A good weekend for musicals
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yukinojouAfter the last few weeks, I really welcomed an off weekend. Due to several packages and events, it was better than I expected :)
First, the Elisabeth programme from the Toho production is absolutely gorgeous. While Maki remains my firm favourite, both the new Elisabeths look more than up to the task. Alas, my DVD of the first act with Komu and Yamaguchi is just half a full stage shot (no zoom and lots of obscuring heads), but the one of Kaname and Takeda is a good full-stage shot and features both acts - she handles herself very well, though her voice will always be Kenshin to me.
(And I have the Mizu-Tonami chirashi for Zorro! Three of them :D)
I also watched Rose of Versailles: Oscar (the 2006 Snow Troupe version, Mizu!Andre digest), which I think may warrant its own post, just because of how strong Komu's Oscar is, and how well they get through the madness that is the poisoning scene. With a crystal pegasus and assorted pink and glitter, this was a good antidote to the movie I watched just before that - The Nightmare Before Christmas. Which got bonus points for a Jack Skellington being voiced by a guy who did both Phantom of the Opera and Abronsius. (Yes, I watched the English version first. Then just the songs for the Japanese dub, because I adore Masachika Ichimura.)
And then, of course, this morning. Oscars. Hugh Jackman. If you haven't seen the clips of his opening number, or the medley with Beyoncé (who would make a stunning Velma Kelly), please do. They're all over Youtube, anyway :)
First, the Elisabeth programme from the Toho production is absolutely gorgeous. While Maki remains my firm favourite, both the new Elisabeths look more than up to the task. Alas, my DVD of the first act with Komu and Yamaguchi is just half a full stage shot (no zoom and lots of obscuring heads), but the one of Kaname and Takeda is a good full-stage shot and features both acts - she handles herself very well, though her voice will always be Kenshin to me.
(And I have the Mizu-Tonami chirashi for Zorro! Three of them :D)
I also watched Rose of Versailles: Oscar (the 2006 Snow Troupe version, Mizu!Andre digest), which I think may warrant its own post, just because of how strong Komu's Oscar is, and how well they get through the madness that is the poisoning scene. With a crystal pegasus and assorted pink and glitter, this was a good antidote to the movie I watched just before that - The Nightmare Before Christmas. Which got bonus points for a Jack Skellington being voiced by a guy who did both Phantom of the Opera and Abronsius. (Yes, I watched the English version first. Then just the songs for the Japanese dub, because I adore Masachika Ichimura.)
And then, of course, this morning. Oscars. Hugh Jackman. If you haven't seen the clips of his opening number, or the medley with Beyoncé (who would make a stunning Velma Kelly), please do. They're all over Youtube, anyway :)
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Date: 2009-02-23 05:42 pm (UTC)though her voice will always be Kenshin to me.
LOL, or Oscar(sorry I had the 1991 Tsukigumi "Rose of Versailles" on repeat while I was taking caps for my icons the other week).
Also, who doesn't adore Masachika Ichimura though Yamaguchi will remain my favorite Erik in the Japanese Theatre scene.
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Date: 2009-02-23 05:57 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-03-04 12:02 am (UTC)Hell, my mom thought Michael Crawford was his voice when I first got into POTO at the tender age of 9...
Oh, by the way, I got cast as Sarah in the TdV fandub. ^_^
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Date: 2009-03-04 05:51 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-03-04 09:48 pm (UTC)Actually, it's kind of amusing that our Magda is actually named Sarah and our Rebecca is named Rebecca.