And now I am going to spam you with the second act
... in a separate entry.
The train went away. Pity: I liked the train.
To console me, we have some jazz, and not group singing - Osa comes to sing Minnie the Moocher. Osa, you can sing some more jazz, I approve. Also, she has the girliest trouser suit again. With a lot of blue roses on her shoulder. Also, dancing lady in a red hat, who are you? I feel like I should recognize you but I don't. But I like you anyway.
Asaji Saki came to sing some more jazz. But they removed the singing. Ummm, okay (disclaimer: I like jazz. I also like Asaji, but separately from jazz). ... and then Asaji switched to dancing and Mori Keaki came to sing, but they forgot to turn the singing back on. Oh well, there's still Asaji dancing. And the chance to ponder on Mori Keaki's blouse.
The train came back. And left again. And I think there was Hatsukaze Jun in a trouser suit.
... and now we have Noru singing and Asaji dancing with someone who I can't recognize. I don't think Noru's quite up to jazz, but, well, not that bad. Also, she's Noru: she's nice to look at.
Asaji singing again. I know I grumble a lot about her singing, but actually it depends very much on the songs and their suitability to her singing ability. This one's okay... I'm just forver nervous because I first heard her in Elisabeth. Also, Asazumi Kei is dancing. This show really mae me notice Asazumi Kei.
I still prefer Osa's singing, though. And Osa's back, with Minoru dancing. I really like this show having everyone wandering onstage and everybody being backup to everybody else. Though I wish I could learn to recognize the dancers. Oh well, maybe on rewatch (a rewatch is definitely in order)
That was definitely Hatsukaze Jun in a trouser suit; she came again to sing. I liked her singing here; and she had Toyoko dancing around and being every inch the perfect otokoyaku in white tails.
After which it started to look like they tried to play musical chairs but decided mostly not to bother too much and sit and give backup singing to Minami Mari (maybe. I'm not sure who it was). And if the first act was otokoyaku in dresses, the second is musumeyaku in trousers - Izumo Aya's in trousers here too. ... and then they took away all the chairs from Hatsukaze Jun. And, deciding this is no way to treat an old lady, sent her Toyoko instead, to sing some more.
So, mostly solo times. And more Asazumi Kei. I think I rather like the 'retired otokoyaku' look in this concert - elegant and all, but with long loose hair. And letting people who can sing to sing a lot - I quite approve of this too.
TCAs sometimes make me doubt whether Ootori Ran remembers any songs except for C'est Magnifique. But she actually does! She sang several songs, very engagingly, as always... and _then_ sang C'est Magnifique. Oh, all right, it's a fun song.
... BTW, they're back to ballads, which makes me breathe easier - ballads are safer for uncertain singers, IMHO. Also, I regret I don't know Zuka repertoire that well: I really, really like the song Noru sings here, and I think I've heard it before on some concerts, but I still don't know what it is.
I think I like it best when there's a bunch of people onstage, dancing in groups, sort of talking to each other, chasing each other even... it's fun. Also, Zunko singing again. Hi Zunko, how do you manage to look so sweet? I mean, really, it is maybe kind of disrespectful - she's not a baby sienne but a retired top star, but sweet is what comes to my mind when I look at her here.
I am probably a bad fan. I have yet to watch _everything_ by my beloved siennes (or even everything available), I recognize at best 15 people from 'my' troupe, and yet I skip around being distracted by someone else. But... they're so awesome. And classy. Everyone here. (And I am a silly, sqeeing, chatty fangirl. So what?)
And then they sang Sumire no Hana (led by Hatsukaze Jun, and in an arrangement I don't think I've heard before - sort of an ensemble one instead of a choir one, if you know what I mean. Yeah, the attempts to give me music education were not successful). And a parade song which I think is actually called Waga Takarazuka (making silly gestures and stuff. Cute people. Cute venerable and awesome people).
And then they had their bows, except that the first bowing group was Hatsukaze Jun, still in trouser suit, and a couple of other I-think-musumeyaku siennes, also in trousers, and they very thoughtfully went and curtsied anyway.
And then the show ended. And I liked it in all kinds of ways and it made me quite happy, and I hope I haven't bored everyone with this liveblogging thing.
The train went away. Pity: I liked the train.
To console me, we have some jazz, and not group singing - Osa comes to sing Minnie the Moocher. Osa, you can sing some more jazz, I approve. Also, she has the girliest trouser suit again. With a lot of blue roses on her shoulder. Also, dancing lady in a red hat, who are you? I feel like I should recognize you but I don't. But I like you anyway.
Asaji Saki came to sing some more jazz. But they removed the singing. Ummm, okay (disclaimer: I like jazz. I also like Asaji, but separately from jazz). ... and then Asaji switched to dancing and Mori Keaki came to sing, but they forgot to turn the singing back on. Oh well, there's still Asaji dancing. And the chance to ponder on Mori Keaki's blouse.
The train came back. And left again. And I think there was Hatsukaze Jun in a trouser suit.
... and now we have Noru singing and Asaji dancing with someone who I can't recognize. I don't think Noru's quite up to jazz, but, well, not that bad. Also, she's Noru: she's nice to look at.
Asaji singing again. I know I grumble a lot about her singing, but actually it depends very much on the songs and their suitability to her singing ability. This one's okay... I'm just forver nervous because I first heard her in Elisabeth. Also, Asazumi Kei is dancing. This show really mae me notice Asazumi Kei.
I still prefer Osa's singing, though. And Osa's back, with Minoru dancing. I really like this show having everyone wandering onstage and everybody being backup to everybody else. Though I wish I could learn to recognize the dancers. Oh well, maybe on rewatch (a rewatch is definitely in order)
That was definitely Hatsukaze Jun in a trouser suit; she came again to sing. I liked her singing here; and she had Toyoko dancing around and being every inch the perfect otokoyaku in white tails.
After which it started to look like they tried to play musical chairs but decided mostly not to bother too much and sit and give backup singing to Minami Mari (maybe. I'm not sure who it was). And if the first act was otokoyaku in dresses, the second is musumeyaku in trousers - Izumo Aya's in trousers here too. ... and then they took away all the chairs from Hatsukaze Jun. And, deciding this is no way to treat an old lady, sent her Toyoko instead, to sing some more.
So, mostly solo times. And more Asazumi Kei. I think I rather like the 'retired otokoyaku' look in this concert - elegant and all, but with long loose hair. And letting people who can sing to sing a lot - I quite approve of this too.
TCAs sometimes make me doubt whether Ootori Ran remembers any songs except for C'est Magnifique. But she actually does! She sang several songs, very engagingly, as always... and _then_ sang C'est Magnifique. Oh, all right, it's a fun song.
... BTW, they're back to ballads, which makes me breathe easier - ballads are safer for uncertain singers, IMHO. Also, I regret I don't know Zuka repertoire that well: I really, really like the song Noru sings here, and I think I've heard it before on some concerts, but I still don't know what it is.
I think I like it best when there's a bunch of people onstage, dancing in groups, sort of talking to each other, chasing each other even... it's fun. Also, Zunko singing again. Hi Zunko, how do you manage to look so sweet? I mean, really, it is maybe kind of disrespectful - she's not a baby sienne but a retired top star, but sweet is what comes to my mind when I look at her here.
I am probably a bad fan. I have yet to watch _everything_ by my beloved siennes (or even everything available), I recognize at best 15 people from 'my' troupe, and yet I skip around being distracted by someone else. But... they're so awesome. And classy. Everyone here. (And I am a silly, sqeeing, chatty fangirl. So what?)
And then they sang Sumire no Hana (led by Hatsukaze Jun, and in an arrangement I don't think I've heard before - sort of an ensemble one instead of a choir one, if you know what I mean. Yeah, the attempts to give me music education were not successful). And a parade song which I think is actually called Waga Takarazuka (making silly gestures and stuff. Cute people. Cute venerable and awesome people).
And then they had their bows, except that the first bowing group was Hatsukaze Jun, still in trouser suit, and a couple of other I-think-musumeyaku siennes, also in trousers, and they very thoughtfully went and curtsied anyway.
And then the show ended. And I liked it in all kinds of ways and it made me quite happy, and I hope I haven't bored everyone with this liveblogging thing.