Went to catch the musical today with huifang and her mom at the drama centre. The show clearly exceeded my expectations, where it succeeded in making me tear in the mere 20mins from the start of the show. Darnz.Check out the website here. Make sure you watch the MV!
Seriously, I wasn't the only one trying to secretly wipe my tears away in the dark theatre. I swear i saw the auntie beside me wiping her face after one of the touching scenes! Btw, we were seated in the row right behind Mr Liang Wen Fu himself...haha! I wuddaf asked him to take a photo together, if he wasn't surrounded by a buncha pple the whole time.
The male lead, Ah Le, is played by George Chen, one of the judges from The Dance Floor. Never thought he could sing so well! Damn. I tot pple who danced well can't sing and vice versa. Not fair! N for someone whose portfolio of performances include several big broadway musicals like Miss Saigon and Chicago, his chinese still sounds very local and not too artificial!
The female lead, Rose, is played by Joanna Dong, someone whom i'd watch sing last time in school whenever the choir had a performance. I'm still mesmerised by her sweet voice whenever she opens her mouth.
The male sublead, Ah Qiang (he's gay, even in the show.. haha!), Sebastian Tan, sang the song Will You at this year's NDP. His voice sounds uncannily like Jimmy Ye's.
Besides the stellar cast, the main attraction of the musical was a compilation of Mr Liang Wen Fu's best works over the years, put together in a story that is told as if it was his own personal lifestory. The songs illustrated his life experience, giving the story much more credibility AND much more reason to cry and wail about. *starts melting*
Many of the songs he wrote are familiar favourites, sung by various singers, yet I never realised they were all written by the same hand. He's such a genius. I'm hooked onto LWF songs for at least the rest of this month.
For those who missed out on this jewel of contemporary chinese musicals, watch out for its return in 2009!
N she says,"天冷了就回来吧", as he leaves to pursue his dreams
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3 comments:
I think the cast for Xiao Jing and Ah Qiang were horrible leh.. super off-tune one leh... *pukes*
Maybe i can do a better job.. haha... *pukes* *pukes*
they were? I tot they weren't too bad actually.. there are worse ones around.. hehe
You ah? hehe maybe only for seranading jf lah. =P
Haha... i cannot lah.. she cannot stand my singing oso :P
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