]THE SEQUEL IS OVERRRRRRRRR. WOOOOPPPPPPPWOOOOPPP. O-V-E-R YEAH! PARTY PARTY IT CLOOOOOSSSSED LIKE A WEEK AGO HELLZ YAHHHHHHH. PLAYING MY VICTORY PLAYLIST THAT I MADE WHEN THE WOMAN LEFT! THIS LEAVING MY LIFE IS EVEN BETTER THAN THAT UNBELIVABLY.

Um...London down, Melbourne to go. And sure, it's still playing in Melbourne, which is far closer than London, but it's still not getting fab reviews at all. And with all the trouble it's had, what Broadway backers are going to back it. I mean, it closed in London, got revised, then they made it entirely different for Autralia. Well....actually. They kept the storylive that they used when it closed and got revised in London and just has new costumes. But even those changes were minimal and people still disliked it. It has little chance, methinks, and this makes me happy. It almost makes up for the fact it opened in Australia and at the Regent Theatre, no less, where it completely sullied the once-hallowed theatre where I first ever saw Wicked <3. And sure, it'll leave the cast album behind, but there's plenty of musicals no one remembers, amirite? That said, the RUG dealt with the closing of the show badly, and I feel for the cast and people who bought tickets for the week after the show was meant to close. You see, the ticket office continued to sell tickets for the week after it eventually closed (i.e, it closed at the end of August and still sold tickets into September, even though they'd kinda known it was gonna close) and they didn't notify the cast the show was closing and that they were gonna cut their contracts short BEFORE the news got to the press, and thus, the cast pretty much found out they were being fired by the newspaper instead of the boss :/.

But I digress. My blogs haven't been quite so happy in quite a while. Or my posts when I found out about the musical. Take a lookie at these posts from October last year!










Wasn't I an angry child? Oh, and that bit about the music being good? LIES. I was attempting to be optimistic. The music is WUBBISH. Definitely not ALW's worst, but not his best either. Far, far, far, faaaaaaar from it. And um....wow...back then, the London production was only at 23 years. Now it's at 25 and I'm very shocked. Like wow. 25 years of Phantom. A whole quarter of a century in the same theatre in London. I'm so proud. *teartear*...and very sad that the 25th Anniversary is in London and I can't go see it. My parents would never agree, obvs *tear*. Buuuut, I guess I'll just see it at the movies. That'll at least please me. Actually, I'm not sure if I'd even want to spend the money. Ramin and Sierra are playing the leads, and I don't like them THAT much. I don't hate them, they're fantastic, but they're not my favourites, and they do disappoint me a bit, and they were in LND, and I don't want that to mingle too much with the original. Even if I am over, don't wanna open old wounds, amirite. Oh, and they're using an entirely new costume design. I like the original costumes. That's like...a good sixteenth of the appeal of the show. The beautiful sets/costumes. The movie costumes were WUBBISH, and I think they may as well just stop trying to make better costumes. It won't happen, so, um, stop, kay? Now, I just have to see the show on Broadway, and maybe I'll see it on the West End again. Just for good measure. Like...if I don't see the original Broadway production(and not a revival kathx, refer to a previous blog, kay?) before I die, I'll cry. I must have see both major original productions, and London's down. So Broadway to go! And if it closes in the next few years, before I get a chance to go to New York on my own, my parents have been told if they don't take me, I'll steal their credit cards and run off to New York on my lonesome. But hopefully it won't. I don't think it will, and I pray to Richard it doesn't. Even though I don't think it will. But anyway, re: the 25th Anniversary production, I may just buy this collector's pack:

http://store.universal-music.co.uk/restofw...t/0600753351567


Pretty groovy, huh? I mean, it's gonna be like...$150 AUD, but is it weird I'd be prepared to pay that? Or maybe for Christmas. That said, I'm already asking for a Beatles CD boxset, with all the CDs and some groovy extras, so I'm not too sure what to do...I really want that replica program, the book, the medallion and the silk print. They're all limited edition, so it might be cool to have them. I'm not too fussed on the CDs/DVD, since I have the two shows cast recordings (yes, even LND, but that is for lulz/I like, like one of the songs and is from when it first came out so I could listen to the show and make an evaluation and because I never delete ANYTHING off my iPod) and I'm fairly sure you can find all those clips that are on the limited edition DVD on youtube. Well....not the private collection video of ALW and Michael Crawford at the show's 10000th performance, OR the interviews....possibly, but I digress. I only want the collector's items really. But it'd be that or the Beatles boxset, and they're like...my two number one loves battling for first place...the Beatles thing is $300, BTW....hum...I really don't know, especially since those clips that are exclusive i.e the 10000th performance can be found on youtube from an audience member and not one of RUG's people. It's rubbish quality though...but anyhoo, Beatles boxsets anyone?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles_Stereo_Box_Se




Maybe though, my two loves don't have to battle. Afterall, they DID once combine in one movie, how I won the war. Michael Crawford and John Lennon in the same movie? I almost DIED. I'm fairly sure I found that out after reading Cynthia Lennon's book, and she referenced Michael and then I went aGooglin and died.

Check.


It.


Out.


Kids.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061789/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_I_Won_the_War

Amazingness. Perhaps I'll purchase it. Something which I found out is easy to be sneaky about on EBay, and how to get a cheaper copy is to find a copy where they mention Michael Crawford in the listing title, as opposed to listing John Lennon or both of them in the listing title, I looked for one with Michael's name, and all of them were at least $10 cheaper than their counterparts. Perhaps Beatles fan are willing to spend more? Or perhaps they're a tad dumber, or maybe even more fangirly, and are willing to spend lots on their love. Kidding, of course . But it is still puzzling. I wouldn't want to speed too much on a movie that mightn't be good. My grandad says he thinks he's seen it and said it wasn't great. Buuuut he's not sure. So I digress. ANYWAY, BACK TO THE BOXSETS. I like/want the black one, as it's the stereo boxset, not the mono boxset....but...read on.

Except I saw that box in White. And there is a white boxset, the mono boxset, but the box I saw was the same size as the one in the image, and the mono boxset is tiny. So I dunno. BUT BACK TO PHANTOM, METHINKS. Anyway, apparantly the 25th Anniversary show should come out in theatres, like the Les Mis one did. Which comes to another reason I wouldn't have seen it live, but would just watch it...it's not the full show...um, apparantly anyway...it's at Royal Albert Hall, so....that's what I'm guessing. Les Mis's 10th Anniversary was there, and it was only a concert version...but who knows. I mean, I guess it'd be worth it...if you lived in London...but I'll see it at the movies, like I said (oh, and if you thought I meant actual theatres above, I didn't really, ya big sillies. My mistake, and for some reason on this MC post, I can't backspace. Hum.) and then buy the DVD after, just like I did for Les Mis's 25th Anniversary. And this DVD isn't the same one that comes in the 25th Collector's item, BTW. This is the DVD of the 25th Anniversary concert, and the DVD that comes in the 25th Collector's pack is just a DVD of extras, which I dunno if I want. Silly as it may be, the 25th Anniversary DVD doesn't come with the 25th Anniversary Collector's pack. So meh. OH, and speaking of Concert's at the movies, I missed the re-release of Concert For George a few months ago. Grrr. But ho hum. I"ll just buy that on DVD as well, even though it's been out for years. George IS my favourite Beatle. Disappointing I missed it, but what can ya do, eh!?

Lesigh. Life is good. Well, ish, but that's another story considering I'm still annoyed about things not related to Phantom,i.e exams, and my mother's criticisms. But this blog has gone on for long enough, and you don't wanna hear me mope about all that. This has been the cheeriest blog I've done in a while, and if you have no clue whatsoever what I'm ranting about, don't even bother trying . There's absolutely no point in the slightest, I promise. Just me babbling. But perhaps I'll post a mopey blog later, if you REALLY want to hear my problems about my mother being mean, and my stupid exams . Kidding of course. It's really really time to end this psycho babble or we'll be here forever. Gawd, that was long-winded and LONG....shutting up now. And as I said, just ignore all the babble. I just needed a good, happy rant/vent, and a slightly annoyed/depressed one at the end there. But yeah. Ignore. ;P

Tata!
Kate out!
*lewave*
LOVE YOU GUISE <3.