Given the boom in people wanting to learn to play an instrument, we can not see how the opportunities and methods for learning are many more now that just a decade ago. Once it was necessary to go to get guitar lessons from the master, who could afford it, once, twice, three times a week, depending on what was good and what interested us. The teacher taught the agreements and some songs, with the passage of time. But the teacher was paid, and often a lot. Or you could learn to strum something from peers, but unless they were already great musicians, the levels reached were not lofty. There were some programs like garage band and who wanted to hear and check how it sounded, he had no other method to record a tape and return to step more or less interesting to intuition. To learn how to play your favorite songs, we went into stores and tried to memorize musical scores and arrangements, or the EC became transcribe the master.

Now, thanks to the spread of video games where you can learn to play an instrument, many young people are passionate in this world. And always thanks to the development of many new technologies to learn to play is much easier and faster. For those wishing to take a course of guitar or bass, just go anywhere and are demonstration videos, programs that provide all the scores, you can digitally record and then immediately find the place you want to repeat.

Yet many of these videos are often poor performances of other guys who want to show off and strut with an instrument. You should pay attention here to choose the right tools.

All these programs are very useful if you have no intention of paying a teacher, but keep in mind that to play really well, you must first learn the basics. To do this, the best method is definitely enroll in an academy of music. Learn how to self-learners is certainly very admirable, but it requires a lot of effort and twice the study. At least for the first time, you had better turn to the real experts. If you are interested then strum your favorite songs, alone or with friends, after learning of the solid foundation you can begin to explore their own arrangements of different songs.

In these schools, can apply for people of all ages, whether they have previous knowledge in music is that from the ground up, there will always be a suitable teacher for you. Furthermore you can also choose the tool that you like, not just the choice to the usual guitar. Try to space, with the mind and fingers between piano, clarinet, horn, flute, flugelhorn, percussion, sax, trumpet, trombone, tuba. You can also find lessons on music theory and music theory.

I emailed Mrs. Ripley each night of my senior show, because she was in China. I’m posting the three emails here because I feel like I should have documented my last musical at Gowanda somehow. So here they are.

THE WIZ: EPISODE ONE

We had fun tonight. Well, this afternoon. We did the energy circle thing (Taylor and I didn’t really explain it that well, though– we will tomorrow, since we instigated it). Bobby and Kris didn’t participate, but they’re losers. (Not really, but they’re lame boys and I’m sure that with the proper friendly persuasion they’ll do it tomorrow…ha).

The whole thing went pretty smoothly: there were a few instances where mics cut out; Glenn wasn’t there, either. I don’t know why.

I, um, may have gotten my only laughs from the crowd as soon as I walked on. Phoebe didn’t walk in a straight line and I had to try to scoot her out on stage twice-ish before she actually went, and even then it was kind of in a circle. So I picked her up and bopped across the stage, scrambling for the appropriate lines (obviously I couldn’t say “Come back here, Toto” if I was holding her) and I may have rammed into the house on accident with my shoulder.

Yes, I have a bruise.

Yes, the house off-kiltered a foot or so.

But it was funny, and even though I cracked up when I got off stage it ran nicely.

The makeup all looked really good; Zach and Kruszka and Taylor all got a lot of laughs; Chelsea and Dakota did too. Obviously my character isn’t funny, so they didn’t cheer so much for me, but that’s ok. I got home to Kansas and remembered to click my heels and it was all good.

I saw Kiener and Emma and Hannah, and that was pretty weird considering that in a year it’ll be me coming back to watch my friends. I don’t know if I’m okay with that yet. Stephen told me, “Well, this is it, this is your last show.”

And I could only smirk at him and reply that no, I had two more.

I just can’t think about this being “My Last.” It doesn’t sit well with me at all, so I think if I just don’t spend any time dwelling on it, it won’t affect me as much. I don’t want to get all watery and miserable on Tuesday.

But! All in all it was a good show and so far that’s what I’ve been hearing in reviews. “Great job,” “Good show,” “GREAT show,” keep being repeated. Some kids came back to us after and we (leads) talked to them and even got a picture or two with them (at parents’ insistence). The Lion, mostly, and (surprisingly) me were approached individually and greeted by toddlers and their parents, so that was cute. Mrs. Propp’s nine-year-old daughter Morgan had us all sign her program.

I think that tomorrow and Tuesday I’ll have more energy. I was thinking, by “Y’all Got It,” that I just wanted it to be done with so I could go home. I know that’s awful, but I was so so tired. The “easing on down the road” part of my job is straight up exhausting. I can’t dance anyway, so put singing and dancing together and I’m almost out by the time the Kalidahs get us.

Oh! And “Be a Lion” was good. Pretty darn good (the best time we’ve done it). I talked to Ms. Fried at intermission and she was really happy with it. Ms. Stoffel and her mom were really excited at the end, and so was Mrs. Hales. I think Mr. Wesley disappeared– we didn’t have notes and I didn’t see him at all after the production.

…and that’s all I know. It went really well. Tomorrow and Tuesday will be good also, I hope.

THE WIZ: PART TWO !

“AND JUST MAYBE I CAN CONVINCE TIME TO SLOW UP” — FINALE.

Porque a veces, aunque sea temprano, las legañas peguen mis pestañas, el estómago esté revuelto o esté de mal humor…merece la pena madrugar

gerade mal wieder gehört, und weils mich immer wieder mitreißt, muss es einfach hier rein:

As I said yesterday, we went to see Calamity Jane. Watching it brought back childhood memories of  going with my grandma to see the local operatic society’s production of Calamity Jane. My grandma is partly responsible for my affection for and vague familiarity with a random selection of musicals, because she used to take me to the annual production put on by the local operatic society. I also remember going to shows at the Leicester Haymarket Theatre (which is sadly no longer in existence, although it’s been replaced by the Curve Theatre, which looks very swish) on more than one occasion, although these trips may have been with my parents rather than my grandparents or maybe with all of them. I wish I could remember more about these bits of my childhood.

I was probably about ten years old when I went to see Calamity Jane with my grandma. Watching the show yesterday, the memories that came to me weren’t just of the songs and the story, but the recollection of how I felt when I was watching it. I had very clear memories of sympathising with Calamity because she was a girl who wanted to wear trousers and practical boots (i.e. men’s clothes) and Wild Bill Hickock (and everyone else) was always telling her to put on a “pretty” dress.  I wore dresses as a child because I was a good girl and did what I was told, but really I was much happier in jeans and a t-shirt and jumper and I didn’t like being told what I should or should not be wearing.

Calamity Jane may well have been the first (albeit semi-fictitious) woman I’d come across who rebelled against the stereotype of dresses for girls, trousers for boys and was quite, well, subversive, I think. She wanted to behave in the way she wanted, not in  the way society thought she should behave and, for the most part, she did. She certainly didn’t conform to the 1870s ideal of womanhood- she doesn’t even conform to the 2009 ideal of womanhood!

Of course, I was (and still am, really) most indignant when Calamity finally succumbs and wears a dress, thereby ‘winning’ the affections of Wild Bill. It is at this point that Calamity changes, in my eyes, from a forerunner of feminism to just one of a long litany of fictitious women who transform from perceived ugly ducklings to swans and get the leading man as their reward. Because, of course, the only way to get a decent man (which is, naturally, the only way a woman can possibly be happy) is to conform to society’s  ideal of what a woman should be – pretty, submissive, charming and homely. This is a lesson we women all must learn, so it is still in 2009 shown to us at every opportunity; on television, in films and in theatres, and not just in musicals written in the 1950s (which at least have the ‘excuse’ of being written in the 1950s!).

In fairness, Calamity doesn’t lose everything of herself – even after she gets together with Bill she’s still quite feisty,  riding off to bring Katie back to Deadwood – but seeing her standing demurely in a wedding dress in the last scene felt a bit like a defeat. I hope she doesn’t let Bill change her too much.

David

"Spectacular, Spectacular!": de meest briljante scène uit 'Moulin Rouge!' door De Jonge Stem

Gewaagde kostuums, veel rood licht, seksueel getinte woordspelletjes, hitnummers van Madonna en The Police in een nieuw jasje, aanranding… Het gaat er opmerkelijk heftig aan toe in Moulin Rouge!, de nieuwe musical van de altijd bruisende jongeren van de Velsense vereniging De Jonge Stem. Op vrijdag 13 en zaterdag 14 november 2009 trokken zij volle zalen voor een wervelende mix van zang, dans, prachtige aankleding en heerlijke muziek. Baz Luhrmanns ijzersterke film uit 2001 is nooit ver weg, maar de jonge enthousiastelingen laten zien dat zij ook Parijs rond 1900 uitstekend onder de schaarsgeklede knie hebben.

There was a boy… Onmiddellijk verstomt het geroezemoes in de zaal als de jonge Yannou Tamis (als bohémien Toulouse-Lautrec) vanaf een ladder in een eenzame spot het magische Nat King Cole-nummer Nature Boy zingt. Hij wordt opgevolgd door Rick van Zijtveld als hoofdpersoon Christian, een armoedige schrijver die meegesleurd wordt in het wilde leven van de Parijse wijk Montmartre aan het begin van de vorige eeuw. Alles draait om de boheemse idealen “freedom, beauty, truth and love“, maar al snel komt de kijker erachter hoe die idealen precies vorm kregen… in de beruchte, befaamde en o zo verleidelijke Moulin Rouge.

Vanaf dat moment komt Christian, en daarmee het publiek, terecht in een muzikale en spectaculaire wervelwind waarvan het zonde is dat een pauze het komt onderbreken. In een strak vormgegeven en nergens gechangeerd decor stuiteren de Jonge Stemmers heen en weer met een aanstekelijk enthousiasme. Hoewel het drama zich steeds verder opstapelt – een oudere vrouw fluisterde: “Ach, ze gaat toch niet dood, hè? Wat ongezellig…” – wordt de musical nergens zwaar op de hand. Integendeel: met name de spelers met de grootste rollen hebben zo veel zichtbaar plezier in het spelen dat de toeschouwer maar al te graag met hen meereist door de wereld van de Rode Molen.

Die wereld bestaat, naast de eerdergenoemde dubbelzinnige elementen, ook uit fijne knallende muziek (uitgevoerd door een veertienkoppig orkest onder de bezielde leiding van Olaf Windey) met soms bijzonder ingewikkelde zangpartijen. De mix van “gewone” musicalmuziek met nieuwe versies van bekende pophits maakt het er al niet gemakkelijker op. Het grote ensemble heeft af en toe moeite zich staande te houden, en meerstemmigheid gaat soms verloren, maar de solisten weten het hele gezelschap vol overgave omhoog te trekken.

Wie zijn die solisten? In de eerste plaats is daar Lisanne Wensink, ijzersterk in de rol van Satine, de courtisane met wie schrijver Christian een liefdesrelatie ontwikkelt, ondanks haar beroep en haar kwakkelende gezondheid. Lisanne heeft een stem als een klok en wisselt zang, dans, drama en komedie moeiteloos af. Haar tegenspeler, de eerdergenoemde Rick van Zijtveld, is al even goed op dreef; hoewel hij soms iets uit de (vaak ingewikkelde) maat zingt, geeft hij vol overtuiging en met sterk acteerwerk vorm aan de gekwelde schrijver. Rick overtuigt vooral in zijn beweeglijkheid, die soms humoristisch is (de scène met de “naughty words” en Your Song tussen Satine en Christian is briljant geacteerd, geset en gezongen), en soms heel krachtig. Dat laatste uit zich vooral in de zinderende Tango de Roxane, waarbij Rick een spannend tangoduel danst met de verleidelijke cancandanseres Nini, gespeeld door een zeer memorabele Marlies Bax.

Daarnaast zijn er ook twee mooie optredens van de gebroeders Jeroen en Martijn de Brouwer als respectievelijk Harold Zidler, de ceremoniemeester van de Moulin Rouge, en de kwaadaardige Duke, de nieuwe investeerder van de nachtclub. Jeroens Zidler is duisterder en aggressiever dan het filmorigineel, maar daardoor vaak intrigerender, voornamelijk in Jeroens sterke uitvoering van The Show Must Go On. Martijns Duke is hilarisch in zijn kinderachtige en groteske gedrag, en vooral het contrast met de onderliggende donkere kanten van deze hertog komt op bepaalde momenten onverwacht hard aan. Een laatste vermelding verdient één specifieke scène die door alle aanwezige acteurs fantastisch gespeeld wordt: de Spectacular, Spectacular-scène, een hyperactieve minishow waar ondergetekende oprecht gelukkig van is geworden.

Moulin Rouge! had, ondanks al het enthousiasme, wel baat gehad bij een iets specifiekere regie van de jonge regisseurs, Danny van Zuylen en Daniël de Leeuw. Meerdere momenten tussen belangrijke scènes waren droog en statisch ingevuld, wat ook veroorzaakt werd door het ontbreken van grote changementen. Het ensemble stond vaak plompverloren en matigjes gechoreografeerd op het toneel (in het geval van shownummer Come What May stonden zij zelfs grandioos in de weg). Nu heeft een jeugdmusicalvereniging altijd te kampen met het feit dat zo veel mogelijk spelers op het podium geweest moeten zijn, maar in Moulin Rouge! was dit soms regelrecht zonde.

Desalniettemin hoeft De Jonge Stem zich absoluut niet te schamen voor hun prestaties in het roodbelichte Parijs. Moulin Rouge! is een stralende en strakke musical met een sterk kloppend hart en een stevige beat. Zwakkere stukjes werden afgewisseld met momenten van pure inspiratie: de entree in de nachtclub! Onbegeleide zang van Lisanne Wensink! Rick van Zijtveld die vanuit de zaal naar het toneel zingt! Een hilarische en bruisende finale! Een prachtig intieme laatste minuut… Het zijn wapenfeitjes waar de spelers zichzelf voor op de borst mogen kloppen. Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir? Het antwoord is een volmondig: oui!

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Dankenswerterweise wurde mir dieser Artikel in die Hand gegeben: http://www.nachtkritik.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=712&Itemid=84. Sehr lesenswert. Autor Stefan Keim bringt das Theater endlich mal auf eine intellektuelle Ebene mit den anderen dramatischen Künsten, mit dem Fernsehfilm, mit dem Kino. Jetzt könnte man natürlich sagen, er bringt es auf eine niedrigere Ebene, aber was heißt das eigentlich?

Keim spricht von dem Contergan-Fernsehfilm, und warum sich das Theater nicht einem solchen Thema auf eine ähnliche Art und Weise annähern kann, wie der Film – ja, niemand in den Feuilletons käme laut Keim darauf, ein solches Thema im Theater zu vermuten. Das Theater ist nicht mehr in der Mitte der Kultur, sondern nur noch eine Randerscheinung – eine relativ eindeutige Einordnung, wenn Keim sie auch nicht gerade schonungslos vorbringt. Natürlich hat er Recht, das Theater hat sich genauso von seinem Publikum entfernt, wie es die E-Musik getan hat, die Bildende Kunst und viele andere mehr. Und wenn Keim anklingen lässt, dass die Länder, in denen das Theater wenige bis keine Subventionen bekommen, ein spannenderes Theater machen, als das in Deutschland geschieht, dann stimmt auch das ohne Zweifel – unter dieser Prämisse könnte die schwarz-gelbe Regierungszeit eine unfreiwillige Qualitätssteigerung im Theater herbeiführen. Woran liegt das? Warum ist das Theater in Deutschland verkopft, und so weit außerhalb der Gesellschaft, wenn doch der einstige kleine Bruder Film immer noch und trotz weitläufigem weiteren Medienangebot die Nummer 1 ist? – Wenn auch mehr auf Bildschirmen als im Kino – aber auch Kinos gibt es ja und es geht ihnen trotz vieler Klagen ziemlich gut.

Dem Theater geht es ja eigentlich auch gut, schließlich leben da immer noch viele Menschen von, und es gibt ja auch immer wieder Sachen, zu denen die Zuschauer strömen – aber im Großen und Ganzen ist einfach der Kontakt vom Theater zur Wirklichkeit abgerissen. Und wenn Stefan Keim ein populäres Theater fordert, dann hat er recht, ganz einfach und schlicht recht. Es gibt so großartige Filmstoffe, die auch wunderbare Theaterstücke ergeben würden – aber die Bühnen erreichen meistens allenfalls die Musicals, die man aus den Filmen zimmert, auch schön, aber selten sehr ergiebig. Wo wird der „Club der toten Dichter“ auf die Bühne gebracht? Oder „Wie im Himmel“? – ups, das habe ich sogar auf einer Bühne gesehen, als Klassenspiel der hiesigen Waldorfschule, aber im Spielplan von Schauspielhäusern und Stadttheatern findet man so was nicht …

Und wie wunderbar kann man diese Stoffe mit den Mitteln des Theaters umsetzen, ihnen neue Dimensionen geben, die Zuschauer wahrhaftig an ihnen teilhaben lassen. Man könnte Menschen mit Umsetzungen großer Filme wahrhaftig beschenken – wie wäre es, vor Weihnachten „Ist das Leben nicht schön?“, geht es denn besser? – Richtig, „Besser geht es nicht“ wäre auch ein schöner Stoff … ich verfranse mich gerade … und wenn ich schon dabei bin – es muss nicht immer Hollywood sein, nein, wirklich nicht – wie wäre es mit „Kleine Haie“ oder „Barfuss“?

Natürlich geht es nicht nur um die Umsetzung von Filmstoffen, aber das wäre schon mal ein weites Feld – dazu kommt alles, was die Literatur hergibt und bitte, bitte auch neue, gut geschriebene Stücke – nicht von durchgeistigten Dramatikern, sondern von praktischen Geschichtenerzählern – und hier kommt natürlich Keims Kritikpunkt wieder hervor, dass man vom Schreiben von Theaterstücken nicht leben kann, wohl aber vom Schreiben von Drehbüchern fürs Fernsehen – da stimmt also was nicht.

Die Themen fürs Theater liegen auf der Straße, von Fritzl über Spendenaffären, von Castingopfern bis zu Amokläufern oder was auch immer eine Geschichte hergibt – denn genau hier krankt es doch dran, an den Geschichten. Aus dem Theater ist ein Ort für intellektuelles Gelaber geworden, wortreich, sinnleer, langweilig. Aber Theater muss Handlung, Gefühl und Wirklichkeit sein – das unmittelbare Erleben ist doch der große Vorteil des Theaters, warum wird der ständig verschenkt? Oder gegen billige Provokation getauscht?

Aber Stefan Keim hat nicht nur Recht. Er möchte die Genre-Stücke zurück ins Spiel bringen. Das zielt aber auch wieder recht kurz, denn Genres sind schön, haben aber oft zu enge Grenzen. Krimis und Psychothriller sind nette Labels, aber das deutsche Schubladendenken ist so allumfassend, dass die Gerne-Stücke beim Feuilleton eh durchfallen werden, dass man sich schämen wird, „so was“ im Theater anzuschauen, selbst wenn man dabei großen Spaß hatte. Genres sind für Kritiker praktisch, aber sonst nicht viel. Es geht um Geschichten, wenn die erzählt werden, dann sind doch die Genres egal.

Und irgendwie stellt Keim auch Verfremdungen der straighten Genre-Erzählweise gegenüber – auch das ist Unsinn. Das Theater hat sich einen reichen Werkzeugsatz erarbeitet, mit dem sie Geschichten anders erzählen kann, als das der Film macht, da sind ganz viele Verfremdungen bei und die sind auch wichtig. Wo könnte man die Realität so schön brechen, poetische Momente hinzufügen, Ironie nutzen, wie im Theater – aber man darf das eben nicht gegen die Geschichte, man muss die Geschichte damit unterstützen! Bei Tarantino sagt auch keiner, dass er keine Geschichten erzählen kann, nur weil er ein paar nette Verfremdungen in seine Filme einbaut.

Ja, es muss wieder an einem populären Theater gebastelt werden, aber mal ganz konkret gesprochen, nur gutes Theater kann populäres Theater sein, und gutes Theater erzählt mit allen Mitteln dieser großartigen Kunst gute Geschichten!

First and foremost, I’d like to say……… Yes, I’m cheating on my LJ again. Haha. Anyway…

Back when I was still a bum, I used to hate weekends just because I enjoy being alone most of the day at home too much. Nowadays, I still hate weekends since the house is packed and people just tend to be way too noisy arguing about the silliest of things. I think it’s the natural “this town ain’t big enough for the both of us” feeling that creates this force separating the parent and the child, ultimately resulting in the child moving into his or her own home……… But I digress just because that line of thought deserves a whole new blog entry. But anyway, since the 3rd of this month, every Saturday has been the one day I look forward to. Why? Because Weekday = Work Days and Saturday = Germaine day! Haha! And Germaine always means lots of drugs, sex and alcohol…

…Well, no, I’m kidding.

And so, this Saturday was no different than other Saturdays, meaning it was great. Haha. I forced (err) Germaine to sleepover since we were going to James Jean’s book signing at Fully Booked the next day. Before I get to that, here are some things I learned from Germaine, some things I should’ve known way back so I can claim them as my new discovery and pretend that I’m cool. Meh. Now I can’t. I’m such a poser…

*ahem*

They’re musical, they’re silly, check them out.

1. Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blogs

For those of you who like musicals and silly things, you’ll love Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blogs featuring a singing Neil Patrick Harris. I’m not sure if I’m the only one, but I never knew NPH could sing so well! It’s too bad the whole 3 blogs only last for a total of 42 minutes. Anywho, don’t want to spoil anything so just watch it for yourself.

2. Batman: The Brave and the Bold Episode 125 – Mayhem of the Music Meister

Song. Stuck. In. My. Head…. I’m the music meisteeeer! Haha! The music isn’t the only thing that I’m digging. If you haven’t watched the video, then I’m telling you now: watch out for the puns. Haha. I heard it’s a common occurence in the Batman: The Bold and the Brave series and this episode is most definitely not an exception.

“This concerto of crime is over!”

Person of the night: Neil Patrick Harris. If you guys watched both videos one after the other, then you’d have realized by now that Neil Patrick Harris is in both of them. Haha. Meh, that guy can sing.

Well that’s two things I learned yesterday. Life changing, huh? Next entry will be about this afternoon’s highlight: James Jean at Fully Booked High Street.

~♥~

El fin de semana pasado me fui a Madrid en plan turista total. Hace ya un montón de años que no iba a Madrid a quedarme unos días.

El sábado por la noche, teníamos entradas para ver un musical en el teatro Lope de Vega, en la Gran Vía Madrileña.

El musical se llama Spamalot.

Esta basado en una obra de Monty Phyton “Los caballeros de la mesa cuadrada” y está dirigido por Tricicle. Decir que el musical me encantó. Me reí mogollón y el teatro estaba lleno.

Os dejo el tema central del musical, que yo he llevado en mi cabeza varios dias cantando:

Además, también me sorprendo la pedazo voz de la actriz principal, la Dama del Lago o Ginebra. Pedazo voz:

Os dejo la página de la obra por si queréis echarle un vistazo: Spamalot

Seit wenigen Wochen wird im Essener Colosseum-Theater das “Buddy Holly”-Musical “Buddy – Die Buddy Holly Story” gespielt. Ab und an gibt es für das Musical auch mal vergünstigte Tickets. In diesem Fall sind es die “Ruhr Nachrichten”, “Dorstener Zeitung” und “Halterner Zeitung”, die für die Vorstellung am Samstag, 12. Dezember 2009, um 15.00 Uhr Tickets mit 20% Ersparnis anbieten. Dazu gibt es für jeden Besucher ein gratis “Buddy Holly”-T-Shirt.

Das Angebot kurz im Überblick:

• Musical “Buddy – Die Buddy Holly Story”
• am 12. Dezember 2009
• ab 15.00 Uhr
• im Colosseum-Theater in Essen
• Tickets: PK 1 63,20 Euro statt 79,00 Euro, PK 2 55,20 Euro statt 69,00 Euro, PK 3 47,20 Euro statt 59,00 Euro, PK 4 31,20 Euro statt 39,00 Euro
• Achtung: Wie so oft, kommen auch hier auf die Ticketpreise noch Gebühren hinzu. Im Einzelnen sind dies 15% Vorverkaufsgebühr und 2,- Euro Systemgebühr. Bei telefonischer Bestellung m.E. auch noch Versandkosten.
• Sonstiges: Für jeden Besucher gibt es ein “Buddy Holly Musical”-T-Shirt und nach der Veranstaltung zeigen sich die Musical-Darsteller zum Meet & Greet.

Wie kommt ihr an die Tickets:

• Telefonische Bestell-Hotline: 0 18 05 – 86 68 (Stichwort “Ruhr Nachrichten exklusiv” nennen)
• Wer in Dortmund wohnt und sich vorher gerne anschaut, wo er sitzt, kann auch in die Geschäftsstelle der Ruhr Nachrichten gehen (Westenhellweg 86-88, 44137 Dortmund)

Klassischerweise sind solche Musical-Angebot gerne recht schnell vergriffen. Also am Besten nicht zu lange zögern. Das Angebot wird zwar als “Leser-Vorteilsangebot” der Tageszeitungen ausgelobt, dies wird jedoch nicht überprüft.

Angebot zum Musical “Tanz der Vampire”

Höchstwahrscheinlich wird es in den nächsten Tagen auch noch vergünstigte Tickets für das Musical “Tanz der Vampire” in Oberhausen geben. Tickets wird es dann wohl in den besten Preiskategorien für 49,- Euro (zzgl. Gebühren?) geben. Sobald das konkret wird, werde ich hier im Schnäppchen Blog für NRW darüber berichten.

Mehr Angebote für Musicals und Konzerte?

Die Ruhr Nachrichten, Dorstener Zeitung und Halterner Zeitung haben häufiger Angebote im Blatt (manchmal leider nur für Abonnenten). Wer sich selber mal einen Überblick verschaffen will, kann die Zeitung hier für 14 Tage kostenlos zur Probe bestellen (eine Kündigung ist nicht notwending):

Ruhr Nachrichten
Dorstener Zeitung
Halterner Zeitung

Weitere Musical-Tickets findet Ihr bei Ticket Online.

Michael Jackson’s THIS IS IT will offer Jackson fans and music lovers worldwide a rare, behind-the-scenes look at the performer as he developed, created and rehearsed for his sold-out concerts that would have taken place beginning this summer in London’s O2 Arena. Chronicling the months from April through June, 2009, the film is produced with the full support of the Estate of Michael Jackson and drawn from more than one hundred hours of behind-the-scenes footage, featuring Jackson rehearsing a number of his songs for the show. Audiences will be given a privileged and private look at Jackson as he has never been seen before. In raw and candid detail, Michael Jackson’s THIS IS IT captures the singer, dancer, filmmaker, architect, creative genius and great artist at work as he creates and perfects his final show. Kenny Ortega, who was both Michael Jackson’s creative partner and the director of the stage show is also directing the film, which is being produced by Randy Phillips, Kenny Ortega and Paul Gongaware. Executive producers are John Branca and John McClain

Starring: Michael Jackson
Director: Kenny Ortega
Studio: Sony Pictures Entertainment

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Today was such a fall day! I actually LOVED it! Hardly windy at all blue skys, decent temp (not sure what it was but I would guess around 60 or 65) Mother Nature was def on my side yesterday and I took FULL advantage!

I woke up and had my morning coffee (shocking I know! ;] ) and then set out on a walk with my little Pomeranian pooch

<3 Norman!!!!!!! <3

A true BEAST. We strolled in the door 4 miles (and many smiles!) later to no parents and a brother still in bed!?! Ha so I instantly checked the coffee pot and there was some still left over! YES. I enjoyed cup numero dose with my breakfast which included: KASHI GO LEAN CEREAL (my fav!)

mixed with Activia light yogurt, with an Apple  and Peanut Butter on the side

Ok it was just getting even more gorgeous out so I COULD NOT resist going on a bike ride and then a walk after and each time I forgot to bring my camera GAH! Well tomorrow is supposed to be love as well so be expecting some pix from the bike path! =D I love how pretty the leaves are in the Fall and the crisp air and the pumpkin and harvest scents that come about! What’s your favorite thing about fall?

Later this evening I went to, well Starbucks ;]  then the School Musical  I have a bunch of friends in it but 2 of my verry best friends were in it. And I was seriously blown away, I knew they were talented but man they never cease to impress me in SOO many ways! So great Job GIRLS! They where in Little Shop of Horrors!  I think I might audition for the spring dramatic play! I was in one Freshman year and it was fun, I’m really Nervous but I think it would be good for me to step out of my comfort zone! When was the last time you stepped out of your comfort zone, and was it totally worth it!?!

Well tomorrow I am trying out another Coffee Shop! So I will be having a review of that and Tazza tomorrow night I will post it in the Cafe section of my blog. Other than that Just church in the morning and hopefully more nice weather! I’m really trying to embrace the fall and enjoy it, I tend to loath it because it getting cold, dark early, yada yada yada, I just need to change what I do so more YOGA and PILATES less running and biking. More early morning strolls less late night strolls. I’m challenging myself this winter to embrace the seasons, see the beauty in them all, and focus less on the negatives of the weather and take lots of pictures! Do you gals have any seasonal challenges for yourself this year?

Well thank you for reading and Really from the bottom of my heart <3 thank you for being so welcoming and enthusiastic in your responses to my posts on your blogs! The welcome is very much appreciated!!

Have a wonderful evening and SUNDAY!!!

If you know anything about me you know I LOVE the Broadwaysmash “RENT” and “Sex and the City”.  I am off to celebrate mybirthday early to seeing “RENT” in Providence Rhode Island!!!!

See you Monday!!

 

RENT is such a beautiful story and an amazing piece of theatre.   whenever I see it it reminds me of my friends. it’s a great story about how friends can become your family.  it’s also a story or courage.

seasons of love

Five hundrend twenty five thousand
six hundred minutes
Five hundrend twenty five thousand
moments so dear
Five hundrend twenty five thousand
six hundred minutes
How do you measure, measure a year

In daylight, in sunsets, in midnights,
in cups of coffee, In inches, in miles
in laughter in strife,

In Five hundrend twenty five thousand
six hundred minutes
How do you measure a year in the life

(chorus)
How about Love
how about love
how about love
measure in love
seasons of love
seasons of love

Five hundrend twenty five thousand
six hundred minutes
Five hundrend twenty five thousand
journeys to plan
Five hundrend twenty five thousand
six hundred minutes
how do you measure the life of a woman
or a man

In truth that she learned
or in times that he cried
In the bridges he burned
or the way that she died

Its time now to sing out
though the story never ends
lets celebrate remember a year
in the life of friends

Endelig fandt jeg mig tid til at skrive lidt.
I disse dage spiller jeg forestillinger med Sceptor, og jeg ville ønske at jeg havde ord for at fortælle om det. Tiden flyver afsted. Jeg lever i en helt anden verden. Det er fantastisk og utroligt. Jeg nyder det med hver en celle i min krop.
Fredag – 1 forestilling. Idag – 2 forestillinger. Og i morgen de 2 sidste forestillinger. Det gør mig så trist, men jeg prøver virkelig at glæde mig over at der er hele to forestillinger tilbage endnu. Jeg har mødt rigtig mange meget dejlige mennesker, som jeg vil savne helt ufatteligt meget. Kilde, Lars, Morten, Thomas, Marie, Nynne, Manja, Bjarne må nævnes. Også alle de andre. Meget fantastiske mennesker, som jeg ville ønske, jeg kunne tilbringe mere tid med til hverdag.
Klokken 12 i formiddags kom jeg op til stedet hvor vi spiller. vi sad og spiste lidt morgenmad sammen og snakkede om dagen i forevejen. Jeg var træt ved tanken om, at jeg havde en lang dag foran mig. Fællessamling. Noter fra dagen i forevejen og lidt grin og fjas og et par “held og lykke”r. Så var det allerede tid til at tage tøj og make-up på for at komme igang med første forestilling. Kaos. Ingen spejle til folk. Ingen kan finde sit tøj. Folk hoster og hakker og én græder fordi hun er så fysisk smadret. Jesper og Maria så forestillingen og de syntes den var rigtig god. Det var dejligt at se dem, det er længe siden. Nå, efter første forestilling var der lige spisepause og en halv times tid, hvor vi kunne slappe lidt af. Og så var der ellers nedtælling til næste forestilling. Opfrisker make-uppen og tager det rigtige tøj på. Lars pjatter og Michael har igen helt røde øjne… wonder why. Aftenforestilling. Far og Lena kom og så det, og var begge meget imponerede. Og Mette og Buster var der. Åh Mette, jeg savner hende sådan, når jeg ser hende. Hun var med i Sceptor sidst jeg var med i 2006 (må det være?), og jeg har faktisk ikke set hende siden. Hvor var det skønt at se hende, men hold kæft hvor jeg savner hende. Det er dejligt, hun har det godt. Efter forestillingen snakkede vi en times tid allesammen. Jeg var meget træt og var i et lidt underligt humør over det hele. Jeg var træt, udkørt og lidt trist. Så jeg tog hjem, og her sidder jeg så. Mega mega mega træt og smadret efter en meget fantastisk dag. Jeg glæder mig til og frygter i morgen. Jeg glæder mig til min mor skal se stykket  morgen eftermiddag, for jeg er sikker på hun vil synes det er fantastisk. Og så glæder jeg mig for sindssygt til at se Heidi og Jesper, som kommer i morgen aften. De var også med i 2006 og jeg har ikke set dem siden. Det bliver så fedt at se dem!! Nu må jeg hellere sove. Og jeg vil krydse mine små fingre under dynen og håbe på at i morgen bliver en ligeså fed dag og at forestillinger vil gå over al forventning. Jeg er glad, træt, melankolsk, lykkelig, trist. Godnat.

Okay,  I have seen that classic movie musical, Oklahoma.  There is this song performed with a racy theme called, ” I Can’t Say No!.”  I found the following video on You Tube posted by Miss Broadway Dork who does the number with a great voice. However, her great personality and rendition of this song made me laugh and smile this morning.

I hope it does the same for you and brings out your inner “floosie.”

I know that I have been posting more than usual lately. Maybe it’s a sign of guilt over how I’ve been neglecting this blog in favor of my other online activities, including YouTube and Twitter. Those apps on Facebook and Myspace didn’t really help too much either, or maybe it is because I’ve overcome my very long case of blogger’s block and decided to take up the blog again. It is like what I said before, it’s time to get back to my roots.

Anyway, last night I went out to the latest play by the Ilion Little Theater Club, which is a musical based on one of the most popular board games of all time: ”Clue.” In this case, the play was a musical and it has been very popular with Mohawk Valley residents. In fact the first three shows last week were sold out and they had added an extra show because of the enormous popularity. It was also an interactive game in which the audience could take part, as though they were actually playing the board game. And I actually do have a confession to make: I have never played Clue the board game before, even though I have seen the movie they did back in the 80’s. The only time I play board games is Monopoly and that’s only when it is at McDonald’s.

Anyway, back to Clue. The theater also distributed sheets in which the audience could guess who the murderer is, where the murder took place,and what weapon was used based on a series of clues provided by Mr. Boddy, the victim. The night I went, it was revealed that it was Colonel Mustard who killed Mr. Boddy in the lounge with the lead pipe. However, that is not the actual ending of the play. Remember it is an interactive stage production so the suspects could change with each performance. I played along and I ended up getting the room where the murder was committed. 

Okay, so I’m no Sherlock Holmes, but at least one out of three ain’t bad. 

So anyway, like the week before, it was a packed house so I was lucky to get in when I did. The show was a lot of fun and I recommend to anyone in the Mohawk Valley area to go see this play. It is running again tonight and the extra show is Sunday afternoon in which two bucks will be taken off your admission if you bring a non-perishable food item which will go to a local food pantry. Just in time for Thanksgiving because after all, charity’s always nice.

And so I end this latest installment. So now I got some more things to worry about this week, like Thanksgiving and of course Black Friday (as in how I am going to get footage of Black Friday at work out and then put it on YouTube). Plus I got an extra day of work too.

Stalker musical

Glee se está convirtiendo en algo… raro. Tan pronto se les va todo al melodrama y lo ñoño, como pegan un giro a la parodia en un sentido totalmente ridículo. No sé, un término medio, por favor. El capítulo de esta semana ni siquiera atino a describirlo de forma coherente, porque ha sido eso, ridículo. Me ha gustado en general, tampoco vamos a engañarnos, pero entre Kurt, Finn que cada día es más retrasado y el horrendo número final… Fue muy what the fuck. En sí ha sido un poco despropósito. Todo el tema de las baladas ha salido mal, sinceramente. Esperemos a ver cómo vienen los siguientes episodios, aunque supongo que no dejaré la serie a no ser que suceda algo que me crispe los nervios, porque me sigue resultando agradable y, bueno, cantan.

Meet the artist of day : COMMON

He is a rapper that is always on my playlist no matter what type of mood I am in. He is old school type of feel and raps about life. He is a rapper that was around when Hip Hop started to be the music of my generation. I know for fact when i get older I will still be listening to him.

Some of my favorite songs are: Come Close to Me; I Have A Dream; I Used to Love Her

Check him out only on ITUNES

The Rocky Horror Picture Show, 1975 – Direção: Jim Sharman – Elenco:Tim Curry,Susan Sarandon,Richard O´Brien.

Meu musical preferido. Pronto. Acabou. O que vier a seguir só vai encher linguiça.

Abertura mais foda impossível. Tem as músicas mais toras impossíveis. Tem as atuações, mais perfeitas impossiveis. Tem coreografias mais bizarras impossíveis. Tudo é impossível!

O filme – logo após sua abertura cantada por uma boca e apenas uma boca -começa em uma casamento onde somos apresentados a nossos heróis. Ingênuos e simpáticos -de mais até – eles começam a cantar uma música tão assustadoramente contrária a cena que se passou que me faz babar até hoje mesmo revendo o Brad gritar: “Dammit,Janet,I love you…”

Dai você já sabe que não é apenas mais um musical. Tem um “Dammit’ bem no meio. Um palavrão e uma coreografia toda louca com um coral bizarro repetindo “Janet” em referência clara a American Gothic e que está caracterizado assim sei lá pra que mesmo. O mais engraçado é que o quadro americano reaparece, só que de uma forma verdadeira, logo após essa cena, quando os personagens já estão na casa.

A casa, sim, tem um “horror” no título. Então esperamos terror certo? Uma casa mal- assombrada e tudo mais, ne? Claro, a até uns dois minutos depois de terem ultrapassado a porta da casa bizarra e assustadora por fora nós acreditamos que ficaremos com medo em instantes e que algum fantasma aparecerá, afinal, o mordomo já apareceu. Só que do nada aparece uma governanta bizarra também e se junta ao mordomo corcunda e com voz grave e começam a cantar: “Let’s do the time warp again!”(vamos fazer a dobra do tempo de novo”). Surreal já sabemos que é. Mas o mais bacana é ver que tem toda uma mise-en-scéne por trás dessa e das demais cenas.

O filme segue com uma penca de números já eternos. Dos quais os que mais gosto são, os dois acima que já falei, Don’t Dream It – Be It, Rose Tint My World, Sweet Transvestite…Quer saber? Todos! Todos são geniais, das letras ao último movimento coreografado.

As atuações são parte da perfeição adquirida no filme. Susan Sarandon traz uma moça ingênua, mas que não esconde suas fraquezas e desejos sexuais, tudo de forma exagerada e cômica, o que acaba a transformando em uma musa pra mim, seus gestos exagerados e sua voz gemida só me fazem gamar mais. Barry Bostwick transforma seu Brad em tudo que ele foi feito pra ser: um americano normal e bocó. O idealizador do musical no teatro, Richard O´Brien, tem um dos melhores personagens aqui. Seus trejeitos e modo de falar são excepcionais. O destaque maior, e é claro que não daria pra não ser clichê falando nisso de novo, fica com Tim Curry, que faz um dos melhores personagens da história, eternizado justamente pela sua atuação. O travesti alienígena que dança e tem sua primeira aparição ao som de: Sweet Transvestite. Musica genial.

Vale citar também, que o filme possui o recorde de filme que ficou mais tempo em cartaz na história. Exibido em um cinema em Munique por 27 anos todas as semanas. Só que como milhares de filmes geniais, em sua estréia foi escrachado pelo público e crítica da época. O que depois desses 27 anos só o transformou em um dos mais cults já produzidos. Tem gente que se veste como os personagens e os imita durante a projeção do filme até hoje.

Se conseguir, ouça o Soundtrack o mais rápido possível, ainda mais sem ver o filme e se apaixone pela maior obra-prima do mundo cinema/musical já feita. Divertida, original, assustadora, nojenta, desafiadora… Meu musical preferido!

5/5

Voldemort in his greatest role yet: JOE! The character study is amazing folks. When asked what the most difficult part about playing Walker was, Voldemort replied, “Being such a dick and pretending to like DC!”

The show is now currently in previews and here’s some of the buzz: “Voldemort is a human being but a truly gifted actor. I’m bringing the kids.” — Mrs. Weasley.

One things for sure, this show doesn’t need a horcrux to stay alive! Tickets are selling fast, so don’t miss out! Apparate to the box office and get your tickets for “Snickers?!: The true story of Walker and his rise to power.” Starring Lord Voldemort. It’s AVADA-fun!