Yesterday, Saturday the 26th of October was the day I took my 4 year old daughter and 8 year old cousin to see Beauty and the Beast the Musical at the Palace Theatre in Manchester.
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the Beast, Wendy Carlos signalled a new direction in 1986.Beauty in the Beastis Carlos's magnum opus, an album that should have established the synthesiser's role in the new global music landscape. More than that, it should have established Carlos as a composer and not just aSwitched-On Bachjukebox. But not too many people were listening. Re-released now after 14 years,Beauty in the Beasthas lost none of its power. Carlos is profound and poignant, dissonant and disarming onBeautyas she fuses a global orchestra from her synthesisers. "Poem for Bali" is the centrepiece of the album, an episodic, 17-minute excursion as Carlos orchestrates the sounds and rhythms of a digital gamelan orchestra. In addition to replicating the metallophones, gongs and flutes of the traditional gamelan, she creates her own hybrid sound designs, giving this work a surreal and sometimes harrowing tone, like a dream bent through funhouse mirrors. But then there are pieces like "A Woman's Song", based on a Balkan melody. The title track merges nightmare landscapes and a crazed carnival calliope with a haunting theme that sounds like a lament for the end of the world.Beauty in the Beastis an essential recording of both modern composition and synthesis and Carlos should plug into this circuit again.--John Diliberto
Advantages: Very well animated Disadvantages: Too musical for children
...year old cousin to see Beauty and the Beast the Musical at the Palace Theatre in Manchester.
The show started off with a musical ensemble and with two actors on stage, one as the prince and the other as the haggered person with the rose. Very dramatic start as the haggered person' outfit is stripped to display the beauty ejected into the air with lots and lots of bright lights of a "firework display".
The show itself is based on the Disney film ... ...were rather bored with show by about 40 minutes into the musical as sometimes some of the scenes were limited to 2 actors and very little activity. Some of the scenes were very funny when Lefou got in the way and being hit over by the Young Prince. They thought that this was very funny.
Fantastic background muriels. Very colourful show but judging by my girls' boredom and some other kids that were around the stall, a lot of chit chat unfortunately ...
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Advantages: Costumes, songs, and script Disadvantages: Waiting times for the tickets
...Lion King's hype is well earned, as I witnessed after a 8 month wait for the seats that where booked. The production was spectacular, with visual effects amazing for stage work. Unlike Beauty and the Beast. The scenario was more simple but more dramatic. The special effects such as the stampede are amazing and are very convincing. To make the story last that bit longer, as the film is only about 1hour 1/2, the storyline was padded out, to great effect. The added sections worked well with the original plot and did not alter the story line at all. I actually thought that the added bits imporved on the overall story.
If you have any children it is well worth the wait to see it. The children will love it and the adults too. With the comical references to other Disney films and productions, and some adult humour too, it really does...
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...Walt Disney world in Orlando Florida must be every persons number one dream, weather its your first or 10th visit its amazing walking down main street in Magic kingdom looking at the castle, It gives you goosebumps!
All the parks are good my fave is MGM Studios with unmissable rides Like the Tower of terror and Aerosmith rockin rollacoaster. Other fun stuff like the Back lot tour, Muppets, Beauty and the beast and the great movie rides are great.
Magic Kingdom is what makes Disney, the castle is just amazing. Good rides here are Space, Splash and thunder mountain, haunted mansion and Phillar magic, its great for little kids.
Epoct More for the adults with the world show case but teast track, mission space and soarin are great!
Animal kingdom is lovely but be warned theres very litttle shade and its HOT, everest and Dinosaur...
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