55 Cats!

hello! well I just watched Cats, the musical, at esplanade. caught the matinee show.

hm, it was very impressive, I mean theatrics-wise it was really very spectacular, how they coordinated all the lights and sounds and the choreography and all that. seriously, the theatrical aspect was I think really good. better than phantom of the opera and hairspray.

the songs weren't really to my liking but they were very very very well-performed, I mean these people can really sing man! they sound like opera singers, every one of them... and the precision with which everything was executed was quite amazing as well. if you're a theatre buff, you'd probably love to catch Cats.

I personally wasn't very excited about it after I saw it though, heh. well obviously I'm not a theatre buff, and also, I didn't get the storyline. I dunno, I just didn't quite catch the lyrics, which is the most essential part, considering how it's a musical, and all. I came home and I really googled "cats synopsis" hahaha and THEN I got how every scene fit in!

I still don't think it was a waste of money, though. I mean everything else other than the plot was fantastic! it's supposed to be a parody of society, I think. wouldn't make much sense if it wasn't...

check it out, it's my fave Cat. I call him the Hard Gay Cat. he's got pelvis action that could rival the real deal, after all...



3:25 - 4:00 <3 his character's the Rum Tum Tugger, he got the loudest cheers from the audience just now when they were doing that thingy that they do after musicals.. and plays? where everybody comes out individuallyand bows and all that.

so yeah, got to watch the cat Grizabella perform Memory. which is still the only song that i like out of the whole musical... hahaha. it was quite touching towards the end, especially when she finally got accepted back into society. ^^

sigh. still, phantom of the opera is definitely way better.... even though it can't quite match up in terms of theatrics.. but it's sweeter, and way more touching, and... it's more romantic. hahaha. :)

as for hairspray.... it's a no-brainer. hairspray comes in last. lol. despite the fact that it was the only time in my entire life that I've seen two guys french each other right there and then onstage. (cos we got to watch it in UK on the lit trip, it was quite a night to remember :) )

yay that was my third musical to date! :) now for Les Miserables.

the only other musical that I've wanted to watch other than this is the one about the Sesame Street Muppets gone wrong. but then i think that would have been a waste of my money.

moving on. cya guys.