Barbie Musical...- Page 2

[WiiCKED x3]

Posted: 3/11/06 at 8:59am

eww i cant get the thought of mermaids and all of those magical things running around stage out of my head. it's broadway! not a toy store on stage. And it's a tour?? Great people all over could go and see barbie and all of her magical friends!


this makes me sick

[WiiCKED x3]

Posted: 3/11/06 at 9:01am

*sorry its just a tour. if it comes near where i live, im temporarily moving to alaska.

[broadwayrose2]

Posted: 3/11/06 at 4:21pm

You have to remember though, that it's not designed for people our age! It's for little children who will really like being part of Barbie's world. Every little-kid show is fairly corney, but the kids watching it enjoy it thoroughly! And isn't that what so many people look back on when they're old, the silly little musicals and things that made childhood fun? I know if I was 5 I would LOVE to see this show! Why does everyone automatically turn away from these new shows they haven't even seen yet anyway?

[bare_nakedlady]

Posted: 4/8/06 at 12:25am

OK so I saw the tour of this Tonight, and the kids loved it. Sure it was pretty much crap, but it carried a good message and touched on basic social skills that children need to learn. It was fun watching all the fairies flying around. I got free tickets so I took my niece and a friends kids. They were participating and really got into it. To judge this show as if it were broadway quality would be a big mistake. You have to remember that even toys need to reinvent themselves.

However, the set is mostly drops but the costumes are very lavish and sparkly. (Very Barbiesque) They really need work on the book, but being that a lot of it is from their source material (the movie) there's not much they can do. There are a lot of holes/dead air in the dialogue, which could be helped by songs coming in a few beats earlier instead of finishing your line and then starting the music, thus waiting several beats to sing rather than creating fluidity.

The Fungi costumes were cool and scared the kids half to death.

Overall, they need to take a lesson from Seasame Street Live, or at least watch one, because they have been doing this for a long time and know how to do it right.

They filmed a Television commercial with the audience in it after curtain call, so look for me when it comes to your city.

[SamIAm]

Posted: 4/8/06 at 9:04am

Barbie as a musical? Really? What's next, G.I. Joe?

[bare_nakedlady]

Posted: 4/8/06 at 9:33am

Hey anythings possible. The whole reason HE MAN and SHE RA existed was because they wanted to sell toys so the made a whole cartoon series that came on everyday introducing new characters all the time. Therefore making new toys to sell. It worked for them.

[WhenURScrap]

Posted: 4/8/06 at 6:25pm

Who plays Barbie? I heard a rumor and I believe I might know her...

[jimnysf]

Posted: 4/8/06 at 7:05pm

Maybe if this works out, they'll send out a "Barbie On Ice" edition! Or a more adult version where Barbie has an affair with Midge and Ken finds eternal love with GI Joe. So many possibilities and so many dolls to sell afterward.

[bare_nakedlady]

Posted: 4/8/06 at 9:49pm

Don't know who played her, there were several articles about it on this and other sites but they don't give playbills so I'm at a loss. Sorry

EDIT: Guess what I finally found the article. It's Erin Elizabeth Coors.





Barbie Article

Updated On: 4/8/06 at 09:49 PM

[WhenURScrap]

Posted: 4/8/06 at 11:46pm

Oh I went to school with Erin Coors! Fabulous actress. She played Kate in Wild Party here. AMAZING!