Random and quick...

[readingredhead]

I've been hanging around alot, being generally lazy, watching lots of TV, knitting, etc. You get the picture. But I've also been laptop-shopping and scholarship-essay-writing. And reading Life of Pi. But anyway, that's my life in a few sentences. But before you go:

1. Scan my interests list.
2. Pick out one interest that seems odd/intriguing/confusing/whatever to you.
3. I'll explain why it's on my list.
4. You post this in your journal so others can ask about your interests.

Comments

[readingredhead.livejournal.com]

The Last Five Years is a musical which caught my attention sometime last year because the original male lead was played by Norbert Leo Butz (who I should add to my interests, come to think of it), a ridiculously talented singer who played the part of Roger in the musical Rent and also was the original Fiyero in the musical Wicked. I bought the soundtrack to hear his voice (which is absolutely gorgeous) and fell in love with the story. More or less, the musical tells of the last five years of a relationship between a wannabe actress, Cathy, and a successful writer, Jamie (Butz's role). It could very easily have been nothing out of the ordinary, except for how the musical is sequenced. Jamie tells the story from start to finish -- from when he meets Cathy to when he cheats on Cathy. But Cathy goes through the storyline *backwards*. The two are never present in the same scene, except for the middle one where their tellings of the story cross (at their wedding). It's a two-man show, easy for smaller theaters to produce; in fact, I saw it in a 99-seat theater this last year, and it was wonderful in every way. Hope that all makes sense; it's a really hard musical to describe, but it's also really good.

[bluephoenix8807.livejournal.com]

That makes sense, and it sounds intriguing, come to think of it. Especially how the two are only together in one scene, and how Cathy tells the story backwards. Thanks.