Yes, it is the show my blog is named after, but it is by no means my favorite show. The tickets were a Birthday present from my boyfriend and although I already knew most of the songs I had never actually seen the show. Everyone I spoke to however only had good praise for the Musical, initially shown on Broadway, when moved to the West End and is now touring the UK. I knew I would enjoy the show, but was a little unsure that my boyfriend, who is by no means a theatre lover would feel the same way. However as soon as the show began it became apparent that I had nothing to worry about as he was laughing along with the politically incorrect subject matter of songs such as 'Everyone's A Little Bit Racist' and 'The Internet Is For Porn'. I must admit though that although we throughly enjoyed the show, having been exposed to such themes and language before I would not reccomend the show to anyone of a younger age than myself as some scenes are pretty x-rated. Similarly I cannot see my parents enjoying the show, it's not that they are prudish, it's just that the overuse of swear words and explicit content i know would offend them.
Even though the explicit content is approached in, an argueably innocent way through the use of sesame streetesque puppets it is still obvious that many would find it offensive.
I, however have nothing but praise for the show & the touring cast who were incredibly talented. The demanding content of the show requires the small cast to multirole between different puppets (who sometimes are on stage at the same time) and the chorus are often needed to animate the characters when main cast members are swapping between two voices at the same time. My main comment about this show was that, for some reason it didn't feel like a musical, well it did, obviously beacuse alot of the content was sung. But the storyline, unlike other unbelieveable rose tinted spec's storylines found in musicals was real, the characters seemed real rather than the stereotypes often found in the musical genre. This may sound stupid as the characters are predominantly puppets and how often is someone beheaded by a quarter being thrown off the top of the Empire State Building but it's easy to empathise with the characters struggling their way through money, social, and romantic issues this makes the show real & an incredibly enjoyable night out.
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