Killer Queen

I got a FREE ticket to see We Will Rock You The Musical by Ben Elton last night. Friend from work had a spare ticket that they had reserved for some US media, so off I went to see the London hit.

Why are we giving tickets to media from the US? Having lived in Sydney and London, I forget that shows, theatre, concerts, musicals, performances etc do not get staged everywhere. The US media that came, were from a Detroit breakfast show covering this big production because it won't be staged there. Maybe in Chicargo. Depending on its success here.

Toronto is the only North American city besides New York that is guaranteed the best selection of performances.

Well done to Ben Elton I say. The story line is waif-like, but he got money in the bank as soon he put the name "Queen" to paper.

I liked how the show has been tinkered to cater for the Canadian audience. The show refers to the Maple Leaf Gardens, the old home of the Toronto Maple Leafs ice hockey team (the Maple Leaf Gardens is an ice hockey holy grail). The lead, Yvan Pedneault, is a French-Canadian. In one small scene he speaks French to his chick in an attempt to woo her. She, by the way, wears underpants with the Canadian flag on it. There were also many parts of the dialogue that had the Canadians in the audience laughing, cept for one little Asian/Australian girl.