The Sound of Music

"The hills are alive with the sound of music!!!" I LOVE this musical!!!!! The best part is that for my birthday I will be seeing this at the Overture Center in Madison!!! Yay!!!! Okay, so for those of you who (must be crazy) haven't seen the musical I will give you sneak peak sorta thing. The main character Maria (who is played by Julie Andrews in the movie) is a nun. But she is asked to be the nanny for the Von Trapp kids whose dad was in the navy. So a lot of other stuff happens and because it takes place during the WW2 times the Nazis want Captain Von Trapp to join the German Navy. And he says no and they have to run away. Now my favorite part of writing these posts is always going and looking up a bunch of interesting facts about the musical. So here are some cool facts. The first fact is that The Sound of Music is actually a true story. Bizarre isn't it? Also in the movie version you know when Julie Andrews hits that crazy high note at the end of Do, Re, Mi? Well she wasn't actually supposed to go that high. She volunteered to go up another octave just because she could. And also when the movie was filmed the real Maria Von Trapp came in. The director didn't like her because he thought she was "too bossy". Well weren't those some interesting facts? Sorta. Whatever. It would be fantabulous if you guys kept following along with what I post. Thanks for reading!
                     <3 Victoria (aka Kira)

Wicked

Wicked is my all time favorite musical ever!!!!!! Okay,that was very redundant. Anyway I absolutely luvs this musical!!!! Wow, I sure am using a lot of exclamation points. I saw this in Milwaukee one year for my birthday and it was absolutely fantabulous!!! In the original Broadway production of Wicked, the two main character were played by only the two best people ever!!! Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth!!!! Yayz!!!! So the story of Wicked is really and adaptation of the Wizard of Oz. It's about how the Wicked Witch of the West (Elphaba) isn't really bad. She's just misunderstood. That's what Glinda is trying to convince everyone. But all the towns people are all like "No one mourns the wickeddddd!" And because nobody will believe her Glinda has to tell the story of how they were friends and all that jazz. Oops,wrong musical. Okay please hold for a moment while I find out a bunch of facts about Wicked.
                 Okay, I'm back. So first fact1 Like most musicals Wicked actually started out as a book! It was written by a guy named Gregory Maguire. Next fact which really surprised me was that when the book was written Gregory Maguire actually used L. Frank Baum's (the guy who wrote the Wizard of Oz) initials to get the name Elphaba. Also, in the original version Wicked, Fiyero was introduces with a song called Which Way's the Party. But Steven Schwartz eventually changed that because it didn't work as well with the musical. Weirdest thing of all was that at Idina Menzel's audition her voice cracked while trying to hit that last high note in Defying Gravity. But she still got the part which is fantabulous!!!! So yeah that's a bunch of cool facts about Wicked tune in next time for whatever musical I happen too choose.
                    See ya'lls
                      <3 Victoria (aka Kira)
 

Weird Theater Superstitions and Traditions

Hello all you fabulous readers! So today I will be telling you about some really weird theater traditions and superstitions. Everyone's heard of how you say break a leg but there are some other really weird ones. Like NEVER apply makeup with a rabbit's foot. Never. Just don't do it. NEVER knit in the wings. Sorry guys can't make those hats anymore. Also NEVER exit the dressing room right foot first. Oh no! I hope I won't be cursed forever if I've accidentally dome that. As for traditions I don't really know many. Before the shows though at my school what we do is put our hand in a fist with our pinky up. The place it against another person's hand you each kiss your own hand. Why do we do it? I dunno. We were just taught it on opening night. Other things? Well wearing blue and yellow will make you forget your lines. So that's why one of the girls forgot her line She was wearing a blue and yellow toga! And apparently you aren't supposed to speak the last line of the show before opening night. This is terrible! We always spoke the last line of the show in rehearsal! The world is going to end!!!! Ok that's it for my overly exaggerated theater superstitions. Know any more weird ones? Please comment.
                          <3Victoria (aka Kira)

Xanadu

Hello all you fabulicious people! Yes I did just say fabulicious. It's a thing. Anyway today I will be talking all about Xanadu. So basically what happens is a Muse named Kira comes down to earth from Mt. Olympus to the year 1980 in Venice Beach California. She helps inspire a mortal named Sonny Malone to create the world's first roller disco. Oh I almost forgot! Apparently all mortals in the 1980s (I wouldn't know) wore roller skates, leg warmers, and had an Australian accent. Ok back to the plot. Kira falls in love with Sonny because of a curse two of her evil sisters placed on her. But Muses are forbidden to fall in love. So yeah it's basically a love story. Then again most musicals are so.... yeah. If you haven't already guessed from the way I end my posts this was the musical I starred in!!!! I played Kira. And let me tell you a few things. First of all it is very hard when you have only 30 seconds to switch from roller skates to regular shoes. It is not an easy task AT ALL. Also when you are wearing a blond wig and you have to put a fake flower in your hair, be prepared to have it get stuck. Lastly it is very awkward when you have to sit staring into someone's eyes. Especially if you don't know the person. So yeah. I really loved being in Xanadu. It was fantabulous. You will notice I put pictures of the musical on this post. These are real pictures of our performance and my hair is NOT naturally that color. Cause ,you know, that shade of blond doesn't look unnatural at all! In the picture on the left that is me and my BFF Brynn who played Thetis and on the right is me and the boy who played Sonny. On the bottom is me with some of the cast and crew. Going left to right is John who was the Cyclops, Maddie who was Hera, Teagan was in the Greek Chorus, Sammy who was one of my eight sisters, and a member of the crew. I soo can't wait for next years musical!!!!

 <3Victoria (aka Kira)

Welcome

Hello to all of you fabulous people. I'm Victoria and I am completely obsessed with musicals. Phantom, Les Mis, Wicked, Xanadu, Newsies, and just about every other musical you can imagine. Of course the best part of any musical is acting in it. I have been in three total musical and starred in one of them. My dream is to one day perform on Broadway. If I had to rate my top ten favorite musicals they would be:
10) Phantom of the Opera
9) Annie
8) Hairspray
7) The Music Man
6) Mary Poppins
5) Newsies
4) Cats
3) The Sound of Music
2) Xanadu
1) Wicked

So yes my all time favorite musical would be Wicked. It's just such a great musical and you have to be a really strong singer to be able to sing Glinda's and Elphaba's parts. I based this list off of musicals that I've actually seen. Because I really like the music of musicals like Les Mis and Annie Get Your Gun but I've never really seen them. If you disagree or think I forgot something, feel free to comment your list of your top ten favorite musicals. If you are currently liking this blog then please, please, keep reading. After all, we musical obsessors have to stick together! ;)
                         <3Victoria (aka Kira)