In my occasional, yet eternal quest to support musical theatre in Vancouver, I’m sending the word out about a really wonderful show I was privileged to see last night: “The World Goes ‘Round”, a revue of Kander and Ebb songs. If the name of that Broadway duo doesn’t ring a bell, well, they’re the team behind “Cabaret”, “Chicago”, and much much more. Below you’ll find my in-depth review.
The show includes one song from Chicago, “Mister Cellophane”, and seeing it performed reminded me of my own wacky, high-kicking version in The Broadway Chorus a few years back. It was on YouTube, but a little hard to find. I’ve remedied that, and improved the image quality as best I could. Do have a look!
Finally, on the Broadway theme, a friend of mine with whom I’ve performed in several musicals is putting on a Musical Theatre Masterclass with local Broadway performer Diana Kaarina. It’s a great way to prepare for the upcoming audition season!
I visited the SPARC radio museum, a massive collection of antique radios, phonographs, and radio-related paraphernalia from the last 100 years, maintained by a group of enthusiasts, many of them of an age to have used the exhibits when they were new!
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Check out this site where some folks at Stanford University have figured out how to take a single photo and turn it into a 3-D version. You can submit your own pictures for the 3-D treatment! I sent them the one above - view the final product.
The only downside is that, it being a student [...]
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It’s “Jean-Paul Sartre’s script for WITHOUT A TRACE”, at McSweeney’s. Hilarious. A couple of excerpts:
MALONE: Do we know how this void was created? How it came to be?
TAYLOR: Do you mean was it put here by God?
FITZGERALD: Or do you mean was it conceived by the same minds that created the concept of God?
TAYLOR: You know, Martin, [...]
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I visited the SPARC radio museum, a massive collection of antique radios, phonographs, and radio-related paraphernalia from the last 100 years, maintained by a group of enthusiasts, many of them of an age to have used the exhibits when they were new!