Part of Your World

On Sunday Michael bought the Broadway Cast Recording of The Little Mermaid, the new musical on Broadway. Since then I have been listening to it non-stop. It has all the great songs from the film and some really great new ones.

The only negative thing I have to say is, that, I still have a preference for the actress who did Ursala's voice in the film rather than musical. Her deep raspy vocals just made Ursala sound even more villainous.

Otherwise I think the music is great, and I would really love to see the whole thing on stage. Here are some of my favorite songs:

I Want The Good Times Back
Part Of Your World
Part Of Your World (Reprise)
She's In Love
Under The Sea
Sweet Child
Poor Unfortunate Souls
Beyond My Wildest Dreams
Kiss The Girl

Avenue Q

Last night Michael and I and another couple went out into the rainy night. We travelled out to Boston to go see the hilarious musical Avenue Q. I was excited to see the show, but even more so for the fact that we were going to one of my favorite pizza places Crazy Dough's for dinner. I got my favorite slice there, which is a baked potato pizza with thin slices of potato, bacon, chives and all that great stuff topped with ranch dressing.....YUM!!!

Anyway, after dinner we left Harvard Sq. and headed into Boston. This was my first time sitting in the balcony at the Colonial Theater, and man do you loose any sense of personal space. There was no leg room, which was really an issue for Michael, but the plus was we could see the entire stage.

The show was amazing! Michael had purchased the soundtrack a year or two ago and I had listened to it off and on, but never got really into it. But, being there live and hearing all the songs in the context of the show was beyond funny. I think my favorite number was "Everyones a little bit Racist" and I have to say I love the reminder that George W. Bush was only for now. Honestly every song had me laughing like crazy. Who would have thought puppets f*cking on stage would win a Tony award for best musical :)

Pretty Funny

From the Big Gay Sketch Show

Christine Ebersole plays Edie Beal in the Broadway production of Grey Gardens which was based on the documentary of the same name about little Edie and her mother. This was a pretty hilarious spoof of both Grey Gardens and Extreme Makeover. Mrs. Ebersole does a knock out job as Edie. Her incarnation as the cult figure is very astonishing and the skit is hilarious. Enjoy :)

Little Priest from Sweeney Todd

Enjoy the twisted goodness of it all!

Musicals are the Bomb!

just got back a little while ago from seeing Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and it was fabulous. This was my second time seeing the film on the big screen, the first when it was released on Christmas day in 2007. It is a total Tim Burton film through and through and his aesthetic works so well with the story of a barber who slits the throats of his victims with his razor and his cohort, the devilish Mrs. Lovett, who bakes them into meat pies to serve to the hungry throngs of London. I think my favorite song from the film is "Little Priest" in which Mrs. Lovett (played by Helena Bonham Carter) and the killer Todd (played by Johnny Depp) discuss the various flavors they will have from all of the victims he will slay. Hollywood needs to wake up and do more musicals; there should be a ratio like 2 musicals to every non-musical or something like that. I truly believe in the bottom of my soul that the world would be better off with more musicals in it for mass consumption. Life is always better with a song that can be sung.