Current
August: Osage County (touring to SF)
Avenue Q (also on tour)
Billy Elliot
Hair
In the Heights (tour planned)
The Lion King (also on tour)
Mary Poppins (also on tour)
South Pacific (touring to SF)
West Side Story
Only on Tour
Rent
Legally Blonde
Xanadu
Broadway Bound
9 to 5
The Addams Family
Catch Me If You Can
Dirty Dancing
Dreamgirls
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
You're the One That I Want!
Tonight is the night! Grease is the word, is the word. Tonight, I will be watching Grease starring Taylor Hicks as Teen Angel. It's playing the Golden Gate Theatre in San Francisco, which I haven't been since Legally Blonde played here for its world premiere two years ago. This means I have no clue where the stage door is located, so I must do some investigating beforehand.
This is the first show I'm watching that I don't know the lyrics to any of the songs... Every other show I've watched (and I've watched plenty), I've always listened to the cast recording and learned all the lyrics like the back of my hand. Well, I take that back, I went into watching Legally Blonde not knowing anything at all, but it was a world premiere. This is going to be an interesting experience. I am taking my mom and she probably knows the premise of the show and songs better than I do.
Until next time!!
This is the first show I'm watching that I don't know the lyrics to any of the songs... Every other show I've watched (and I've watched plenty), I've always listened to the cast recording and learned all the lyrics like the back of my hand. Well, I take that back, I went into watching Legally Blonde not knowing anything at all, but it was a world premiere. This is going to be an interesting experience. I am taking my mom and she probably knows the premise of the show and songs better than I do.
Until next time!!
Monday, March 23, 2009
I'm bad at this game...
While looking at my posting dates, I realized that I post very sporadically. Weeks go by when I just don't have a new post. I get so caught up in school. I know. School seems to be the excuse for everything even though I'm not even trying that hard. Explains why I don't do well in academics. Goes to show what kind of Berkeley student I am...
If I do want to transfer majors and even schools, I seriously have to step things up so that I don't disappoint myself when the moment of truth comes. I guess this would be a good time to start. There are about two months left of school. It should give me enough time to catch up on all the material that I'm behind... And midterms are in two weeks. Eek.
If I do want to transfer majors and even schools, I seriously have to step things up so that I don't disappoint myself when the moment of truth comes. I guess this would be a good time to start. There are about two months left of school. It should give me enough time to catch up on all the material that I'm behind... And midterms are in two weeks. Eek.
Spring Break
Alas, it is the long-awaited Spring Break and I am sick which prevents me from outisde humanly contact for fear of spreading this horrendous disease. I've had a sore throat the last two weeks ever since that night camped out in Lower Sproul waiting for Dalai Lama tickets. It hasn't gotten any better so I visited my pediatrician who I haven't seen in two years. He said that it might be a bacterial infection since I don't have a fever, runny nose, stuffy nose, congestion or fever. And my lymph nodes are swollen. Yay! He prescribed me a medicine that I can't take on an empty stomach because it'll be uncomfortable. But I also can't take the medicine on a full stomach since it'll lessen the effect. I only need to take the medicine for three days. Hopefully I'll get better by then. I need to pick up the medicine in the next 15 minutes or so...
Also, I still need to blog about the overnight wait for Dalai Lama tickets and the first time seeing Wicked. (It was AMAZING!)
Also, I still need to blog about the overnight wait for Dalai Lama tickets and the first time seeing Wicked. (It was AMAZING!)
Monday, March 2, 2009
Facebook Me!
For the last week or so, I've been living without Facebook. I de-activated it for many reasons. For the first day or two, I would have a dying urge to see what my friends were up to. I tried not to cave in, but I re-activated my Facebook to browse around and then quickly de-activated it. That happened for a few days, but over the weekend, I just stopped checking. It's nice not having a distraction while doing homework. Before I de-activated my account, I would just browse around aimlessly looking at people's photos, events, friend activity.
After doing so, I feel so detached from people's lives. Besides text messaging (for those who have a plan), instant messaging, e-mail and the good old-fashioned phone call, Facebook was my main way of keeping in touch. (It sounds insincere, but hey, it works.) I know that in the next few days I will have to re-activate my Facebook so that I can keep up with other's lives and update others on mine. It also sucks not being able to stalk people. Just kidding. But you know you do it.
Now I need to make the effort to keep in touch with others. Maybe a call to the people I haven't talked to yet this year. And we'll see how everything goes from there.
After doing so, I feel so detached from people's lives. Besides text messaging (for those who have a plan), instant messaging, e-mail and the good old-fashioned phone call, Facebook was my main way of keeping in touch. (It sounds insincere, but hey, it works.) I know that in the next few days I will have to re-activate my Facebook so that I can keep up with other's lives and update others on mine. It also sucks not being able to stalk people. Just kidding. But you know you do it.
Now I need to make the effort to keep in touch with others. Maybe a call to the people I haven't talked to yet this year. And we'll see how everything goes from there.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Role of Lifetime
"Role of a Lifetime" from bare could never be more fitting than now.
Everything's an act,
When you're pleasing everyone.
And he assumes that role
To such renown.
He plays a perfect part,
Straight from his heart
Knowing the risk he takes
And hoping that the house
Is not brought down.
The role of a lifetime is living a fantasy.
The trauma that you struggle to erase.
Thoughts battle words over deeds
A war with such casualties.
All played out behind a smiling face.
God I need your guidance
Tell me what it means
To live a life where nothings as it seems.
Spending days in silent fear,
And spending nights in lonely prayer.
Hoping that one day when you wake,
Those feelings won't be there.
So confused because I feel completely lost.
And here alone it all somehow makes scene.
Look into his eyes for some compromise
Remember the word, forget
And try to bury something so intense.
You learn to play the straight man,
Your lines become routine.
Never really saying what you mean.
But I know the scene will change,
White picket fences, and a dog,
A trophy bright, and children.
God I know that's what he wants
But Jason what role do I play,
Am I a savior or a phase?
Am I here to damn you?
Or to help you navigate this maze.
Where confusion is a crime,
So you fill your life with sound,
And if you dance like hell,
You hope you'll never touch the ground.
What happens when the music stops?
In the silence will he stay one day,
Or realize that these feelings
are going away,
So we drive ourselves insane,
Spinning circles in our souls,
As we dance around and play pretend.
And once again,
Reprise our roles.
Everything's an act,
When you're pleasing everyone.
And he assumes that role
To such renown.
He plays a perfect part,
Straight from his heart
Knowing the risk he takes
And hoping that the house
Is not brought down.
The role of a lifetime is living a fantasy.
The trauma that you struggle to erase.
Thoughts battle words over deeds
A war with such casualties.
All played out behind a smiling face.
God I need your guidance
Tell me what it means
To live a life where nothings as it seems.
Spending days in silent fear,
And spending nights in lonely prayer.
Hoping that one day when you wake,
Those feelings won't be there.
So confused because I feel completely lost.
And here alone it all somehow makes scene.
Look into his eyes for some compromise
Remember the word, forget
And try to bury something so intense.
You learn to play the straight man,
Your lines become routine.
Never really saying what you mean.
But I know the scene will change,
White picket fences, and a dog,
A trophy bright, and children.
God I know that's what he wants
But Jason what role do I play,
Am I a savior or a phase?
Am I here to damn you?
Or to help you navigate this maze.
Where confusion is a crime,
So you fill your life with sound,
And if you dance like hell,
You hope you'll never touch the ground.
What happens when the music stops?
In the silence will he stay one day,
Or realize that these feelings
are going away,
So we drive ourselves insane,
Spinning circles in our souls,
As we dance around and play pretend.
And once again,
Reprise our roles.
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