“Golden Ticket” to Roald Dahl’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” live musical adaptation w/ Seattle Theatre Group. Clever Oompa Loompa “stage magic.” Diverse sets, scenes, costumes, caricatures, & songs. Great Russian father-daughter duo. But new songs were unmemorable and the theater was surprisingly empty! #Chocolate #Candy
“School of Rock the Musical” w/ Seattle Theatre Group. Talented kid performers but my least favorite Andrew Lloyd Webber musical. Not a fan of shows w/ lots of kids esp when the message is they know better than sensible adults.
Sold-out run of the Tony & Grammy Award-winning musical “Dear Evan Hansen” at Paramount Theatre. Slow & didn’t live up to the hype. Not a fan of high school teenager storylines. Amazing projections & lighting though.
Disney’s “The Lion King” musical sold out run at Paramount Theatre. Costumes, set, & music were AMAZING but show didn’t live up to the hype. Puppetry isn’t a great stage medium & animals aren’t good stage characters. Also too kid-friendly.
Watched ON YOUR FEET! The Musical. Stellar light show, mesmerizing choreography, golden voices, & hawt Emilio Estefan actor (Ektor Rivera). But like many Paramount Theatre shows, the volume was too loud.
Watched Sara Barielles’s Waitress the Musical, complete with 2 mini pies to eat during the descriptive, mouth-watering show. Wasn’t sure where they were going with their stance on infidelity but found the ending acceptable.
Second time watching The Phantom of the Opera. Didn’t connect the dark “angel of music” to Lucifer (thanks Samantha). Appalling anti-feminism. Cool special effects (esp fire).
Evening performance of The Color Purple Musical. Men and the patriarchal system suck! Also, I’ve never seen the movie but I can’t imagine Oprah Winfrey as Sofia.
