Lestat and the dream it triggered

Firstly, of course Chronicles of Narnia wasn't better than Harry Potter. Though I have to say I like Hans Zimmer a lot more than Patrick Doyle, or Charles Doyle, or whoever did the music for the fourth movie.

Lestat was pretty good. Allen Biggs, if I ever meet you, I will not be responsible for my actions. You need to learn that we came to hear Hugh Panaro sing, not you blow our eardrums out on suspended cymbal. It's not your place to challenge Panaro's voice, so back off a little bit. Sure, as suspended cymbal player, you do have to lead the crescendos, but obviously no human voice can get as loud as you, so don't go all out.

On to the actual musical... the good songs were "Make Me As You Are", "The Crimson Kiss", "I Want More", and "Sail Me Away". The others weren't very good. But I don't have a very high opinion of Elton John. He says he wrote Aida. Sorry, Elton, but those rights belong to Giuseppe Verdi.

So Lestat isn't the new Wicked. It's not going to go as far as POTO, or Wicked, or Jesus Christ Superstar. Maybe if they had gotten Andrew Lloyd Webber to do the music, I would've enjoyed it more.

At intermission, I really wanted to go to the first row and talk to Brad Haak. He's the conductor. I also wanted to talk to Hugh Panaro. On the drive home, I had a conversation with him in my head. I want to ask him how it was portraying Erik. What was his favorite kissing scene in POTO? Did he love singing Raoul's part in "Wandering Child"? How was wearing the face applying process? What's his favorite song? How does Andrew Lloyd Webber compare with Elton John?

I couldn't sleep last night, so I dreamed a lot. I dream most when I'm half-asleep. I dreamed that I was directing Lestat, and then when they performed it, I was watching it. And when it was over, I saw Erik, because he was playing Lestat. I was very proud of him, but I couldn't talk to him, so I was sad. James McAvoy was there too, I think he was playing Nicolas. Then I was at this huge house on Balboa Island. Piera was there, only she was Christine. She had lost her memory. I helped her make a turkey sandwich, but there was no whole wheat bread left. It was really random, I know, but that's what happened.

Back to Lestat, I really liked Roderick Hill, who played Nicolas, and Allison Fischer, who was Claudia. She was fabulous! I bet she plays Glinda one day, but I don't know how old she is. She's short, so I'm guessing she's young, but her picture in the cast bio in the program suggests she's older. She's definitely not ten, like her character is. Not that young. I don't think she's got a fansite, so I don't know how old she is.

That's about it, I'm going to leave now. ttyl!