Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

On the bright side, this was probably the best Pickwick Production I’ve seen. (Granted, I usually go into their musicals with very low expectations.) Community theater can be hit or miss but they had really solid casting and costuming.

I just don’t love the actual musical.

It is a loud, larger than life production that go-go-goes without much pause. I’m not sure what the moral of the story was suppose to be but I was rooting for the murder of Joseph up until the end.

Daddy Long Legs (The Musical)

One of the perks of living with a theater obsessed roommate is that I’m being introduced to a whole world of musicals I had no idea existed. And while Legally Blonde is still my Favorite Musical Ever and probably forever will be, I’ve fallen hard for Daddy Long Legs.

Daddy Long Legs is a book by Jean Webster published in 1912. It has been a favorite of mine for years. They turned it into a movie starring Fred Astair in 1955. He was too old for the role and despite some amazing dancing, the movie couldn’t disguise the fact that the plot just didn’t go over well with “modern” audiences.

This musical manages to fix that problem. I won’t get into too many details, but if you enjoy the book, I recommend checking out the musical. If you do, let me know what your favorite song is!

Frozen 2 Outtake Songs

I’m a good year and a half late to the party but I just discovered the outtake songs from Frozen 2. And oh my goodness, they might be better than the actual songs from the movie. I’ve had Home stuck in my head all day. Give it a listen:

And the duet between Anna and Kristoff we all wanted and (apparently) got? But also not because this beauty was cut from the movie?

Then there is another (moderately annoying) Olaf song?

And then there is another one from Elsa:

My co-workers frequently swap music recommendations for hip and “up and coming musicians.” Meanwhile, I just found these songs from Frozen 2 and I am delighted.

Pride and Prejudice the Musical

Pride and Prejudice the Musical “premiers” next Friday via this website. Despite some hesitation over the cosutuming, I was soooo excited…until I found the songs on YouTube. 

Y’all, Pride and Prejudice the Musical is the most boring, weak-tea soundtrack I think I’ve ever sat through. I kept listening in hopes that at least one gem would emerge. Nada. 

Bethany overheard me playing it and asked why I was “listening to a bad soap opera.” 

My friend Sara listened and called it, “a weird Phantom of the Opera, Beauty and the Beast, Rigoletto musical mash up.” 

It isn’t that the songs are bad, necessarily. They are just enormously boring. They take no risks. They do nothing fun. It is just…melodramatic angst. 

You can listen for yourself here: