Day 29: Musicals

Also, Bryann's love of musicals - otherwise I may not get to see so many!!

Bryann is currently addicted to Stephen Sondheim.  Which means we constantly have "Sweeny Todd" and "Company" playing in the background of our lives.  He pulls up the movie of live production of either and it plays while we make dinner, or are cleaning, doing laundry, getting ready for bed.  It makes household tasks much more fun.  I've even caught him SINGING ALONG!!

We found "Sunday in the Park with George" and "Into the Woods" on Amazon Prime Instant Viewing, so I'm sure we'll get around to watching those this weekend, and maybe Bryann will get adicted to those soundtracks as well, but for now, we're catching up on some of the revival productions of "Sweeny" and "Company."  Bryann rented the 2002 revival of "Sweeny Todd in Concert" (starring the George Hearn -the original Sweeny - Patty LuPone, and Neil Patrick Harris) from the Marylhurst Library and we watched that on Tuesday.  Tonight we're watching the 2011 revival of Company with NPH and Patty LuPone again!)

Aside from watching and listening to soundtracks from musicals, we live in this wonderful city of Portland where Broadway Across America brings us amazing shows like Phantom of the Opera, Wicked, Rent, West Side Story, Avenue Q, Monty Python, etc.  There are also really excellent theater companies where we've seen outstanding productions of Sweeny Todd, Company (again with the Sondheim!), Legally Blonde, UrineTown, and The Putnam County Spelling Bee.

I love musicals.  I'm thankful they exist.  The music from musicals forms the backbone of my childhood music education.  I would hate to live without them.