On Broadway

Okay so I have seen a couple of shows now and I think it's only fair that I write up a little bit about each of the shows I've seen the past three weeks. 

Every time I get my ticket, in the subway on my way to the theatre on the day, and also right before I sit down to watch a show I realise the great blessing I have to be where I am at right now. There's a lot of things that one learns in a classroom but sometimes you catch so much more by seeing a production as well and this is something I have the amazing opportunity to do around once a week. 

So far I have seen, in order, The Lion King, Rent, Memphis and Spiderman. I was blown away by three of the four shows while the other one just failed to raise the bar. In fact, don't know if it owned a bar.

• The Lion King, as I have previously mentioned was super awesome and it held a lot of symbolism for me for various reasons.
• Rent was the very first musical I ever saw and after seeing it performed live Off-Broadway it is definitely safe to say that it remains my favorite musical. I loved the score, the use of the most simplistic set and the most talented actors. Each one of the cast gave such amazing performances, but I must especially comment on the character of Angel played brilliantly by Michael Rodriguez.
• Memphis was up next for me and this is a show that I had not really heard of before the time so it was very easy for me to be critical on my way in, but that cast is just too crazy for words. The storytelling is done in such a brilliant way and there are constantly great emotional high and low moments throughout the show. After walking out the show I think one feels that they've learnt so much as well because there is also a very strong message of acceptance over prejudice that is beautifully told through the show.
• Spiderman was a little disappointing to me, unfortunately. I'm a real big comic geek and I love the Spiderman movie franchises, but this really didn't do anything for me. Amongst other things, let's just say it felt more like a U2 concert than the story of Spiderman/Peter Parker. I must say that the set design is amazing though and the stunts were pretty cool as well, but take those two elements out and I don't know if there's a leg to stand on.

The "In The Heights" National Tour is going to be going through New Jersey this month sometime and I will have to catch that show. If I manage to score tickets I'll definitely review it as well because I have heard incredible reviews about that show.

There's still a ton of shows to be watched so I'll make this post as regular as possible.