BROADWAY, you rock!

Well just thought you all would like to know that I got 70/70 on my project!!! Yay! Go BROADWAY!

Thumbs up or thumbs down?

             Hey! So I thought that as my last blog I would rate each of the books I read. There are six categories. Those groups include interesting, informative, descriptive, length, writing style and overall. I will rate each question from zero to five, with zero being not very blank and five being very blank.

            “A Little Bit Wicked” by Kristin Chenoweth was a hilarious book. I give it a five on interesting because I was laughing so much, and I couldn’t put the book down. For informative I give this book a five because I learned tons of things about Kristin Chenoweth that I never knew. This book had just enough description, not too much and not too little, so I rate it a five. The length was a little too short so I would give it a four. I would have liked to learn more about her experiences in movies. I would say that the writing style of this book was a five since it was understandable. I wasn’t confused and bored. Overall this was an amazing book that I would recommend to anyone who loves theater. Sadly, this book was my second favorite book, but it was so close to being first! This is a five-star book!

            “Home: A Memoir of My Early Years” by Julie Andrews was a great book to help me learn more about Julie! I give it a five on interesting because I was learning so much about her that again I couldn’t put the book down. For informative, I give this book a five because I had so many highlights of facts in my e-reader. This book was way too descriptive at time,s so I have to give it a three. The length was cut a little short, and she left me hanging! I wanted to hear more about her films and her second husband. The writing style was a five because it flowed in a nice chronological order. Overall, this was my favorite book even though it did lose some points here and there. This is definitely above a five-star book!

            “Broadway Musicals Show By Show: Sixth Edition” by Stanley Green and revised/updated by Kay Green was a good book to see how many musicals have been on Broadway. I give it a four on interesting because there are so many musicals to read and there are some musicals that don’t interest me. For informative, I give this book a five because on the first page of every musical you see the songs, producer, cast, location, and many other interesting facts. This book tells the plot of show and if it has a record or some other unusual time, so I rate it a five. The length of this is just right; it starts with the first long-running musical and goes to 2007 so you get to see some more modern-day musicals. The writing style of this book is nice because I like the list at the beginning and plot/interesting facts following for each production. Overall, this was my least favorite book to read because there were SO many musicals to read. I did like hearing about some musicals that I have seen the film version of or if I have heard about it. Even though I would rate this only as a four-star book, I still recommend it because it is entertaining to read summaries of famous Broadway productions! The last quote of my blog is “Break a leg,” a theatrical term that is used around the world. Remember that Julie Andrews and Kristin Chenoweth weren’t always famous and they were told “no” every once and awhile. Don’t be ashamed if you don’t get the leading role in the play, just keep practicing and one day the perfect role for you may come along. Who knows, maybe one day I’ll see your name in lights or maybe one day you’ll see my name in lights. Go live a happy life, reader.

                                                                                                

For the last time… ~Aspiring Actress~

A day in the life of four-year-old me

            When I was 4 years old, my mother and I went to New York to see my cousin. While we were there, we got tickets to the Broadway production of “Beauty and the Beast.” Unfortunately, I was too young when we saw it to remember what the show was like. The other day, my mom was looking through some things and found a journal that she kept while we were on our vacation. It starts out by talking about our plane ride. As you may already know, I have always loved to sing. Apparently on our way to New York, I sang songs to an 85-year-old woman from New Jersey! The next few pages are filled with different tourist places we went and talking about how much fun I had chasing/yelling at squirrels and riding the carousel (obviously my horse was the fastest!) in Central Park. October 25, 2000, was the day we bought our Broadway tickets from the TKTS outlet for “Beauty and the Beast.” My mother wrote that “Beauty and the Beast” “was a magical performance. The sets were extravagant. There was a wonderful landscape backdrop with fall-colored leaves and a blue sky. Belle’s cottage was quaint. The castle seemed gigantic. It could be spooky or enchanting. The costumes were just as intricate. The singing was as good as nearly any Disney movie I’ve seen. The cast seemed very enthusiastic. … Kate was entranced for the entire show.” I must have picked a great show for my first Broadway experience! After hearing all of this, I skipped ahead to the shows from 2000 in my book “Broadway Musicals Show by Show: Sixth Edition” but didn’t see “Beauty and the Beast.” Then I just looked at all of the years of shows and found this show in the 1994 section. All it talked about was the plot and which understudies were used. Hopefully, this musical won’t be the only Broadway show I see though! Here is the music quote for today, “Music's the medicine of the mind.” - John A. Logan.

~Aspiring Actress~

When I grow up, I want to be just like you :)

When I grow up, I hope to be like Kristin Chenoweth and Julie Andrews. If you randomly shout out “Hey look, it’s Julie Andrews/Kristin Chenoweth” in a crowded place, what would happen? Everyone would run around trying to find them. Just like everyone else in the world, I want to be known. I don’t want to be just “that one girl,” I want to be “Kate (I’m not putting my last name up for privacy reasons).” To achieve what these women have done would make me feel accomplished.

Why would I want to be like Julie Andrews? Well, there are many reasons why. She was in the Broadway hits “Camelot” and “My Fair Lady,” she has an amazingly clear tone with perfect, tall vowels, and she is really pretty. If I could sing/act as well as Julie Andrews, I would be auditioning for every musical I could until people started recognizing who I was and an agent wanted to manage my career. Those are only a few of the reasons why. I could go on forever.

Why would I want to be like Kristin Chenoweth? Um, do I have to answer this? Isn’t it obvious? She is as cute as a button and everyone makes sure she knows it, she can sing with such an interesting tone that I don’t think I could ever teach myself, and her acting skills are phenomenal. Every time I watch anything from T.V. to YouTube with Kristin performing, I find myself laughing so hard! Some funny performances that Kristin were in include “Ellen,” “Glee,” “Taylor the Latte Boy,” and “The Girl in 14 G.”

Can’t a girl dream what she wants to be like when she grows up? Don’t get me wrong, I love who I am and all that, but if there were two Broadway stars I would want to be, Julie Andrews and Kristin Chenoweth would be at the top of my list. Quote of the day, “Music is what life sounds like.” - Eric Olson.

~Aspiring Actress~