Well, I saw Wicked on Friday. Yay! Anyway, it was awesome, and I'm posting a review.

Cast
Glinda: Megan Hilty
Elphaba: Shoshana Bean
Fiyero: Cliffton Hall
Morrible: Alma Cuervo
Wizard: PJ Benjamin
Nessarose: Laura Dysarczyk (u/s)
Boq: Josh Lamon
Dillamond: K. Todd Freeman

- Shoshana and Megan were both awesome. Really, Sho's Elphaba was very realistic ( Read more... )

"My idea of heaven is not writing."

"Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos."

“One difference between poetry and lyrics is that lyrics sort of fade into the background. They fade on the page and live on the stage when set to music.”

“I was raised to be charming, not sincere.”

"Hit songs did not come out of musicals. Pop-rock was ( Read more... )

On this day last year I watched the 2004 Phantom of The Opera movie for the first time.

What does this mean, you ask?

It means that through it, I got obsessed with all things Phantom, and eventually with musicals in general.

I think that the day it all began should be celebrated, don't you?

"If you wear a mask over yourself, you'll find yourself conforming to that mask sooner or later." -C.S. Lewis

EDIT to add this one, given to me by cherie_morte

"Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth." -Oscar Wilde

Fascinating things they are, these quotes.

I finally saw Lord of the Rings: The Musical yesterday!

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"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."
- Aristotle

Ah, wise words.

EDIT to include this one:

"The energy of the mind is the essence of life."- Aristotle

I think I may have to read up more on this philosopher.