Finian's Opening

After 6 month's wait, Finian's Rainbow, which originated at 46th Street Theatre way back in 1948, it's back to Broadway for its 3rd revival. In fact, it's opening tonight. But from what I've heard about this musical, the music and lyrics suck, and the storyline is just overall weirdness! I mean, really, who wants to see a musical about a leprechaun? However, looking a t the cast list courtesy of IBDB, I see that two of the cast members (William Youmans and Christopher Fitzgerald) were in the original production of Wicked when it first appeared on Broadway in 2003 (Fitzgerald as Boq and Youmans as Doctor Dillamond). Maybe with two Wicked guys, Finian's Rainbow won't be too awful. But for those of you who plan on seeing it, be prepared for the odd looks audience members make after at least the first act!

Couldn't Be Happier

After appearing only once on the musical TV show, Glee, she apparently is returning for the last nine episodes as April Rhodes, the former classmate of Will's (Matthew Morrison of Hairspray). Personally, I totally can't wait (yes, I'm a Cheno-freak!), even though I've barely seen one episode of this TV show...and it wasn't even the one with Kristin! But people are also saying that Adam Lambert, last season's American Idol runner-up, will possibly be making a future appearance on Glee. I'm excited about this appearance too, as I am a religious American Idol viewer. The one thing, though, that I would love to happen on Glee is to have Idina Menzel appear and sing "Defying Gravity"!

6 Years...PARTY!

We all know Wicked; whether we've seen it or not, it's a HUGE hit! This year happens to be the 6th anniversary of the opening of this spectacular musical, and to celebrate, they will be hosting several special Wicked festivities throughout New York. But what people from all around the world are buzzing about is the first ever online global Wicked party on WICKED DAY. Global fans can register to have their own Wicked-themed parties on www.wickedday.com and are encouraged to tweet, post pictures and videos, and share links from their Wicked celebrations that will be shared with other Wicked fans globally on the official online WICKED DAY map. So defy gravity with your Wicked party and celebrate the success of this incredible show!

Love Should Never Die on Broadway

The well-loved quasi-operatic Broadway musical is finally going to have a long-awaited sequel. Yes, you guessed it; the story of The Phantom of the Opera, which has played at the Majestic Theatre for over 20 years, will continue its classic storyline in the sequel, The Phantom of the Opera: Love Never Dies. Says Andrew Lloyd Webber, "The Phantom has been so extraordinary in my life-the biggest musical I've been involved in so far." Being a Phantom fan myself, this is very exciting for me and certainly for many others. I wonder, though, how Lloyd Webber is going to be able to pull of yet another amazing, if not better, musical. I mean, when I saw Phantom, it was just SO incredible! All the music is very beautiful and memorable, unlike his other hit musical, Cats. Anyway, I can't wait to see Lloyd Webber's latest creation.

Defying Musical Gravity

Finally, after waiting SO long (since I'm a teen, I can get pretty impatient), I saw Wicked last night at Buell Theatre in Denver! I'll tell you what, I was BLOWN OUT OF THE WATER after I saw it. Every time I have heard "Defying Gravity", I got goosebumps right at the end of it, but last night, I got them at the very beginning of the song. Come intermission, I turned to my dad and we were both in total shock by everything we had just seen. All I could really say was, 'Wow!'; that's exactly how blown away I was. Although, I'm wondering even more now why Stephen Schwartz isn't as big as Stephen Sondheim (hopefully that will change!) Still, I can't believe I ever missed out on this amazing musical. One question, though, that keeps going through my mind is, 'Why did it have to end?'

Let the Birthday Shine In

This musical is well-loved by many baby boomers and now more popular with teens. Hair, the American tribal love rock musical, is celebrating its 32nd anniversary of its very first opening night in 1977. On its fourth revival, Hair is still a huge musical today. Personally, I can't wait to see this incredible musical! Whoever despises this show shouldn't even be a Broadway geek because seriously, I LOVE the music. Anyways, I hope Hair continues on Broadway for quite some time and audience members LOVE it!

Priscilla Queen...Heading to Broadway?

Okay, so I thought the play Superior Donuts, which opened at the Music Box Theatre on Broadway yesterday, was bad enough. But what's coming on Broadway in March 2011 is even worse. Yes, it's a musical (I give them kudos for that!); but with a title like Priscilla Queen of the Desert, I doubt this musical is going to be any good. Although it may sound quite enjoyable, (ahem, I beg your pardon?) the music and lyrics are written by total no-names, which for me is a bad sign! Based on the (supposedly) Oscar-winning film, the Broadway cast will include Jason Donovan, Tony Sheldon, Oliver Thornton and many others (ones I haven't heard of.) I'm sorry to say, but because it's a bad musical overall, it will be thrown into the "Broadway trash can" for a very long time.