Friday, November 02, 2012

 

Haiku Friday: Musical Theater!



Ok, that whole "Cats" thing totally creeps me out. Seriously. I can't even watch beyond the first three seconds.

Still, can we haiku about musical theater. Sure, I've never gone there (for obvious reasons-- I don't know anything about it) but... there are those who love it.

I'll go first:

Disaster has struck!
Town imperiled, All is lost...
So, Let's sing and dance!

Now, it is your turn (and I'm really counting on y'all here to fill in the many many gaps in my knowledge). There recipe, syllable-wise, is 5/7/5, and the winner gets a bio here on Monday! Now, go!

Comments:
Go to see Wicked-
It is clever and funny
And mostly cat-free!
 
Les Misérables
GREATEST MUSICAL EVER.
End of discussion.
 
MUSICAL THEATER
IS MY RESPITE FROM BATTLING
THE GAY AGENDA!
 
Took bro' to see show
For his graduation gift
Hiss! said bro' to Cats.
 
Rocky Horror show
Cross-dressing aliens sing!
What's not to love there?!
 
Baylor Theater
Mourns hero for musicals.
We will miss Bill Cook.

Resting in Peace was
never his thing. He'd rather
direct the chaos.

His was "Fantastick" show -
Drama, Laughter, Love and Pain.
The message lingers...
 
English schoolteacher
Twirling in a silk ballgown
"Shall We Dance?" Oh, yes!

Flower girl, Ascot,
Reverts to her old language:
"Move yer bloomin' arse!"

Three strippers: ballet,
electric lights and trumpet
They had a gimmick!
 
Team America,
"Everyone has AIDS." Sorry,
that is all I got
 
Big songs sung loudly
By wobbly-voiced girls and boys
To grinning parents.
 
La Boheme, Carmen
Dark and colorful stories
All about Gypsy's
 
Musical theater,
One of my favorite things.
The Sound of Music!
 
TIME TO START LIVIN'
TIME TO TAKE A LITTLE FROM
THIS WORLD WE'RE GIVEN

TIME TO TAKE TIME, CAUSE
SPRING WILL TURN INTO FALL IN
JUST NO TIME AT ALL

-- from the brilliant musical "Pippin"

Bob

 
Singing opera,
The H.M.S Pinafore,
British Tar I am.
 
The girl whose best real
Was fairytale went into the
Woods with dapper Steph-

En,if that wasn't
Enough,became sixteen again
With sweet Maria.

In his snow white suit
He penned heart and wit
If only he was......
 
A purse can come from
A pig's ear,guttersnipe to
Queen.Eliza morphs.

Bedraggled violets
To crown,spunky flowergirl
Now sings "H",Spain,Rain

Einsford-Hill fancies
Her Style.Still Eliza is
Gaga for Henry.

Will he want her back?
Now that he's accustomed to
Her face,she to his?
 
A mere six years old,
The Nutckracker Suite. REALLY??
Boo, mom and dad. BOO!
 
... and I can't help but using the last line of Bob's Pippin haiku to segue into the Police's "No Time This Time."

no time at aaaaaaaa-llllll,
no time this time...

great song, that one. thanks, Bob.
 
The bloody barber
Johnny Depp can't really sing
Delicious Meat Pies
 
Hair to derriere
Spelled sex.War gainst hypocri-
See...Vee-Et-Nam.Anthems.
 
Nose like Brooklyn's Bridge
ClownDiva fascinates Omar
Sing Gawr-geous! Starborne.
 
A mask hides hurt and
disfigurement.Fear and Love
Dark met.Opera.
 
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