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Musicals:
I've fallen hard for [Title of Show]. I don't think there's been a moment in the last two weeks that I haven't had one song or another running through my brain. It's one of those shows that I just *must* see live...but it just *closed* last weekend, so I'm stuck. *sigh* Anyway, I *highly* recommend the album! It's got a bit of an "Avenue Q" vibe in the irreverance and comedy of the piece, but it's a lot less cynical, overall, and definitely has its own charming voice.
I also picked up the new London Evita cast recording, and I'm afraid I'm a bit disappointed. :( I was really hoping that this would be my definitive Evita cast, because Matt Rawle (Che) was such an absolute cutie in Martin Guerre and Philip Quast can do no wrong. There's nothing really terrible about this recording, but their Eva (Elena Roger) is actually from Argentina, and has the accent to prove it. Since none of the other actors are singing in accents, it gets really distracting - especially in duets. My brain has to keep shifting to compensate for the accent, and then back again when another performer is singing. It makes it tough to just enjoy the music.
Reading:
Much to my surprise, I actually enjoyed The Glasswright's Test by Mindy Klasky quite a bit. This is the fourth book in a series where each book left me with just barely enough interest to pick up the next volume. Klasky's world-building is painfully clunky, and she gets downright Jordan-ish at times with her over-emphasis and repetition of cultural details that are nowhere near as interesting as she seems to think they are, but this time around, the storyline was engaging enough to make up for the irritating elements, and I found myself responding really well to some of her idiosyncrasies that in past books kind of rankled. The next book is also the *last* book, I believe, so I'm actually looking forward to finding out how she wraps it all up.
I've fallen hard for [Title of Show]. I don't think there's been a moment in the last two weeks that I haven't had one song or another running through my brain. It's one of those shows that I just *must* see live...but it just *closed* last weekend, so I'm stuck. *sigh* Anyway, I *highly* recommend the album! It's got a bit of an "Avenue Q" vibe in the irreverance and comedy of the piece, but it's a lot less cynical, overall, and definitely has its own charming voice.
I also picked up the new London Evita cast recording, and I'm afraid I'm a bit disappointed. :( I was really hoping that this would be my definitive Evita cast, because Matt Rawle (Che) was such an absolute cutie in Martin Guerre and Philip Quast can do no wrong. There's nothing really terrible about this recording, but their Eva (Elena Roger) is actually from Argentina, and has the accent to prove it. Since none of the other actors are singing in accents, it gets really distracting - especially in duets. My brain has to keep shifting to compensate for the accent, and then back again when another performer is singing. It makes it tough to just enjoy the music.
Reading:
Much to my surprise, I actually enjoyed The Glasswright's Test by Mindy Klasky quite a bit. This is the fourth book in a series where each book left me with just barely enough interest to pick up the next volume. Klasky's world-building is painfully clunky, and she gets downright Jordan-ish at times with her over-emphasis and repetition of cultural details that are nowhere near as interesting as she seems to think they are, but this time around, the storyline was engaging enough to make up for the irritating elements, and I found myself responding really well to some of her idiosyncrasies that in past books kind of rankled. The next book is also the *last* book, I believe, so I'm actually looking forward to finding out how she wraps it all up.