Summer Musicals

I have not been a fan of musicals mostly due to any I have seen have not been live; they were a very long movie version and lost my interest quite quickly. This summer I have had the privilege of watching two musicals live; the first one was a production done by Summerstock and the musical was Grease, the other was a production from Viva Musica and the musical was The Chorus Line.

Grease was so good, I saw it with my mom at Olympic park downtown Calgary on a beautiful summer evening. The actors and actresses were local talent from western Canada and they were sure talented. The summer of 2009 Summerstock with present the musical RENT and I strongly recommend if you are in Calgary the first week of August this is an event you MUST attend.

The Chorus Line was different as it had a few more mature and experienced actors and actresses. I was offered a ticket to see this play by one of the actresses, she is my boss' daughter and this musical was her debut. She was amazing! She played Cassie in case any of you have seen the musical or movie. I never knew she was so talented!! I had no idea that The Chorus Line is one of the longest running shows in Broadway that is until Phantom took over that prestigious honor. The Chorus line had an amazing 6137 performances and outran blockbusters like Grease, Chicago, Hello Dolly!, Fiddler on the Roof and the list goes on. During the 15 years of running the original production of The Chorus Line, 677 other shows opened and eventually closed on Broadway. I was very impressed with the Canadian talent in Kelowna for the production of The Chorus Line.

I might just been hooked on musicals; time will tell.