Musicals

Last January, for one of my Christmas presents, I got to go and see The Lion King when it came to town. I was so excited and the music and acting definately lived up to everything I had hoped it would be! It was so powerful with all of the African music and the drums with the dancing with the classic lyrics that everyone knows from the original movie. The Lion King is my favorite Disney movie and getting to see it on Broadway was so amazing! Of course, starting the play with The Circle of Life just takes your breath away. It is so amazing and you don't want to blink, too afraid that you would miss something. Then, after we came back from intermission, that was the second best part (the opening scene wins best part). When we came back, we sat down on our asile seats and the next thing we know, there is an African woman standing next to us on the asile with paint on her face and traditional clothing, waving a bird above us on a long stick. It was amazing and would take your breath away. They were singing a song called One by One. It was so cool and right then, I stopped complaining about the seats we got.

I also got to see Mamma Mia! when it came to town, at the same theater. That one was equally as amazing as The Lion King. It's really hard to explain because you just have to experience it for yourself. The thrill of going to the theater is just amazing. Then when the lights go down, and the actors and actresses come out onto stage and start to sing, it gives me goosebumps. Mamma Mia! was amazing. I was really surprised that such a little girl playing Sophie, could have such a big voice that carried all throughout the theater. I don't think she even needed the microphone. Then the set they had is a whole other story. The set for both plays was amazing. When they brought out pride rock for The Lion King...I was shocked at how big it was and then it would spin! When Scar and Simba fought at the top at the end, I thought someone was going to fall because, 1. they were fighting to the death, 2. they were on top of a tall rock, and 3. the rock was spinning!  Then, for the Mamma Mia! set, they had a "house" that looked like it was straight from the movie! They were able to make every scene revolve around that one little house and it worked for every scene! I can't wait to go back to the theater in March to see Next to Normal! Don't worry, I will definately be telling you all about Next to Normal as soon as I go see it!

Pelekania