HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!

I'll never forget my last year of high school in theatre. For Halloween the advanced theatre classes performed a Halloween Variety show for the entire school. It was so much fun!!!

For my monologue, I performed a monologue from Terminator 2 when Sarah Conner flips out on the dr at the beginning. And after all of the different individual performances, we performed Thriller! SO MUCH FUN! We did our makeup to look like zombies and everything. (I really wish I had taken pictures)

So seeing as how it's Halloween, I figured I would leave you with this....

Is it over yet?

**Warning: random rant post with nothing to do with theatre!**


I truly hate politics. I hated them before, and will probably continue to hate them in the future.

 Can I just say I cannot wait until the election is over!! Yes, I do understand the election is important. Yes, I am going to vote. Yes, I do have someone I'm voting for. But seriously?!

Allllll over my facebook feed, all over the neighborhood, all over the radio, tv, internet. everywhere you look is nothing but election stuff!

I have half of my friends raging against Obama, stating he is a horrible person, a liar, and has been a terrible president, etc. etc. etc. and the other half raging against Romney, I'm just done with it.

I'm sorry but most people believe everything they read, never fact check anything, blindly accept that this person/ or that person is the greatest ever, and the other candidate is the antichrist.

However, after the election, I will continue to hear moaning and groaning. If Obama wins, I will hear over the next 4 years how the country is going to hell and this and that and the other. If Romney wins, I dont even know.

What I really want to say is that no amount of trashing the other candidate and shoving your candidate's spoon down somebody's throat is going to do you any good...

Anyway, thank you for sticking with me through my rant!
How do you feel about the election?



(Ps: This post is just my opinion, please do not make any ugly/hateful remarks. Any written will be removed. =) Thanks!)

The Lion King (pt 1)

By far, one of my all time favorite Disney movies is The Lion King. It is an awesome movie with beautiful music. I remember going with my cousins to the movies to see it in theatres.

And many years later, I heard they were doing a Broadway musical of it!!!! Naturally I had to see it.

Two of our friends, my husband, and I went to see The Lion King a few years ago and it was amazing! I cannot rave enough about it. I bought us all great seats down in the orchestra that were worth every penny. From the opening number to curtain call I was completely fascinated.

In the Disney movie both Tim Rice and Elton John wrote the music, they collaborated once more to produce new songs in the Broadway version that are every bit as stunning as the original, songs like "Shadow Land" and "He Lives in You". Hearing the music on a cd or in a movie is NOTHING compared to hearing it live.

The costumes were great. The puppetry and masks were absolutely amazing. In the opening number of The Circle of Life, there were actors as animals coming through the audience, standing in the balcony flying birds, giraffes and other animals coming out of the wings onstage. Our seats were near the aisle so I look over and there is a rhinoceros walking down the aisle. 

("Is that a challenge?")

(Circle of Life)

(Rafiki with Zebras)

 

Each of the lions & lionesses had head pieces that they wore depicting their lion. 

 

more to come......

Is it December yet?!

Normally, I am one who will avoid going to a movie on opening night or that weekend. I'd rather wait until it's not a mad house or have to wait 5 hours for a ticket. Not happening....

However, the weekend of December 14th, exceptions will be made, because two amazing movies are coming out and I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!

Les Miserables 

The Hobbit

Needless to say, I will definitely be hitting the movies that weekend!!!!!!!!!!!