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Stephanie Victoria.
18. Studying Journalism and French.
Love gypsy music and pubs and knowing I'm busy without being able to pinpoint why.
Bare: the Pop Opera
Sunday, July 19, 2009, 12:29 PM
So, I went with a few friends to see the preview night of Bare: The Pop Opera in its Arizona premiere. It was an amazing show. Obviously, being a theatre kid, in a group with other theatre kids, we spent the entire way home talking first about its most brilliant moments, and then about its faults. It's only natural. But we're all geared up to go again. Maybe being good friends with the producer/lead (playing Peter) will come in handy when staring at our empty wallets, though...
Also, it turns out that the writer of the musical was sitting right behind us. And the director of the show was sitting over to the right of us (he's the guy who's adapting the new version of Footloose to the screen!). It was kind of a quiet, star-filled night in Phoenix, I suppose.
The song that got to me most, though, was "Role of a Lifetime", because it's so relatable to anyone in any situation.
See?:
"So you fill your life with sound,
And if you dance like hell,
You hope you never touch the ground.
What happens when the music stops?
In the silence will he stay one day,
One day you'll realize that these feelings aren't going away
So we drive ourselves insane,
Spinning circles in our souls,
As we dance around and play pretend.
Then once again,
Reprise our roles."
But also, the bit towards the end of the song, "Auditions", where Peter, Jason, Nadia, and Ivy are all sort of singing to themselves is so, so beautiful.
Love.
S
