"Poor Sweet Baby?"

I'm pretty sure a good portion of you know about the childish musical You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, which was created before the seasonal TV specials (about six years, to be exact!) but based on the comic strip "Peanuts."  Well, I bet you might have not heard about its sequel, Snoopy! The Musical. 

Also based on the "Peanuts" comic strip, this 1975 musical focuses more on the life of Snoopy and his version of what happened to him while living with Charlie Brown. I wish this show made it to Broadway; it's really cute, simple, powerful and a show for all ages! 

Anyway, I need to become more familiar to the show and its music (as well as The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee) but one song I really liked (and I really want to try and be Peppermint Patty in the future) is the smash hit "Poor Sweet Baby", where she sarcastically proclaims her love for Charlie Brown—it's cute and a good vocal piece for auditions! 

Broadway Dreamin'

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.)