So, I was browsing other blogs, and I noticed this function which I never used- Labels. Its extremely useful to narrow down the many posts into categories. So I've come up with several labels, and I noticed my musical lovin' was rather empty. Given my love for musicals, its unjustified to have only blogged about the few musicals that I've been to.
So I've dug up musicals which I have attended that I've failed to blog. Better late than never, at least years down the road, I'll be able to read em and recall how magical that feeling was once more.
Mary Poppins, Sydney Capitol Theater
Weeks before my holiday to Sydney, K informed me that Mary Poppins was coming to Sydney!! Mary Poppins is a childhood classic for me, the countless of times I was so proud of being able to pronounce supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, and having my name appear in the song, Jolly Holiday. Besides, who doesn't love Julie Andrews?
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| Practically perfect in every way indeed. |
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| Chim Chimney, one of my absolute favorite number! |
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| Fabulous seats from a comfortable distance |
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| Pre-show excitement! |
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| No photos, but managed to sneakily capture a shot of the theater. Pretty! |
When the first musical note rang through the theater, I could feel all the memories flooding back in. Its like a trigger mechanism, hearing certain songs just brings you back to the time period when you loved that song so much! I was probably 11 then, and I haven't seen the movie in years! Yet, I could still recall all the songs from it, cept' for the 2 songs that wasn't featured in the movie.
There is something I enjoy dearly about attending a musical and knowing all the songs. There is a greater degree of enjoyment, tried and tested. Rocky horror show was great, but I only knew one of the song, and although I enjoyed the energy and musical numbers, it was different from say, The Lion King, where I could appreciate the finer details of the costumes, stage design, and the overall cast performance.
The cast for Mary Poppins was beyond fantastic! The songs were better than I remembered, the cast was incredible, voices were amazing, not a single flaw about the entire musical.
My favorite bits in the musical was when Mary 'flew' above the audience right across the theater, and when Bert went upside down and continued singing. The tap dancing was fab fab fab! The coordination and energy was beautiful.
It is no wonder Mary Poppins is one of the more popular shows on Broadway, it is really deserving of that status. Was absolutely blown away by the end of the musical.  |
| Loving the decorations- the ceiling was lined with Mary Poppins' umbrella with the parrot head |
When the musical ended, its a bittersweet feeling, as always. Something that I've anticipated for so long, had a thoroughly good time, but it has to come to an end. The most amazing part was the euphoric high during the entire musical- but that feeling nosedives at the end of the musical, and its like 'awh why did it have to end so soon??' and 'when's the next time?'
Mary Poppins is a definite must-see for all fans, or at least those who grew up watching Mary Poppins! I'm easy to please so I'm definitely giving this a 9/10, but I believe it is one of the better musicals for it to last so long as a top-seller on Broadway. Didn't check who the cast is, but I'm pretty sure it was a Broadway cast from what I remembered.
Amazing!
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