human characteristics. His character was more humorous than in the movie. But Lumiare...he was incredable. Obviously the funniest character in the play, but I just couldn't believe how good he was. It was so much better than the movie obviously, and ir was so moving. But it was dark. Disney made it happy and light, with some darker parts too, but the play was a lot darker. It's not something I would bring a little kid to see. That is a show that I will never forget, and that I deffinitaly am going to go see again.
The thing that really sucked is that I was sick all day, and all day Sunday.
The bridal shower was boring...obviously. Sitting there for 5 hours watching Margret open gifts that she already knew she was getting...pointless. But it's a big Italian tradition, and she's 100% Italian so her mother wanted to do it for her. But the good part of the shower was meeting these three women who were friends with Margret's parents who had come over from Italy. They were really nice. And I met Margret's cousin Anthony. The most amazingly cool person I have ever met. He's an English teacher in Queens in his mid to late 20's and he was telling me and my cousin Maddy about his classroom and everything. He wears jeans and a t-shirt into work everyday. And he has couches in his classroom. Huge school, and so there's about 36-41 kids in each of his classes. But he was just great. And he really liked Maddy and me too. He kept talking about us to our Aunt Barbara. Then afterwards I slept for most of the 3 hour drive home.
And now I am home from school sick, and it sucks because I feel like crap.