Reading that Stanley Donen the person responsible for Singing In The Rain have died (stanley-donen-director-singin-rain-dies/) made me suddenly crave for musicals. After watching Singing In The Rain with the awesome Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds. This is a clip from the movie,
I continued watching South Pacific starring Mitzi Gaynor and Rossano Brazzi among others. The music and the song is very familiar to me as many of the songs were taught to me by my mother. I guess I share the love of musicals with her.
This is a clip from South Pacific.
A week before I watched Bohemian Rhapsody, a biopic about Freddie Mercury and Queen, I am a big fan of Queen. The story is both inspiring and tragic. He is by no means an angel and neither was he a great example, but knowing what he wants and working hard to get it, that's amazing.
I managed to even visit his statue in Montreux and took a photo with it. This is not my photo just borrowed it from another website.
And I have also watched We Will Rock You the musical theatre production in London at the Dominion Theatre. I was alone but I had a grand time it was like being in a concert. Everyone enjoyed themselves and danced in the aisle. /we-will-rock-you-tickets. It's back! When I was in London with my family they were not showing. So we went to see Mamma Mia instead. We went to the Novello Theatre mamma-mia.com. It's still available. My daughter danced in the aisle watching Mamma Mia.
I enjoy musicals, and with Mamma Mia the musicals in Hollywood is back. And I love them all!
In Malaysia we have our share of musicals, and my ultimate favourite is Cuci The Musical. Fronted by the talents of Awie, Hans Isaac, Afdlin and AC Mizal.
It's absolutely brilliant. It's in our Malay Language or Bahasa Malaysia, so for some it may not be easy to follow especially if one is not versed in our language. Theatre in Malaysia have a good following but is still not very well developed, there are not that many venues available and very few is able to capture my attention especially with original compositions such as Cuci The Musical.
There's also stand up comedy like Lawak Ke Der with many especially Harith Iskander. This was held in Istana Budaya. This is one of Malaysia's great funnyman. Another one is the Malaysian Association of Chinese Comedians (MACC). Another funny group of people. Douglas Lim and friends. This is their web page https://macc.peatix.com/.
