[Candy] Another aimless day
[Amos] Another useless night
[Candy] I want peroxide hair
[Amos] I want neon light
[Candy] I’ve got a new life waiting, I can’t wait to begin it
[Candy & Amos]
The thing that gets me down with being young in this town
Is there’s no future in it
[Candy] I want a fine perfume,
[Amos] I want a blue Corvette
[Candy] If there’s a slower death than living here and now
[Amos] They haven’t found it yet
[Candy] I need a man that knows, what I am really worth
[Amos] Well I don’t give a damn about life after death
[Candy & Amos] But I gotta get some proof that there’s a life after birth
[Candy]
Tire tracks and broken hearts, that’s all were leaving behind
It doesn’t matter what we’re losing
It only matters what we’re going to find
[Candy & Amos]
Tire tracks and broken hearts. Lets get away from the past
So many ways to stay hungry baby, so many ways to go fast
[Candy] I want a push up bra, I want some satin sheets
[Amos] Oh give me some real rich food, I want some succulent treats
[Candy] I want you by my side, and you’ll be all my own
[Amos] Well I know what I want, half the time but I know
[Candy & Amos]
That I don’t wanna spend another minute alone
Tire tracks and broken hearts, that’s all were leaving behind
It doesn’t matter what we’re losing
It only matters what were going to find
[Candy]
Those good girl never know what they’re missing
But us bad girl almost always do
[Amos] And what were missing most are the real good times
[Candy & Amos]
I want em bad and I want em now
We were born going faster than the limits allow
I want em bad and I want em now
We were born going faster than the limits allow
Tire tracks and broken hearts. Lets get away from the past
So many ways to stay hungry baby, so many ways to go fast
Tire tracks and broken hearts, that’s all were leaving behind
It doesn’t matter what we’re losing
It only matters what were going to find
由於一早已經知道各個場面的安排,所以說驚喜不多,不過對於舞台設計、換景、機關、各種特效,仍然覺得十分精彩。快速換景讓觀眾穿梭在巴黎歌劇院的台前台後。Phantom’s lair 如幻似真的地下湖一下子就出來了。燈掉下的速度蠻快的,我是坐在上層的,但想像得到在底層的觀眾,看著燈要砸下來應該還是蠻震撼的吧!
演員方面,今次的 Casting 是 Brad Little 演魅影,Marni Raab演 Christine。Brad Little 的聲線相當雄壯有力,但我覺得「鬼」味不足,也不夠溫柔,未能做到可收可放。當他唱 “I gave u my music, made your song take wing….” 時,那個聲音很怪。至於 Marni Raab,不知是否她的聲線本身有點沉,所以沒有「清甜」的感覺。Christine 初試啼聲 “Think of Me” 的時候,並沒有太驚喜的感覺。始終給 Michael Crawford 和 Sarah Brightman 寵壞了耳朵。而其他的配角 Raoul、Carlotta、劇院經理做得非常出色。
在十年前,《The Phantom of the Opera》來了香港,大規模的宣傳到街知港聞,懂不懂的都去欣賞一下這齣位列四大音樂劇之一的有何厲害之處。當年,窮苦中學生,沒有錢去看,只買了一隻 Highlights ,深深愛上 Michael Crawford 的磁性聲音,整片 CD 聽得滾瓜爛熟,聽著唱著玩精神分裂一人分飾多角,不亦樂乎。
之後,開始接觸多了音樂劇,多聽了眼界廣了,也就更了解魅影的幾度板斧何在了。憑藉流行曲似的旋律,配以 Opera 之名加添幾分藝術味道,如夢似幻的魔術和舞台機關融合在劇中,各種元素計算準確,使觀眾嘆為觀止。