The Phantom of the Opera Review: A classic musical that still haunts and captivates the soul
My fascination with the theatre started when I was a little girl, perusing my parents’ library of CDs until I found the curious cover of the 1988 West End recording of The Phantom of the Opera; which later became the soundtrack of my 10-year-old days. While I never had the privilege of being amongst the […]
Sunset Boulevard Review: The longing for fame can really drive one insane
The infamous scene of Pearl yelling “I’m a star!” was a recurring thought in my mind as I sat watching Sarah Brightman’s Norma Desmond spiral into the madness of her faded glory in the enigmatic yet captivating Sunset Boulevard. Set somewhere in the 1950s, the musical centers around Norma Desmond (played by Sarah Brightman), a […]
Miss Saigon review: Came for the helicopter, stayed for The Engineer
The first time I watched Miss Saigon was 23 years ago when it was staged at the Kallang Theatre in 2001. I was younger then and couldn’t actually remember much of the musical safe for the helicopter scene which blew my mind as an innocent kid. Since its inception, Miss Saigon had gone on to […]
5 Things To Know — And Love — About Disney’s Frozen The Hit Broadway Musical
By now, you would’ve seen the posters, and heard the main chorus of ‘Let It Go’ blaring across MRT stations, or at least the one at Orchard. What’s so special about this broadway production then? Other than the fact that it features one of Disney’s biggest animation movies in the last decade, the Singapore season […]