Musical Excitement: Legally Blonde The Musical

Yeah, baby. On the first day back in the office (Mon) it was so nice to be offered some shiny, happy, pink, musical tickets... Legally Blonde, baby! Yay! It really made my day.

After attending the launch of Legally Blonde The Musical at Café de Paris no less, back in... wow, in October (really, that long ago?!), I have been quite excited about seeing this show.

There's skipping! And singing! (At the same time!) And Sheridan Smith! A weird thing called the Bend and Snap! And Sir Peter of Davison! And Jill Halfpenny! (Who, damnit, should really look into changing her name to something beginning with "S" for the purposes of this musical...)

And, it even got the WEWs a little bit giddy before Christmas. Remarkable.

Well, I'm excited. I haven't been to a big, new West End musical in aaages. Since Sister Act back in MAY??? (Sure, I saw Oliver-Exclamation-Mark in September, but that's hardly new, and while the sets were great, and it was all very polished and professional, it certainly wasn't terribly exciting...)

Roll on a fab, musical-filled 2010.

Musical Excitement: Sister Act

Oh, it's been a long time a'coming, this one.

In fact, I wrote about Sister Act's arrival into the West End for londonist back in November last year.

Then came the marketing juggernaut. The show's producer, a little old lady called Whoopi Goldberg (you might've heard of her), appeared on BBC Breakfast, on the Chris Moyles Show, Loose Women, the Justin Lee Collins Show, (presumably) Jonathan Ross and the One Show. She talked about Sister Act the Musical in the metrolondonlitepaper, in magazines, online.

There was launch party invite (which I missed due to a damn last-minute HP crisis).

There's been wall-to-wall (in the pre-FB meaning of the word) advertising; from Tube station hoardings to animated MPUs on our site... It's been remarkable.

Brilliantly today I was offered a couple of comps to a preview next week. On a day when work wasn't going as well as it should. Little things like this make me a very, very happy bunny.

Yay. Musicals make life better.

Musical Excitement: Spring Awakening @ The Novello Theatre

After not really understanding about this show, particularly as we were illustrating it with some dodgy rehearsal pics on site, I'm now beside myself with excitement about tonight's press trip.

Then I read some more about it, perused the reviews, and watched Chad work himself up into a suitable lather over the show.

Yes, thanks to my former uni-and-flatmate CB, who's now lucky enough to work for SOLT, I'm tagging along as a plus one to the press night of the transfer of Spring Awakening to the West End. Hurrah.

There have been a few bad ones (Mme De Sade, Obama on My Mind, Dirty Dancing) in the last few weeks. Let's hope this is going to turn it all around...

More to come...

Musical Excitement: Obama On My Mind @ the Hen and Chickens Theatre

Very excited about tomorrow evening's entertainment.

I've got press tickets to see what's become known as The Obama Musical, or Obama: The Musical at the Hen and Chickens Theatre in Camden.

It's actually about the campaign trail from the p.o.v of an American in London, I think. You can listen to the theme toon on their site. This from The Graph:

Written and produced by the Ohio-born Teddy Hayes, The Obama Musical focuses on the personalities behind the Democratic candidate's campaign.

Songs in the show, due to receive its premiere at Barons Court Theatre next month, include Obama and Me, which is sung by an obsessive member of his team and includes the lyric: "We are a pair/like chocolate and éclair".

Hayes said: "I've done a bit of work for the Obama campaign and this is a send-up of what happens behind the scenes."

Except, it seems things have changed since that report, as it ain't at Baron's Court, it's at Hen and Chickens.

As well as being intrigued about seeing a new musical, I'm also excited about finally hitting another one of London's pub theatres I've been researching recently. Review coming...

Plus, I just like the idea of someone else waking up with "Obama on my mind..."