
An International House of Chaos
Matt's Review of Musicals:
Musicals that I saw over the summer of 2001 (age 15)
OKLAHOMA
Year Written: 1955
Who wrote the music: Oscar Hammerstein
Who wrote the words: Richard Rodgers
Main Characters: Curly, Lory Williams, Will, Judd Fry, Annie, Aunt Eller, Gerite, Laurey, Mr. Carnes, Skid Moore.
Plot Summary: A cowboy named Curly is in love with a girl named Lory Williams. Her Aunt Eller's hired hand (Judd) is also in love with Lory. They both tend to fight over Lory. After Curly marries Lory, Judd tries to kill Curly and falls on his own knife.
Favorite Song: The farmer and the cowboy.
Overall Rating (1poor-5very good): 3
Any songs you reconized: No
MY FAIR LADY
Year Written: 1956
Who wrote the music: Allen Jay Lerner
Who wrote the words: Loewe
Main Characters: Eliza, Henry, Colonial Pickering.
Plot Summary: Eliza is just a flower girl who lives the streets and speaks terrible English. Henry and Colonial Pickering are speech thereapists and know different languages. They offered to help her speak good english. She refused many times. A day later she came to henry's home to ask for help on learning to speak better english. After months of terrible procedures and practices, she finally speaks English right. She goes to meet the king and queen. They confront the Royal Language and speech therapist, who can tell if a person is English or not. He says that she was English by the end of the ball and she wasn't.
Favorite song: None
Overall Rating(1-5): 2
Any songs you reconize: No
HELLO DOLLY
Year Written:
Who wrote the music: Jerry Herman
Who wrote the words: Ernest Lehmans
Main Characters: Dolly, Horace, Barnaby, Irene, Minnie, cornielious
Plot Summary: Dolly is famouse for starting relationships and doing just about everything for people. She takes two young men (Barnaby and Cornielious)to New york which is were the store owner (Horace) is staying at. Horace wanted to ask Irene to marry him. Instead Dolly gets his hands to go out with Irene and her assistant Mini. Dolly then gets Horace to go out with some one else. It was a trap to get him to go out with Dolly. They all get married at the end.
Favorite Song: I don't have one
Overall Rating (1-5):3
Any songs you reconize: No
ANNIE
Year Written:
Who wrote the music:Martin Charnin
Who wrote the words:Thomas Meehan
Main Characters: Annie, Miss Anigan, Oliver, Rooster.
Plot Summary: Annie's parents were killed in a fire leaving her as an orphan. She didn't know that her parents were killed. When she was adopted by a billionair, she told him that she wanted to find her real parents. Oliver then put out a large reward to fing Annie's real parents. Miss Annigan and Rooster wanted that money and their key to it was a locket that was torn in half. Annie had one half and Miss Annigan had the other. They Kidnapped her and Oliver then had the police all over the kidnappers. They were caught and peace was brought back to the house.
Favorite Song: Don't have one.
Overall Rating (1-5):3
Any songs you reconize: Tommorrow
SOUND OF MUSIC
Year Written:1959
Who wrote the music: Oscar Hammerstein
Who wrote the words:Richard Rodgers
Main Characters: Maria,Capt. Georgevon Trap, and the 8 Children.
Plot Summary:A nun is to become the governess for the Georgevon Trap children. She bring the family closer to the father than ever before. She also teaches the children to sing. and the family becomes famouse for it but, they have to run from the Nazis only because the father is needed in the service. so they run away during the Announcing of the best group. They got first but they ran from the Nazis who were there to escort the father to service. They had to run to Austria a Nazi free country.
Favorite Song:I don't have one.
Overall Rating (1-5):3
Any songs you reconize:No
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
Year Written:1986
Who wrote the music:
Who wrote the words:
Main Characters: Seamore
Plot Summary: Seamore comes accoss a wierd plant. With it he brings business back to a florist shop that he works at. Then he finds out the plant eats fresh blood. Seamore soon gets frantic and kills an evil doctor and uses the body too feed the plant. The plant gets too big and leads seamores love into a trap and almost kills her and seamore kills the plant.
Favorite Song:Don't have one
Overall Rating (1-5):3
Any songs you reconize:No
FUNNY GIRL
Year Written:1964
Who wrote the music:Winter Garden
Who wrote the words:Jule Styne
Main Characters:Filly Bryce, Nick, Rose, Zigfield
Plot Summary:Filly was born to be funny. She was asked by Mr. Zigfield to join his acting crew to star in a play. He thought that it would be perfect, Filly made it funny by changing some of her parts. She moved on and met a love for her life. He was Nick. They got married and had a kid. Nick was rich and played a lot of poker. They had to divorce later on only because Nick had done a crime and turned himself in. She went on and became a famous star.
Favorite Song: The Beautiful Bride Song
Overall Rating (1-5):5
Any songs you reconize:No
WEST SIDE STORY
Year Written:
Who wrote the music:Leonardo Berstein
Who wrote the words: Robert Wise
Main Characters: Tony, Maria, anita, Riff, Bernardo, Doc
Plot Summary: Two street gangs (Sharks and Jets) Battle over who gets the streets. An old leader or friend of the Jets falls in love with the sister of the sharks leader.
Favorite Song: Keep it cool boy
Overall Rating (1-5):3
Any songs you reconize:No