Why Can't My Life be a Musical?: XANADU

Yesterday, theater again showed me that life is good. As a class requirement we were asked to watch Xanadu in RCBC Theater. At first I was fidgety because our tickets are for on stage seats. Meaning, yeah, we are to sit on stage.

Xanadu by Atlantis Productions is a remake of the 1980 hit musical of the same title. Well, the movie did not do good, but that's another story.lol. The original Xanadu starred Olivia Newton John as Clio, Michael Beck as Sonny Malone, and other great stars under the direction of Robert Greenwald.

The story revolves around the life of a frustrated and suicidal artist Sonny Malone who have been trying to create a magnificent and meaningful work of art. In the midst of his frustration, the muses that Sonny Malone drew in his mural heard him and decided to help in his artistic endeavor. The muses then decided that their leader Clio put on a disguise as an Australian on skates and then meet Sonny Malone. Their meeting will then uncover strings leading to envy, greed, lost love and back to love itself.

In the Atlantis Production, Clio was played by Rachel Alejandro. Before, I know of Rachel as a good singer and actress, but when I saw her in Xanadu, she was amazing. For me it is her best role so far, she just awed me with how she can switch from Australian accent, to British , to southern accent, of course while most of the time in skates. Her voice prowess is unquestionable, her costume looked good on her, her acting is mesmerizing.

Though my favorite actor for the night is the one who played Calliope, the muse of epic. From the first scene my eyes and ears are glued on her. Her voice is divine, acting comes out naturally that once in a while I DO BELIEVE that she IS a muse! I've yet to know her name, but really she is just great.

Kudos also to the other actors who in between numerous costume change was able to bring it on all the time with a bang. Imagine that there were only 8 people acting, on my last count they portray 3 different characters   at the least through out the play.


Xanadu will be shown until September 19, I highly recommend it.
pics are from here and here
video is from here

How to Cope With Your Father's Death (for Young People) - wikiHow

How to Cope With Your Father's Death (for Young People) - wikiHow

In the middle of my shift at work, I just felt this sudden pang of sadness. For the first time in months, I will admit of depression. I was having a hard time, always got the attitude, defensive, to the point of rude.

I don't really want to be a bother to people around me. I am aware of my strength, my weaknesses and it creeps me to find this 'loose thread' in myself. There is a part of me that wants to escape and just scream at the world: whattafuck, this is not true. I have always been rational, I have always been that person who is steps ahead.

So, in this malady of sadness and confusion of feelings, I found this article. Well, I read most of the first part before the video and it did made sense. What strikes me the most significant is that it tells people to embrace the naturalness of death. I agree, death is as natural as the pouring of rain, rising of the sun, and beating of the heart. I don't mind accepting death, I embrace it truly and will never deny its inevitability. Though, what's keeping me down is the fact that people make such a fuss over death.

Fine, that's their right, I have no say with what they believe in. Still, it annoys me. It depress me that they inflict their weakness on me. I refuse to their consolation. Death is natural but it is not a walk in the park. By death, I meant that of the people who are dear to us. Our own death is non-sense, we would never get to experience it, let the people who will bury us gloss over our death.

There are a lot of things more important than something we will never experience. So, this will be my last peep about death. rip...