For the last three Sunday nights we have watched a three part series that tracked the history of the musical from the early twentieth century through the present. It reminded me of why I was so moved by musicals and even had ambitions to create rock musicals when I was a teenager.<\/p>\n
In my case, other things distracted me and I never followed through with my ambition. What I discovered watching this series was exactly how amazing the intervening years have been. I have remained vaguely aware of many of the productions and even saw the movie versions of some of them, for example Rocky Horror Picture Show and Rent.<\/p>\n
The thing that is almost universally true, however, is that a live performance will almost always put a filmed performance in its place. The energy of a live performance, complete with its high points and its occasional blemishes is unmatchable by the canned performance that a movie presents.<\/p>\n
I was also reminded of all the wonderful musicals that I had somehow never managed to see, either on the stage or screen. Shows like Cats, Miss Saigon, and Avenue Q. I hope they will be revived by touring companies so that I can catch up on some of them.<\/p>\n
Sweet dreams, don\u2019t forget to tell the ones you love that you love them, and most important of all, be kind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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