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17. Ghost the Musical – May 28, 2012             Fun Fact time!   Most Broadway shows we get here in New York come from London’s West End where they are huge sellouts there.   That is true!   We have had great hits from Les Misérables , Cats , the long running Phantom of the Opera , Priscilla Queen of the Desert and the upcoming Matilda the Musical which is coming to Broadway this spring.   Now Broadway has got I think is one of the good shows to come out from the West End (I am writing this after it closed I know but I had to share my thoughts) and that show is Ghost which is based on the movie of the same name that starred the late Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg.   It also featured the popular song “Unchained Melody” by the Righteous Brothers used in the famous pottery scene (both the song and the scene are in the musical).           ...

7. RENT – January 7, 2012             After an eventful week, it was time for me to go back to what I love to do.   I managed to win the lottery for RENT .   I wanted to go see the show because the girl who played “Maureen”, Annaleigh Ashford had her final days with the show.   She was funny as ever.   By the article comes out she will be in the musical Dogfight and a new show called Kinky Boots .             RENT is taken place in the East Village in New York City in 1991 during the time of AIDS epidemic.   Narrator Mark Cohen (Adam Chanler –Berat), a filmmaker, takes the audience with his video camera and focuses on the lives of him and his friends on how they struggle on in their respective lives.   His friends include his roommate, aspiring rock musician Roger Davis (Matt Shingledecker) who is desperate to write one last song before A...