Thursday, April 20, 2006

Next door, there's an old man, lived to his nineties

So, apparently, my parents come to town, and I cease to communicate with the outside world.

My excuse is that we've been out of the house all day, and I've only been at work for a couple of hours, so, for the most part, I've been away from a computer until way too late at night, and trust me--you don't really want to hear that.

Ah, it's beautiful. Hot, sunny today. It's supposed to rain on the weekend, but the days that I've been outside have been fantastic.

Anyways, I feel like a tourist. Thank Mom for that--she's the one who likes to plan everything about the trip.

We saw Phantom last night. It's a better play than it is movie, but it couldn't be done justice in a smaller venue with a smaller budget. It needs the big bucks. I liked Patrick Wilson as Raoul (in the movie) better than Michael Shawn Lewis. I liked Emmy Rossum (movie)'s singing better than Rebecca Pitcher (stage), but Emmy can't act her way out of a paper bag, so I liked Rebecca's character development and acting much better. I liked Howard McGillin (stage) as the Phantom better than Gerard Butler (movie), but Michael Crawford's soundtrack beat them both.

That's the review in a nutshell.

And now I've updated.


posted by Alida at 9:25 PM
4 comments

4 Comments:
Blogger Kim said...

I much prefer Michael Crawford's voice, but Gerard Butler as the Phantom (and soon as Beowulf!), dude, I'd marry him - well as long as he kept the mask on.

11:55 AM  
Blogger Vron said...

Love the title of this post. That's one of my favourite verses from one of my favourite Ben Folds songs.

And as for phantom. I loves me my Anthony Warlow...

3:55 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

And I liked hearing this critique firsthand as we walked the sidewalks of New York! (I also was very impressed with the show--and I agree about the Christine characters.)

Mom

We also ceased to communicate with the outside world (other than Esther and the couple of mis-forwarded Willco calls); however, I appreciated communicating with my daughter!

5:13 PM  
Blogger Alida said...

Vron, the song is incredible, isn't it? I just found it a couple of weeks ago when it was in an Everwood episode, and I think I listened to it about 50 times in the first 2 days. No exaggeration.

9:31 PM  

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