| Musicals are a Marmite thing: you either absolutely | | | | examples currently on is based on a film that you |
| love them -- or absolutely loathe them. If you fall | | | | enjoyed. Are cartoons your thing? Go see The |
| into the latter group, then you probably haven't | | | | Lion King. Were you a teenage girl when Dirty |
| been paying too much attention to what's on in | | | | Dancing premiered during the late 1980s? Go |
| London theatre lately. Musicals continue to flourish | | | | relive the magic live on stage. Did you grow up |
| on the West End; in fact, according to the Society | | | | watching Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch, et al on |
| of London Theatre, almost two out of every | | | | Sesame Street or The Muppet Show? You're |
| three (61 per cent) of theatre tickets sold in 2009 | | | | sure to delight in the edgy humour offered up by |
| were for musicals. In fact, sales are up 8 per cent | | | | Avenue Q. The point is, you really shouldn't |
| overall year on year despite the credit crunch. If | | | | dismiss the entire genre based on a single |
| you're dead set against taking in a stage musical, | | | | experience -- get out there and book some |
| you might want to reconsider and make a point | | | | theatre tickets to a musical today. |
| of stopping in soon. | | | | Take In A Musical - It Just Might Surprise You! |
| A Little Bit Of Something For Everyone | | | | Year after year, famous musicals watch their box |
| Many people base their dislike based on a single | | | | office sales grow and grow; new musical converts |
| bad experience. Assuming that all stage musicals | | | | are created every single day as the breadth and |
| are the same isn't fair, though. There are some | | | | scope of today's productions evolves and tackles |
| on the West End right now that are lighthearted | | | | new ideas and themes. Rather than strictly |
| and highly emotional, but there are also great | | | | sticking to "feel good" ideas and viewing the world |
| examples of irreverent humour and hilarious, edgy | | | | through those rose-coloured glasses, today's |
| plot lines in musicals like Avenue Q. From intrigue | | | | musicals surprise and engage their audiences like |
| to drama to suspense, there is a musical out | | | | never before. Classics like The Phantom Of The |
| there for everyone -- you just have to be willing | | | | Opera continue to win hearts years after their |
| to look for it. | | | | curtain first rose, while cutting edge shows like |
| Favourite Movies Remade As Musicals | | | | Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert clearly demonstrate |
| A great way to reintroduce yourself to a London | | | | that musicals don't have to fit into a certain |
| theatre musical would be to take in one of the | | | | prescribed form. Head over to London and |
| ever-popular productions based on popular hit | | | | experience musicals like you never have before - |
| movies. Chances are, at least one of the | | | | they just might surprise you! |