Sunday, August 16, 2009
New musical: The Harder They Come
I'm off to see this later today. It's based on the seminal 70's reggae movie and the music from its hit soundtrack written by musician & lead star in the movie, Jimmy Cliff. How cool is that?!!
For more details on the The Harder They Come musical, click here.
Labels: Jimmy Cliff, Musicals, Reggae
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
More on In The Heights....
Lin-Manuel Miranda does his acceptance speech for winning the Best Original Score (music & lyrics) for 'In the Heights' at the 2008 Tony Awards in rhyme. How hip hop is that??!
In the Heights - I told y'all already: F-CK with it!
Tweet
In the Heights - I told y'all already: F-CK with it!
Labels: Musicals
Monday, June 02, 2008
In The Heights (TV spot)
N/h on this post but I saw this show last week with my mom who was in town and it was incredible. This TV spot doesn't really do it justice and I'm no expert but I have to say this was the best Broadway show I've ever seen and totally deserving of being the most nominated production at this year's Tony Awards. I think it would make an amazing movie a la Chicago too if done right.
There's a heavy hip hop element to the show (i.e. there's rapping, which is actually pretty decent, as well as singing) so for heads who would never f-ck with this kind of thing, I'm telling you, put your prejudices aside and check it out. This may sell the show short and be a lazy reference because of the heavy Latin element in both, but this is really like West Side Story for the hip hop era. As I was watching it, it made me think of all the great cinematic, A-list hip hop artists like Nas, Dre, Jay-Z etc. who would probably be inspired to do amazing things with this artform if they saw this musical.
Had a great weekend too: I saw your boy Usain 'Lightning' Bolt CRUSH the 100m world record under less-than-optimal conditions on Saturday night at the Reebok Grand Prix track meet and then made it to Summer Jam last night as well. I'll get into that once I find some good video links to base a post around though....
Labels: Musicals
