musicals
Sesame Street for Adults
Friday, May 9th, 2008On Tuesday night, we went to see Avenue Q at the Progress Energy Performing Arts center in Raleigh. Oak even came because there was promise of inappropriate behavior by puppets. Let’s just say we were not disappointed. I’ve never laughed so much at a Broadway show (besides some sleep-deprived giggle [...]
Entry for Rent
Thursday, November 8th, 2007The final entry in my fall musical madness: Rent. I remember everyone obsessing over this one in high school (Everyone = the girls that did all the musical theater stuff), so I felt obligated to finally see it. Believe it or not, I hadn’t seen the movie either so I only had a vague idea [...]
Mamma Mia!
Friday, November 2nd, 2007So, we went to see Mamma Mia! last night at the Progress energy theater in Raleigh. What an experience!!! We bought some tickets at the Broadway Series South summer sale, where we got tickets to Mamma Mia, Rent, and Avenue Q for ridiculously reasonable prices. Overall, the plot line is [...]
Delirious
Friday, April 14th, 2006 Cirque du Soleil: Delirium came to Raleigh this week, and we went to see it on Wednesday night.
It was very much different than the other two Cirque du soleil shows that we’ve seen. Delirium is the first show designed for an arena performance (basically in the “round”, so it can be viewed from [...]
Culture
Friday, January 7th, 2005Last night I went to see “Movin’ Out” - that Billy Joel musical at the memorial auditorium in Raleigh. Overall I was disappointed, it was a ballet more than a musical, the story not told in words but by dance, which was difficult to interpret. (I pretty much agree with everything said [...]
Oh what a beautiful mornin’
Friday, October 17th, 2003LeRoy High School music program alumni and musical fans:
The Oklahoma! play set!
Who wants to play? I get to be Gertie. She had the bling-bling.
Lesson learned from this post: The farmer and the cowman should be friends. They’ve even replaced Hammerstein’s beautiful lyrics to fit our modern lifestyles. Now why don’t [...]
