I went for Puteri Gunung Ledang: The Musical with high expectations, having heard so much about it, and it still blew me away. There is brilliantly little wrong with this. If anything, I thought the English subtitles were a little hard to follow because they were located at the right and left of the [...]

I want to talk about Miss Saigon because I am a (big big big) sucker for musicals and it’s been a long time since Hugh Jackman in Boy From Oz which I will love forever.

Believe it or not, I knew absolutely nothing about the production before last night. I didn’t know what the [...]

I splashed out on AUD$150 tickets to watch The Boy from Oz musical last night with my sister, and boy (pardon the pun) I was so, so, so glad I did. I’d even watch it all over again if I made a living printing money (isn’t this ironic considering my previous post) and this time, [...]

Did you hear about Genting’s 40th anniversary bash? They were giving away rooms at RM1 a night. Did you hear about the guy who decided to start queueing at 3am when the counters opened at 10? Not because he was kiasu – he told the press – but because he had nothing better to [...]

Back during the studio era (ie 1930s to 1950s), the musical film was seen as escapist entertainment. People watched musicals to forget their struggles and burdens, and dreamed of a perfect world where everything was made right – always through song and dance of course.

Musicals had to have happy endings; it was [...]

If you’re wondering what I’ve been doing with my nights, here are two short reasons:

The Day After Tomorrow

Do not watch it. The storyline is ordinary, the script is cliched, it’s not as good as the preview looks. Having said that, this might actually be one of the first Hollywood films [...]