Look a new series! Inspired by the recent live TV version of The Sound of Music and some good twitter discussion, I decided to take a look at some of the various properties of stage and literature and create the perfect fantasy adaptation of said properties. I figured to get you all into this series I’d start out with a property everyone is more than likely very familiar with: the smash hit Broadway musical Wicked.
Can I just say that I have terrible enabling friends? Last night I took some time out of my day to listen to the soundtrack for the TV version of The Sound of Music, debuting tomorrow and I was perplexed at the noises I was hearing and the struggle it was for certain members of the cast to sing the songs. My friend Courtney who is a terrible awful person and knows how much of a terrible person I am suggested I write a post about who they could have cast instead. I tried to rebuke this but then fellow blogger Brittney Bell suggested it seems like a legit post and like a weed the idea grew in my brain. I only have limited amounts of nice to give and my ears were not pleased with this music so here I am to name off 5 people who should have played Maria von Trapp instead of Carrie Underwood.
The MET Gala is fashion’s biggest night celebrating the opening of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s costume exhibit. It’s also the place where anybody who’s anybody attends and shows out fashion wise. This year’s exhibit, PUNK: Chaos to Couture, will examine punk’s impact on high fashion from the movement’s birth in the early 1970s through its continuing influence today. Featuring approximately one hundred designs for men and women, the exhibition will include original punk garments and recent, directional fashion to illustrate how haute couture and ready-to-wear borrow punk’s visual symbols. With that theme in mind, let’s check out who dressed the best!