musical
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The Pirate Queen (2007)
I refer you to the plot summary here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pirate_Queen – got that? OK, now I refer you to Grainne Ni Mhaille’s bio here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gr%C3%A1inne_N%C3%AD_Mh%C3%A1ille – compare and contrast. Oh OK, I’ll do it for you. God, talk about rewriting history. In the show, the seafaring daughter of an Irish chieftain falls for an attractive young… Continue reading
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Priscilla – Queen Of The Desert (2006)
Bah. This soundtrack is basically an album of camp classics, so you can pick your own rating for it. You all know I don’t usually care for covers of pop songs, particularly when musical theatre gets hold of them (it’s mostly down to the instrumentation) and this doesn’t really change my mind on that. I’m… Continue reading
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The Producers (2001)
You probably know the plot. Fifty words or less: crap Broadway producer meets corruptible accountant, a plan is hatched to raise money for a deliberate flop, the appalling musical “Springtime For Hitler” is evolved, the audience loves it as a satire, and the producers end up in prison… doing the same thing again. Wikipedia says… Continue reading
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The Pajama Game (1954)
(Pajama? Pyjama? Whatever…) This is a musical from Three Million Years BC – er, 1954. I have the 2006 revival recording with new songs. You know how I sometimes grumble about revivals over-egging the pudding by updating the orchestrations? It doesn’t happen here that I can tell. Brilliantly, this show has a female lead called… Continue reading
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Rage Of The Heart(1993)
I think this came from the library. Man, they have some unexpected shit in that library. I have them to thank for “Madison Avenue” too. The tale of Abelard and Heloise is one of these great-love-tragedy things which we’re all supposed to know about but of which I know nothing beyond their names and the… Continue reading
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Ragtime (1996)
See also Ragtime: The Concept Album. This show surely wins a Nobel Prize for Effort: it features thirty-eight tracks covering two hours of music, let alone the script time. “Ragtime” is based on the novel by E.L.Doctorow, and has a book by Terrence McNally who has written tons of plays and musicals. The music and… Continue reading
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Ragtime: The Concept Album (1996)
See also the full review of Ragtime. In 1996 they put out a concept album of 21 tracks from Ragtime, which is a fairly hefty number, but, as we know from yesterday, only just over half the numbers on the full cast recording. The album doesn’t stint on the production or singing quality; concept albums,… Continue reading
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Reefer Madness (1998)
(This is the soundtrack to the stage musical, but there are different versions thereof; there’s a movie soundtrack as well.) I saw this show here last year. Now I’m listening to the CD, it’s a definite case of “Oh, so that’s what the lyrics were…” – good old Vancouver theatre sound… This is a spoof… Continue reading
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Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)
Every so often I’m privileged (I believe that’s the word) to listen to something like this, and a healthy combination of enthusiasm and WTF stylings leads me to appreciate it against my better judgement. I don’t know that this is necessarily a recommendation, but it wasn’t dull… How to describe this? It’s a sung-through sci-fi… Continue reading
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Ring Of Fire (2006)
This is a jukebox musical featuring songs by Johnny Cash. (And possibly others – Windows Media Player kept giving me composer information about some of the songs, like I would know. I’m not at all an expert on country music, not even a novice… I just tend to avoid it on uninformed principle. After all,… Continue reading