West Side Story The Musical :)
Ticket bought ages ago~~ :)
All the way up in the upper circle, its so high, we have to take an elevator up~ :*When we first arrived, we walked right up to a pair of very nice doors and showed the lady at the door our tickets, turns out we had mistakenly tried to enter from the VIP section O.o... For our seats at the Upper Circle, we had to take an elevator to the 3rd floor.. im a real katak di bawah tempurung, now only i know that the theatre seats are labelled like cinema seats and they had ushers to show us the way too :):):)
Outside the VIP area that we tried to barge in through :S with flash~
Without flash~
The balconies remind me of stories where ppl are murdered while enjoying the show in their private boxes @.@~
The live orchestra d(O.O)b loved the music!
Before the show opened.. No pics allowed during the show~
Outside the VIP area that we tried to barge in through :S with flash~
Without flash~
The balconies remind me of stories where ppl are murdered while enjoying the show in their private boxes @.@~
The live orchestra d(O.O)b loved the music!
Before the show opened.. No pics allowed during the show~Got to hear our national anthem today after so so long.. It was played at the start of the show, before the curtains went up.. To know more about the plot:-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Side_Story_%28film%29#Plot
Basically, its a modern day Romeo & Juliet, with two rival gangs of Americans and Puerto Rican immigrants new to America but the lead characters are called Maria and Tony.. My favourite character however was Anita, the very understanding and strong girlfriend of Bernardo, the head of The Sharks, the Puerto Rican gang eventho she inadvertantly causes the story's not too happy ending.. In my opinion, Maria was a little 'hiao' and kind of courted trouble for herslf by flirting with Tony when she already had a fiance but according to V's opinion, she's 'just innocent' =.= The actress was really crying during the ending scene tho and her singing was fantastic, so kudos to her~
The songs all had meaningful lyrics and you have to listen quite carefully for the jokes, which were quite good.. and the dancing was incredible, cant believe it was all life! All the actors prancing and leaping and running around the stage but no loud breathing whatsoever could be heard, they really make it look so easy, hehe.. My favourite song in the musical was Tonight, where the two leads profess their love for each other.. since no recording was allowed, i'll have to stick the youtube video of the 1961 movie version here for your listening enjoyment, hehehe...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Side_Story_%28film%29#Plot
Basically, its a modern day Romeo & Juliet, with two rival gangs of Americans and Puerto Rican immigrants new to America but the lead characters are called Maria and Tony.. My favourite character however was Anita, the very understanding and strong girlfriend of Bernardo, the head of The Sharks, the Puerto Rican gang eventho she inadvertantly causes the story's not too happy ending.. In my opinion, Maria was a little 'hiao' and kind of courted trouble for herslf by flirting with Tony when she already had a fiance but according to V's opinion, she's 'just innocent' =.= The actress was really crying during the ending scene tho and her singing was fantastic, so kudos to her~
The songs all had meaningful lyrics and you have to listen quite carefully for the jokes, which were quite good.. and the dancing was incredible, cant believe it was all life! All the actors prancing and leaping and running around the stage but no loud breathing whatsoever could be heard, they really make it look so easy, hehe.. My favourite song in the musical was Tonight, where the two leads profess their love for each other.. since no recording was allowed, i'll have to stick the youtube video of the 1961 movie version here for your listening enjoyment, hehehe...
All in all, i enjoyed myself, plus the show was really worth it, 2 hours long (there was a 20 minute intermission in between) only felt sleepy during one song, where the Jets were moaning abt not being able to keep their cool.. according to Vi Dea, its better than Mamma Mia which she watched previously.. but i would prefer to watch something really happy next time if there's the chance, the sound of music?? the king and i?? hairspray?? *greedy* Hopefully can progress to the grand circle next time or even the stalls?? muahahhaha.. a girl can dream~ :P
The entire cast taking a bow at the end~
The cast with the 4 leads in the middle~
the 5 ppl in the front left to right - Riff (leader of the Jets), Anita, Tony, Maria and Bernardo~
*click to see clearly~
The entire cast taking a bow at the end~
The cast with the 4 leads in the middle~
the 5 ppl in the front left to right - Riff (leader of the Jets), Anita, Tony, Maria and Bernardo~*click to see clearly~
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