| I just simply love going to a Broadway musical. It is just | | | | talent to actually write a script on their own. Instead, |
| simply one of my favorite things in the whole world to | | | | they make up for lousy writing by inserting song and |
| do, without a doubt. Although I live in the middle of New | | | | dance numbers every few minutes to keep people |
| Jersey, I will often take trips to New York City just to | | | | entertained. But come on, of course theater needs |
| watch Broadway shows on the weekend. In fact, if I | | | | song and dance. I mean, it should at least try to keep |
| did not watch so many Broadway musicals, I would | | | | up with the times. Give me a break. A broadway |
| probably have some money to spare. | | | | show without songs is not done in Broadway, it's done |
| I know that there is always a local theater scene to | | | | in hollywood, and it is not called a musical, its called a |
| enjoy, but really, who wants to enjoy that. I love | | | | movie. If people don't want their plays to be seen as |
| Broadway shows because of the glitz and glamor, the | | | | quaint and antiquated, they should either adapt them |
| lights and the songs. Local theater just has the same | | | | for the big screen, or turn them in to Broadway shows. |
| boring old stories, always hung up on things like plot | | | | If you have never been to Broadway shows before, it |
| and character development. Honestly, I can not even | | | | is important to find something really accessible to go to |
| pay attention to a whole show unless it is one of the | | | | for your very first time. I recommend something like |
| Broadway shows. Without all of the songs and such | | | | Les Miserables, or Phantom of the Opera. Above all, |
| to break it up, who really can care? Not me for one, | | | | Phantom is accessible. With a simple and compelling |
| and that is for sure. | | | | story line, and a strong theme, played on organ, that will |
| Of course, there are some people who say that | | | | have you riveted to your seat, Phantom of the Opera |
| musical theater is just a cheap and boring gimmick. | | | | is one of the best Broadway shows of all time, and |
| They say that Broadway shows, and all musicals for | | | | that is a fact. You have got to check it out. |
| that matter, are made by people who do not have the | | | | |