Well, we can go off topic like the other Appreciation threads....
Or we can talk about SEE WHAT I WANNA SEE.
I'll start.
LaChiusa is one of my favorite composers and I find it rather eerie that Idina is in his next show. Here's why: Someone sent me Idina's "LIFE OF THE PARTY." I enjoyed it a lot. This led me to buy Lippa's THE WILD PARTY CD...and I also discovered Alix Korey (which led me on to David Freidman and ASU). But I also discovered LaChiusa's THE WILD PARTY. Got it. Listened to it a few times. Nothing I was used to. Then I kept listening. All of a sudden something clicked. It isn't about big, belty numbers. It's about a party. And the party as a whole. Not specific scenes.
And that led me onto MARIE CHRISTINE (which led me to Audra McDonald, and back again to another LaChiusa song written for her Carnegie Hall show), HELLO AGAIN, FIRST LADY SUITE (which deepened my admiration for Greg Jbara), and LITTLE FISH (which allowed me to fall even deeper in love with Jennifer Laura Thompson).
Now Idina is in one of his shows, and it feels right. And I feel that it will be perfect in the sens of my favorite composer has a new show with the actress who helped me discover him.
Updated On: 8/29/05 at 05:26 PM