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This past weekend, I went to go see a play with my parents. The play we went to see was a new musical called Once. In case you haven't heard of it, this is a story about a boy and a girl who make beautiful music in Dublin. This is a show that has won Tony Awards and kind of turned Broadway on its ear, so I was excited to see it. I am also always a little scared to see new shows, because I definitely love Old Broadway, and sometimes new stuff just...isn't that great. (Case in point: Jekyll and Hyde , the rock opera . I was doubly  excited when we got there and they were letting people up on stage to look at the set close up! Cool! My dad and I immediately joined the queue. The stage was set up as what looked to me like an Irish pub, with a gleaming wood bar (that was actually selling drinks!), mirror-covered walls, and a big piano sitting center stage. It was beautiful. I took a good look around and chatted with my dad while we tried to spot my mom in the audience and w...

I am sure that most people who are interested in this film have already seen it and thus reached their own conclusions, but as I sit here listening to the soundtrack (the original London cast recording), having sung "I Dreamed a Dream" to my baby to put her to sleep for the last week and a half, I simply can't resist the call to review the latest film version of the musical, Les Miserables . First, a sidebar. For those of you who do not appreciate musical theater, there is a wonderful film of Les Mis that does not have singing. It stars Liam Neeson (Jean Valjean), Uma Therman (Fantine), Clare Danes (Cosette), Geoffery Rush (Javert), and Hans Matheson (Marius). It is a wonderful movie. It's only downfall, in my opininon, is that it does not include Eponine or Gavroche, who are two of my favorite characters. But watch it. Also, a caveat. I have love, love, loved this story since high school. I am a tiny smidgey bit obsessed with the French Revolution. I have a ma...