We finally managed to see it together (Pooey saw it twice in London) with Spuey and Ma & Pa to boot - family outing! Our outing kicked off with a drive into town, during which Pooey primed her iPhone to play the soundtrack to the musical to get us into the mood - it worked for me! Then to Chinatown for lunch at New Kum Dem (mmm, chicken ribs), and then walking around because Ma&Pa hadn't been around there in years. We then slowly walked up the hill to the eastern end of town to the theatre and settled in...
AND IT WAS AWESOME!!! For a plot summary and example of the music, watch this vid of a medly performance the original Broadway cast did on Letterman.
Fun yeah? Me and Pooey sang along with the numbers (Spuey laughed at us) -but we weren't the only ones! Oh no! Sitting in the theatre, it was MASS KARAOKE!!! Here are some more songs from a medly performance by the London cast!
(If you go to the comments, williamsethparker has written 'The BackStreet Boys ain't got shit on them! :P')
Heheheh. I figure I need to be more critical about the things I watch. Hmmmm....my main criticism I think would be the tall guy in front of me blocking the view and who kept moving his head around. Otherwise I was quite happy with the performers even though we didn't get the main lead Frankie - the use of falsetto must be quite vocally draining so they rotate it. But he was still good! Oh, the guy playing Nick's Joisey accent slipped a few times but that's negligible. Oh! I did want to know how they controlled the drum sets as they moved around the set! Probably remote controlled.
Anyway, I think Jersey Boys was worthy of all the kudos it's garnered (2006 Tony Award for Best Musical among the awards!) and if you're in a city where it's showing go out and see this show!
(If you go to the comments, williamsethparker has written 'The BackStreet Boys ain't got shit on them! :P')
Heheheh. I figure I need to be more critical about the things I watch. Hmmmm....my main criticism I think would be the tall guy in front of me blocking the view and who kept moving his head around. Otherwise I was quite happy with the performers even though we didn't get the main lead Frankie - the use of falsetto must be quite vocally draining so they rotate it. But he was still good! Oh, the guy playing Nick's Joisey accent slipped a few times but that's negligible. Oh! I did want to know how they controlled the drum sets as they moved around the set! Probably remote controlled.
Anyway, I think Jersey Boys was worthy of all the kudos it's garnered (2006 Tony Award for Best Musical among the awards!) and if you're in a city where it's showing go out and see this show!
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Jersey Boys ROCKS!!!!!!! muwhahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahah
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