| I saw "Rock of Ages" just last week and had | | | | rock and roll ages of the 80's. Drew, the rockstar |
| first refused lout aloud when asked by my son. It | | | | wannabe played by Constantine Maroulis falls in |
| is a jukebox musical which I hate to see ever | | | | love for Sherrie, the nave girl who ran away to |
| since Beach Boys debacle back then. I also think | | | | become a star, played by Amy Spanger. There's |
| that the eighties are my lost decade since I was | | | | also a former hippie who opens a rock club dive |
| then just married and was raising my son, I didn't | | | | on the Strip, an entrepreneur who specializes in |
| pay attention to the music. | | | | ruining all the fun, his son who's learning the ropes |
| I was forced to go because my son's date | | | | of the business and a social activist trying to |
| backed out in the last minute and it would be a | | | | preserve the integrity of the society. |
| waste of the ticket. Although reluctant, I | | | | The whole play is about getting great laughs, |
| managed to drag myself to the theatre front | | | | where Lonny, played by Mitcheel Jarvis gives out |
| door, amidst a long subway ride and heavy rain, | | | | a breaking performance. Lonny truly understands |
| and anticipating that I would react to the show by | | | | that it is a joke and breaks the wall a couple of |
| sitting and wishing I was elsewhere. I didn't know | | | | times in the performance to laugh with the |
| that I was in for a total surprise, and that the | | | | audience. |
| show would totally blow me away. | | | | The whole story is amusing and funny as well as |
| "Rock of Ages" is on a totally different level | | | | the costumes. It was surprising that I came to |
| compared to other broadway musicals, it can be | | | | love the music. I found that I liked this music as if |
| seen more as an arena concert, where there are | | | | they came from a long lost memory of my |
| drinks served in the aisles of the theatre, having | | | | youth. There were songs by classic artist such as |
| back up band and little LED flashlights taking place | | | | Twisted Sister, Whitesnake, Bon Jovi and Jorney. |
| of lighters that are usually waved in the air on | | | | This show is full of great performances that |
| encores. It is then, I found out that I am in for | | | | seem to top out each other and the story itself |
| something much more than a Broadway musical. | | | | eventually comes to a happy, yet unexpected |
| It tells of a story of boy meets girl, which is filled | | | | ending. After the show, I find myself wanting to |
| with clichés and characters similar to the | | | | watch it a second, and maybe a third time. |