Caught Wicked on opening night last Wednesday.
What a wonderful way to open the 2014 cultural season.
Was apprehensive about technical glitches, it being opening night and all, but apart from a flying monkey's wings not opening all the way, everything went fabulously.
The two leads evoked the original duo - Menzel and Chenoweth - with their powerful, distinctive voices and overall presence. And for once, my bad eyesight did me a small favor, allowing me to imagine the original leads onstage.
It was a thrill to witness my favorite numbers from the musical being performed live. And as I predicted, it was Popular that ignited the crowd to roaring laughter and applause and set the tone for the rest of the night.
Ooh, project!
As the song goes "It's all about po-pu-lar!"
Strangely enough, while the signature song "Defying Gravity" was goose-bumpingly soaring and powerful, I found myself struck with a song I didn't really pay much attention to before: romantic but witless lead Fiyero's ode to a carefree existence "Dancing Through Life" :
Hey, look! It's Enjolras.
Maybe when life has furrowed our brows with many cares and worries, an unexamined life seems worth living instead.
The trouble with schools is
They always teach the wrong lesson
Believe me, I've been kicked out
Of enough of them to know
They want you to become less callow
Less shallow
But I say: why invite stress in?
Stop studying strife
And learn to live
"The unexamined life"
Dancing through life
Skimming the surface
Gliding where turf is smooth
Life is painless
For the brainless
Why think too hard
When it's so soothing?
Dancing through life
No need to tough it
When you can slough it off
As I do?
Nothing matters
But knowing nothing matters
It's just life
So keep dancing through
Dancing through life
Swaying and sweeping
And always keeping cool
Life is fraught less
When you're thoughtless
Those who don't try
Never look foolish
Dancing through life
Mindless and careless
Make sure you're where less
Trouble in life
Woes are fleeting
Blows are glancing
When you're dancing
Through life
Dancing through life
Down at the Ozdust
If only because dust
Is what we come to
And the strange thing
Your life could end up changing
While you're dancing
Through!
At any rate, do try and catch Wicked. It's a tale about friendship and love, alternately funny and poignant.
Kristin Chenoweth's farewell performance.
Which lent the scene a special kind of poignancy.
I'm so envious you saw it. I'm glad you had a great time. Sana mapanuod ko rin sya. Fingers crossed.
ReplyDeleteI DO hope you can catch it. Every gay man loves musicals, and barring this year's Priscilla, Queen of the Desert at Resorts World, Wicked is as deliciously, riotously queer as they come.
Deletewell. you HAVE to bring me bring me to priscilla!
Deleteme too!!! :)
Delete@ Ternie : Come in drag, and it's done ;)
Delete@ gillboard : Let's both come in suits and then pretend we don't know Ternie :P
grrrrrrr!
Deletelolz
Now I'm more excited! Sa Feb 8 pa kami. :)
ReplyDeleteYou're in for a great time ;)
DeleteIt looks promising. I'd like to catch it too.
ReplyDeleteI think it'll run till the end of March - Feb. 23 pronouncements notwithstanding - so you've got time ;)
DeleteInggit! So many plays and concerts this year, not enough resources. Sighhhhh
ReplyDeleteOnly you can decide which performances you can allocate resources to, of course. But if you ask me, Wicked is a must-see. Not only because of the first-rate cast or because we very seldom get world-class Broadway productions here, but simply because the musical itself is a beautiful, funny, touching take on so many themes: being an outsider, finding friendship in someone who is your polar opposite, and the general twists and turns of fate.
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