but I got High School Musical instead. Drats! The Muny announced HSM as the seventh show over the weekend. I don't know anything about High School Musical other than my nieces, Amanda and Sarah, love it. This is probably the show I'm looking forward to the least this year but perhaps I'll be pleasantly surprised. In a previous post, I had listed the other shows that were announced earlier but here they are again with my comments added:
- The Producers - We saw this at The Fox several years ago and loved it. We've also seen the movie several times. The song "Springtime for Hitler" cracks me up. We're really looking forward to this one.
- My Fair Lady - This is definitely Bill's least favorite show of all time, ever since we saw it at the Muny in 1996 starring Howard Keel. I had seen Howard Keel and Jane Powell in South Pacific way back in the 70's and he was a wonderful actor/singer. During My Fair Lady, however, he kept flubbing his lines and it was a little distracting. My Fair Lady was performed at the Muny again in 2001. That year, I saw it with my sister since Bill still had memories of the less than stellar performance in 1996. Anyway, my friend, Jenny, and I will be seeing My Fair Lady this season as Bill has graciously agreed to pass on this show once again.
- 90 years of Muny Magic - The description states that this is a musical journey showcasing the past 90 seasons of the Muny's "best of the best" songs from various shows. This should be great. I love "highlight" show.
- Miss Saigon - We saw this at the Muny in 2001 and we both enjoyed it. They even had a real helicopter fly in and hover over the stage. I wonder what the insurance premiums were for that!
- My One and Only - A Gershwin musical. We've never seen this but I love Gershwin tunes so I'm looking forward to this production.
- Fiddler on the Roof - We've seen Fiddler twice before at The Muny; in 1998 and 2003. I love this show...If I were a rich man ,ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum, all day long I'd biddy biddy bum, if I were a wealthy man.
We requested a seat change this year, closer to the stage but in the same section. The problem is, it's not always possible to get closer seats because once people find seats they like, they tend to hang on to them and will them to their children...hee hee hee. If we don't get the requested seats, our current seats are fine. It's just that there is this really tall guy (we call him Wilbur) who sometimes sits in front of us and it is a little difficult to see through his head. The seats he has are company seats from what we can gather from conversations he has had with people around him, so he's not always there. We did get lucky once or twice last season and there was a shorter person sitting in his seat.
All in all, I'd say that it looks like it will be a great 90th season at The Muny.
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