Last night, one of my close friends and I went to one of the many local elementary schools in my town where its theater department, called the Student Actors Program, put on this "show" called Broadway Dreamin'; the group performs a handful of musicals (some years it went as high as eight) but would do a couple of scenes/songs from each one. This year, the department put on The Lion King, Willy Wonka, Annie Get Your Gun, You're a Good Man Charlie Brown (the school staff like to put on a scene as well), Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, and Wicked.
Now because it was an elementary school production, I didn't hold high expectations for it; overall it was a cute little showcase. But my personal favorite was The Lion King and it wasn't because I've always had respect for it even before it went on Broadway. The scenes the "cast" for that section put on was really good and I liked it a lot!
This show started the whole event with the "Circle of Life" (who didn't see that coming?) and ended the event with "Hakuna Matata", "They Live In You" (performed by an older alumni that I know well) and the reprise of "Circle of Life." The guy I know that played Mufasa and sang "They Live In You" sounded great (like eargasm great) and it shocked me because he's not one of my favorite people to talk to and I had to remind myself not to fall in love with his voice.
I wish I recorded the performance but instead I'll put on the Broadway version of it! (As I type, I'm waiting for the Broadway version of The Lion King to finish downloading on iTunes.)
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