"Into the Woods"

 It was a musical which my friend was dying to watch, and as an "artsy fartsy" friend who had nothing else better to do, I decided to watch the musical with her.

It burnt a big hole through my pocket and I was squinting my eyes to even make out the expressions of the performers because we sat so far back.

Surprisingly for a musical, the story plot held itself quite well. I didn't know it was originally a broadway musical and even won itself a couple of Tonys only until the interval break. The characters were funny enough and you could see that they put in lots of effort with all the lyrics and lines and dance steps.

The songs however weren't as catchy as I thought they would be. Most of them even sounded "tuneless" to me, or maybe I was tone deaf, or maybe the performers weren't doing such a great job.

The few who impressed me were definitely the witch (imagine the witch doing rap and dang can she sing!) Little did I know that she's actually some "dua pai" (big shot) from broadway itself, no wonder she was a few levels above the rest of the performers. But the other two characters who caught my attention were the princes. They were unanimously the funniest characters in the show, and their songs were catchy too!

I was pleasantly surprised that Adrian Pang can actually sing (yes he is in the show -- again.) But still, he pales in comparison to the rest of the performers.

All in all I wasn't too thrilled with the performance, taking into consideration of the price tag which came along with it. (I sat three levels above the stage and my ticket cost a hefty 61 bucks)

(Behind the scenes of "Into the Woods")

(Behind the scenes of their TVC shoot)

("Into the Woods" TVC)