Musicals Flower Girl

  I rate Broadway musicals. I rate them 1-10. 1 being awful and 10 being brilliant. I have seen many Broadway musicals in the past; some were good and some were bad. There are some musicals that were bad such as The Book of Mormon. I think the music is mediocre. The plot is also not great. I would rate this a 4 out of 10. There was some funny moments though. The Broadway musical I really enjoyed was Hadestown. I would rate that musical a 10. It is a musical based off Orpheus and Eurydice, a love story from Greek mythology. In the musical Orpheus is a poor musician and Eurydice is his love interest. Orpheus wants to bring his wife Eurydice back from the underworld and from Hadestown. I adored the music as well as the plot. Anais Mitchell did a phenomenal job writing the music as well as the Broadway show itself. Comment on what your favorite Broadway musical is. 

Usually I prefer musicals, but Murder on the Orient Express is one of my favorite plays. I saw it last spring at the Paper Mill Playhouse. I enjoyed it a lot.  I saw the Papermill Playhouse premiere in April 2023 It was based on a book by Agatha Christie. It was about a detective, Hercule Poirot, who solved the murder of a wealthy tycoon who was killed while traveling on the Orient Express train. It turns out that before the tycoon was murdered, he had kidnapped and killed a young girl by the name of Daisy Armstrong. Hercule questions everyone on the train and finally solves the murder. I especially liked the set design. It was so realistic, fancy and upper class. The actors did a phenomenal job.   There were several adaptations- movie and plays - of Murder on the Orient Express.  Which one did you see?

 I would like to tell you about my favorite composers. These composers made an impact on the stage as well in music. Here is Alan Menken in his recording studio  Alan Menken was one of my favorites. He wrote the music for Beauty and the Beast as well as Little Shop of Horrors. I like him because he wrote music for Broadway as well as for the movies and both of these were made into movies.  Here is a young Stephen Sondheim at an event  Another one I enjoy is Stephen Sondheim. He wrote the music for Gypsy, Company, Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods and Follies, just to name a few. He had a very long and legendary career on Broadway. Sondheim was a trailblazer. When he passed away in 2021 the loss was immense. Even the Broadway lights dimmed for him. A lot of famous people posted on social media their condolences and their memories of him. Here is Andrew Lloyd Webber during a Phantom photoshoot Another composer I like is Andrew Lloyd Webber. He wrote the music to Phantom of ...

 On April 27th I went to the Chiller Theater convention at the Hilton hotel  in Parsippany, New Jersey. It is a convention with pop culture and celebrity culture. You meet many famous people there.  I got to the Hilton Hotel at 9:15 AM and I got my wristband. My friend and I  met in the lobby.  My friend met William Shatner, but I never got into Star Trek. However, I like Lita Ford. She was in the Runaways with Joan Jett and she was nicknamed the Queen of Heavy Metal. I met her and she was nice to me. She told me to rock on!  Me and my friend doing devil horns with the Queen of Heavy Metal herself  Next we met Charo, She is a famous Mexican guitarist and actress. She was on the Love Boat and the Tonight Show. She was in Hollywood Squares as well. She was very enthusiastic and energetic when met her. She was amazing!  Us with Charo! Cuchi Cuchi!  Another famous person I met was Chris Kattan. The Roxbury guys is one of my favorite SNL sketches....