Musicals

I have always loved Musicals since studying in UK. I have the opportunity this year to enjoy 2 musicals in this week. One a local production and another a Broadway production.



‘A Twist of Fate’ is a local production and it is also the 3rd time it is presented in Singapore before performing at the Broadway. It is Voted Best Musical of 1997 by The Straits Times.

Stars Laura Michelle Kelly (Mary Poppins - Laurence Olivier Award Best Actress 2005). Appearing on stage with Ms Kelly will be an all star Singaporean and international cast, including accomplished theatre actor and MediaCorp artiste, Adrian Pang.

Lyrics by Laurence Olivier Award winner Anthony Drewe (who has just written the lyrics for Disney/Cameron Mackintosh's production of Mary Poppins, currently on in the London West End), and music by Singapore's foremost composer Dick Lee. Book by Steven Dexter and Tony Petito.

In the tradition of Agatha Christie and the great "whodunits" of the 1930s, A Twist of Fate is a delicious musical comedy of twists and turns, false clues and dastardly deeds, set against the backdrop of a Peranakan family in Singapore. Dark and stormy nights, midnight rendezvous, an inconvenient murder or two and memorable times makes this an entertaining, suspense-filled evening at the theatre.

I enjoyed the show very much since it is a very localise performance and I really did not manage to guess the murderer. It is really fun!



On the other hand, ‘RENT’ is a Broadway Production that sweep all major theatre awards, including 1996 Tony Award for Best Musical as well as the Pulitzer Prize, RENT captures the heart and spirit of a generation. Inspired by Puccini’s La Boheme, RENT is a joyous, breathtaking and often heartbreaking musical that celebrates a community of young artists as they struggle with the soaring hopes and tough realities of today’s world. This is its 10th Anniversary World Tour starring Karen Mok.

This performance is consist of various performance like heavy metal, sentimental, Tango, etc. Overall, I think it is a bit heavy on the music and volume, unlike Les Miserable and Phantom of the Opera, but the 2nd part of the show is very nice and Karen did performed well. Songs like 'Season of love' and 'Light my candle' is very nice indeed.