Stupid Guest Tricks

Big Wallaby wrote:Okay, so I have to admit, I have the album and have listened several times. It's funny, the way the songs are written and performed, I hear a lot of the sound style from Wicked, with a bit of Tarzan thrown in. That is certainly not a complaint.

I think you're hearing a lot of Wicked because of Idina Menzel's vocal style. Listening to the soundtrack, I hear some of that, some Avenue Q, and some Finding Nemo The Musical ... which are all to be expected, since it's the same songwriting team.

All said, I enjoyed the movie, and I love the soundtrack. Can't wait to see it when the broadway version comes to Orlando. (Or Tampa ... I don't know how the new Orlando PAC will be, but I prefer the Straz to the Bob Carr)

hhsrat wrote:I don't know how the new Orlando PAC will be, but I prefer the Straz to the Bob Carr)

I prefer a Waste Management 40' dumpster to the Bob. It's a big concrete box with the acoustics of a big concrete box. At least in the dumpster you have a better chance of hearing the show!

I got a "hard-hat tour" of the new Performing Arts Center last month. Very impressive. The main stage is intimate compared to Tampa's, with the cheap seats perhaps half as far from the stage. The Community Stage is quite versitile with movable seating, and the Acoustic Stage (to be built in phase 2) will be designed to have no artificial amplification. Haven't seen that done on this scale before (successfully).

It'll be nice to be able to go to a show without having to pack a lunch.

Zazu wrote:and the Acoustic Stage (to be built in phase 2) will be designed to have no artificial amplification. Haven't seen that done on this scale before (successfully).

I recommend paying a visit to Hill Auditorium, on the campus of the University of Michigan.