My name is Valerie, I'm fourteen years old and I'm Dutch, but I love English and German :) I post stuff on this blog what I love and what makes me happy. I love theatre, music, singing, dancing, acting, movies, New York, Harry Potter, my friends, tv-series like Miranda & Flikken Maastricht, delicious food, cute dresses, lovely shoes, beautiful quotes and girls stuff! The musicals Mary Poppins and Wicked are my favorites, they have changed me for good. Oh by the way, I'm in love with Pia Douwes. And Uwe Kröger. And Willemijn Verkaik. And Sophie Veldhuizen. And Brigitte Heitzer. And Chantal Janzen. And Céline Purcell. And Angela Schijf. So. Yeah.
West End:
Over the years, I've had Les Miserables, The Phantom of the Opera, Miss Saigon, Sunset Boulevard, Oliver!, Chicago, Blood Brothers, Billy Elliot, Evita, Joseph, Mary Poppins, The Sound of Music... None of that modern juke box crap.
Broadway:
Yeah, we've had those too. And Wicked, we invented Wicked. And Avenue Q. There's been Jekyll and Hyde, Cabaret, Aida, The Colour Purple, Rent... What about you, Europe? What do you have?
Europe:
Just...you know...some shows and stuff.
West End:
No come on, tell us.
Europe:
Originality, Ambition, Talent...
Broadway:
Those aren't shows!
Years Later
Broadway:
So how's the West End looking?
West End:
We still have a few originals... but now we have Shrek, Ghost: The Musical, we're getting Susan Boyle's life story, Tina Turner's musical, Spice Girls, Bend It Like Beckham... and well um...anything else that tries to be original and, you know, good, closes early. Oh and we like to cast famous people who can't sing, dance or act. What about you?
Broadway:
Rent closed...and we got Spiderman. We've had Shrek too, and Ghost. We'll probably get The Bodyguard when you finish with it. We had something about Dancing Vampires, that failed...
Europe:
Tanz der Vampire.
West End:
Sorry, Europe, did you speak? What have you had? Come on, you never told us.
Europe:
Well we've had Wicked, Sunset Boulevard, Miss Saigon, Cats, Chicago, Cabaret... you know, the usual. But then, we've also had Mozart, Lulu, Romeo and Juliette, Dracula, Rudolf, Elisabeth, Tanz der Vampire - thanks for ruining that - oh yeah, and we invented Rebecca das Musical. Not to mention we have Michael Kunze, Sylvester Levay, Pia Douwes, Uwe Kroger, Wietske van Tongeren, Kerstin Ibald, Maya Hakvroot, Jan Ammann... need I go on?