Phantom Of The Opera @ MindSay

Think of me, think of me fondly, when we've said goodbye
Remember me once in a while please promise me you'll try
When you find that once again you long to take your heart back and be free
If you ever find a moment, spare a thought for me...

We never said our love was evergreen or as unchanging as the sea
But if you can still remember, stop and think of me

Think of all the things we've shared and seen
Don't think about the way things might have been...

Think of me, think of me waking, silent and resigned
Imagine me, trying too hard to put you from my mind
Recall those days. Look back on all those times. Think of the things we'll never do
There will never be a day when I won't think of you...

Adam told me a while back that a musical I am dying to see, and have been since I was young, is coming to Ottawa, but it hadnt been announced. The only reason he knew it was because the production crew for the touring company was staying in his hotel and working at the NAC to do measurments, etc for props, and whatever. So it was hush hush.

 

But PHANTOM OF THE OPERA is coming to Ottawa. I am sooooo excited! We were going to head to Toronto to see it, since it is playing there right now, but screw that!

 

CATS is also coming, which I hated and will never pay to see again. My mom saw it in Italy and loved it and raved about it so my parents took me to see it when it came to Ottawa. Never again. ICK!

 

MAMMA MIA is coming, which Adam and I saw in Toronto last year. It was gorgeous! I cant wait to see it again. It is on my list of top 3 musicals, probably at #2 behind Miss Saigon though.

 

EVITA is coming as well. I dont think it has ever toured around here before so that should be cool. I will be interested to see what its like.

 

Then in other news, NATALIE MACMASTER and LEAHY are coming back to the NAC. I saw them both on New Years eve 3 or 4 years back and loved it. And also CHRIS BOTTI (an amazing trumpeter we saw the day after we got back from our honeymoon) is coming back as well.

 

WOW! Looks like from August until April of next year I am going to be a very busy, very arts oriented and very broke young lady!!

 

 

 

 

Wow.  I've never had so many responses to a post before.  Guess the topic of one of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musicals really gets people going. 

 

That being said, watching the movie (which is slightly different from the on-stage version) is really like getting the best seat in the hypothetical opera house.  You get to see the actors' faces and expressions clearer than the stage version.  That being said, in the movie Christine & The Phantom had more chemistry than Christine & Raoul.  If you don't believe me check out the scene in the movie in which Christine and the Phantom sing "The Point of No Return." 

 

I've never seen The Phantom of the Opera other than with the travelling cast.  I wish I had the opportunity to have seen the musical when Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman played the leading roles.  Iconic.

 

I did see Miss Saigon and Beauty & the Beast in London's West End - both of which were terrific productions.  I've seen Cats and Les Miserables, but my favorite is Phantom.  Especially the first scene in which the chandelier is once again lit and lifted as the story begins.  Gives me goosebumps.

 

 

Ok, I'm watching the movie version of Phantom of the Opera on HBO (I also own it) and have seen it live at least 5 times.  Is it just me, or does anyone else think Christine should have picked the Phantom rather than that lame-o Raoul?  Especially in the movie version.  His face really didn't look that bad, and he was a musical genius.  Even though he might have been a little obsessed with Christine, he did all those things because he was in love (umm... can you say 'restraining order').  Ah love, makes you do crazy things.

We got to meet our new Global History teacher today.  She's pretty young, I'd say 25 or so - she's pretty cool but also really strict.  I think it's going to continue being a fun class.  I was a little worried about getting a new teacher  before - the previous one was one of my favorite teachers that I had.  I could've gotten someone much much worse though, so I'm lucky.

In PE today we first made two laps around the football posts.  I got the ever-lurking cramp in my side that hasn't gone away for about a year now.  It happened first in a soccer game last year, the worst stomache cramp I've ever gotten.  I can feel it there 75% of the time when I'm running or sometimes even biking or doing anything athletic (like Dance Dance Revolution :D ).  It came back while we were running, but I just gritted my teeth and did it anyway.  It wasn't all that hard, I didn't get very tired.  Then we played soccer, which was pretty fun, but there were too many people playing.  I touched the ball like 3 times the entire game.  The one asshole I've discovered in the school said "Ben, don't even touch the ball anymore.  Just don't even touch it."  Did I mention we were on the same team?  Yeahhh....that's some real team spirit right there.

Earth Science - boring as ever
Spanish - getting harder, I now don't understand some of what we're doing.
Algebra - I got a 92 on my test, which is good seeing as the kid in front of me got a 75.  One of the questions I missed was only because I accidentally switched around 2 numbers.  I'm an idiot.
Orchestra - still pretty fun, Phantom of the Opera sounds really cool with a full symphony orchestra. 

Tomorrow I have a busy day.  School til 1, violin lesson from 3:30-4:30, then soccer practice in the evening.  I hope I have time to do homework.  <-- Speaking of which, I haven't had much lately.  Today all I had to do was fill out like 5 questions on a Spanish worksheet.  It actually was challenging because I didn't understand it, but it should have been easy.  I also might look over my algebra test to see what I did wrong later.

p.s. mindsay needs to fix their "suggested tags" feature - it suggested "pregnant spanish teacher" for mine.  Maybe I'll put it in just for kicks.