On Saturday Ann and I saw Tick Tick Boom (by Jonathan Larson, who wrote Rent) and it was goooooooood! I wasn’t sure how it would be in Japanese, but I enjoyed it more than I expected! They added stuff to the script to explain things that wouldn’t translate (for example, the origins of Twinkies, hahaha) and expanded a few things, which I normally wouldn’t agree with, but it actually worked! The actor who played Jonathan was Mark in the Japanese cast of Rent, and has done TONS of other big shows, and it showed! He was good. We had some failed J-Pop star as Susan, and she was a total diva, but could actually sing (in a J-Pop sort of way) and was better than I expected. The guy who played Michael was an American, and it was weird, because they had him speak in half English and half Japanese? I am not sure why, exactly, but whatever, it worked for the most part. Anyway, I am glad that I finally saw the show live (I had only seen boots), and it was nice to see a musical for the first time in too long! Fortunately I am making up for it this month by seeing Rent twice! YAY, Jonathan Larson month!
I hate Japan for being advertising whores and giving you 300 ads for coming shows when you see one! They gave us a SHITLOAD at TTB and it made me spend money, just like it did at Movin’ Out (that is how I found out about TTB in the first place). Anyway, a big production of Sweeney Todd is being done in January! I normally would refuse to see translated Sondheim, but it has a bunch of famous people in it and is being directed by a famous director and looks fucking FREAKY AS SHIT, so Ann and I decided to splurge and get tickets to it. It is almost completely sold out, so we are gonna have to haul ass after school on a Friday to make it, but hopefully it is worth it. Sadly we are in the last row, sigh. Damn Japan for not letting you choose tickets! That doesn’t work for musical whores/snobs like me!
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