Shows I Would Like to See

     When I was doing the previous discussion post I talked about The Addams Family musical being something I would like to go see.  I still would, since I have been a fan of The Addams Family since I was a kid.  It is an original story of what most parents go through, the nightmare of having a growing daughter.  Wednesday Addams becomes a young woman, and has fallen in love with a sweet, smart, young man from a respectable family.  I surely found this weird since Wednesday has taken on the person as the ultimate princess of darkness, and she has a "normal" boyfriend.  This throws her parents, Morticia and Gomez for a loop when have to host a dinner for the young man his parents.  Seeing what my parents had to go through for 
my younger sister, I think it would be an interesting spectacle to watch.

The Addams Family characters include Brad Oscar (Uncle Fester), Zachary James (Lurch), Adam Riegler (Pugsley), Jackie Hoffman (Grandma), Rachel Potter (Wednesday), Roger Rees (Gomez), and Bebe Neuwirth (Morticia)

The crew consists of Charles Addams (creator/cartoonist), Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice (Book).  Andrew Lippa (Music and Lyrics), Phelim McDermott (Direction and Design), Julian Crouch (Direction and Design), Sergio Trujillo (Choreography), Jerry Zaks (Creative Consultant), Natasha Katz (Lighting Designer), and many more.

Another play musical that has been referred to me from friends is the Lion King Musical.  This peaked my interest right away since the Lion King was the first movie I ever saw in a movie theater as a kid.  I was a fan from the start, but then again, what kid wasn't.  The Lion King is a play that more than 50 million people world-wide has seen.  It is the Tony Award winning Broadway sensation that Newsweek calls "a landmark event in entertainment."  The New York Times says "There is simply nothing else like it!"

Starring

Simba  - Dashaun Young

Mufasa            - Alton Fitzgerald White

Rafiki  - Tshidi Manye

Scar - Gareth Saxe

Nala -  Chauntee Schuler

Young Simba (alternating performances) -  Judah Bellamy

Young Simba (alternating performances) -  Alfonso Romero Jones II

Zazu - Cameron Pow

Pumbaa - Ben Jeffrey

Timon  - Fred Berman

Young Nala (alternating performances) -  Khail Toi Bryant

Young Nala (alternating performances) - Shaylin Becton

Banzai - James Brown-Orleans

Ed -  Enrique Segura

Shenzi - Bonita J. Hamilton

Creative Team

Music - Elton John

Lyrics-Tim Rice

Director - Julie Taymor

Book- Roger Allers and Irene Mecchi

Costume Designer - Julie Taymor

Choreographer            -Garth Fagan

Set Designer - Richard Hudson

Lighting Designer - Donald Holder

Sound Designer - Tony Meola 
To see a sneak peak, click here for The Lion King