Of The Idiot's Guide to Musicals (Chapter 1)

Those who know me well enough know that I am a huge of fan of musicals or musical theatre. Actually, fan is an understatement. I am totally hooked onto musicals. All the VCDs I have of at home, I watch over and over and over again. And if you catch me singing, more often than not, I will be singing something straight of a musical (out of tune, of course). Plus one of the reasons I want to go to City University is because it is close to West End, home of all things musical!

So, it is only natural for me to start a blow-by-blow account and review of the musicals I've seen (by TV or on stage). And hopefully, I will encourage you all to enjoy the wonderful art that is musicals.

Grease - the musical which I believe teenagers (or at least, people my age) will most probably enjoy out of all the others. The reason - simply because it features teenage issues, namely getting laid, fast cars, cigarettes and John Travolta shaking his pelvic region. Furthermore, with catchy songs the likes of Summer Nights (tell me more, tell me more) , Hopelessly Devoted to You and the theme song by the Bee Gees, whats there not to like? And this is one of the few musicals where it doesn't actually feature a person dying or already dead (believe me, there are only a few)

It is a good movie to start with if you are the kind who couldn't be bothered by musicals or anything resembling it. If not, just watch it for the sake of watching a young Olivia Newton-John belting out her vocals before she grew old and performed for the Sydney Olympics. Grease - the stuff in the main actors hair (they didn't have Brylcream then) also features a flying car. 'nuff said.

I have yet to see this performed on stage, but I believe it would be nothing short of spectacular. Grease, is after all, "the word, the place and the motion".