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!

21 comments:

  1. Anonymous4:21 AM

    Go to see Wicked-
    It is clever and funny
    And mostly cat-free!

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  2. Les Misérables
    GREATEST MUSICAL EVER.
    End of discussion.

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  3. ALL CAPS GUY8:44 AM

    MUSICAL THEATER
    IS MY RESPITE FROM BATTLING
    THE GAY AGENDA!

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  4. Took bro' to see show
    For his graduation gift
    Hiss! said bro' to Cats.

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  5. Rocky Horror show
    Cross-dressing aliens sing!
    What's not to love there?!

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  6. 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...

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  7. Seraphim10:22 AM

    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!

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  8. Team America,
    "Everyone has AIDS." Sorry,
    that is all I got

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  9. Big songs sung loudly
    By wobbly-voiced girls and boys
    To grinning parents.

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  10. La Boheme, Carmen
    Dark and colorful stories
    All about Gypsy's

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  11. Musical theater,
    One of my favorite things.
    The Sound of Music!

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  12. Anonymous1:11 PM

    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

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  13. Singing opera,
    The H.M.S Pinafore,
    British Tar I am.

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  14. Allegra4:59 PM

    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......

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  15. Lily of the Valley6:36 PM

    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?

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  16. A mere six years old,
    The Nutckracker Suite. REALLY??
    Boo, mom and dad. BOO!

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  17. ... 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.

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  18. The bloody barber
    Johnny Depp can't really sing
    Delicious Meat Pies

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  19. Hair to derriere
    Spelled sex.War gainst hypocri-
    See...Vee-Et-Nam.Anthems.

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  20. Nose like Brooklyn's Bridge
    ClownDiva fascinates Omar
    Sing Gawr-geous! Starborne.

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  21. A mask hides hurt and
    disfigurement.Fear and Love
    Dark met.Opera.

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