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| Old favourites… | October 18, 2008 | A rather poor excuse for a post…more like a list really…but look what I found on youtube today. Don’t Let’s Start – Early days of mechanical dancing Birdhouse in your Soul – Full blown chorus of extras, masks, bicycles and lots of nightlights. Ana Ng – “I don’t want the world…I just want your half”. […] |
| the tardis goes all classical | September 23, 2008 | Here is Nigel Kennedy playing the Doctor Who theme….lots of feedback |
| The people all said “sit down”…. | August 21, 2008 | I just finished watching my way through Guys and Dolls (I had started it on Saturday and made it nearly to the end). This now seems a rather uneven musical. There are some fantastically memorable songs (sit down you’re rockin’ the boat, luck be a lady etc) as well as some lengthy and terrifically forgettable […] |
| The people all said "sit down"…. | I just finished watching my way through Guys and Dolls (I had started it on Saturday and made it nearly to the end). This now seems a rather uneven musical. There are some fantastically memorable songs (sit down you’re rockin’ the boat, luck be a lady etc) as well as some lengthy and terrifically forgettable […] |
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| music to mark assignments by | August 11, 2008 | Pete Murray – Summer at EurekaIt’s gentle and melodic with a pervasive melancholy. |
| music to mark assignments by | Pete Murray – Summer at EurekaIt’s gentle and melodic with a pervasive melancholy. |
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| a little dopey | August 6, 2008 | Well for someone who likes a good musical I’ve discovered I was a little dopey when it came to Oklahoma. I always thought that the big showstopping title number was the finale…but it seems not. (I’m guessing the majority of the cast were aware of this long before me!) As we worked our way through […] |
| View from the pit | August 3, 2008 | It was a fairly light afternoon at rehearsal today for me. We worked over Farmer and the Cowman again – revising what was blocked on Thurday night. Following that there is a long section of dialogue (the auction) which meant no music and I could have a pleasant sit down and watch the proceedings. Up […] |
| follow the yellow brick road | August 2, 2008 | Just finished watching the Broadway Musical documentary. The last couple of episodes took us up to 2004 when Wicked had just opened on Broadway. I’m wondering if I’m in the minority, never having been particularly fascinated with the Wizard of Oz mythology in its movie form. I agree the Over the Rainbow is a classic […] |
| all cows all the time | August 1, 2008 | Last night at rehearsal we moved into Act 2 and it was all Farmerand the Cowman all the time. For the entire practice….there’s dancing, singing, dialogue, comedy, a fight…it’s got everything. So it took quite some time to get through blocking the whole thing. And then we just kept running and running it…. I was […] |