Bedlam: The Musical
Feb. 23rd, 2011 04:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tealinFinally, a radio link that doesn't expire in 48 hours!
The Last Episode of Showstoppers is certified brilliant by the Radio Addict Certification Board (i.e. me). An MP's wife is locked in Bedlam and he tries passing legislation to release all the inmates so they can be together again, but does she want to be free? Every single character is worthy of respect and/or love, including a psychiatrist who isn't really a twisted Nazi scientist but just speaks that way, and Lord Aubrey Ironmonger who has the most evil laugh in history. There's also a segment in the style of Pinter, and brilliantly improvised songs in the style of Sondheim and Disney. I wish real Disney would do a musical set in an insane asylum with a song about various harrowing archaic treatments, but until then Showstoppers will have to do.
The Last Episode of Showstoppers is certified brilliant by the Radio Addict Certification Board (i.e. me). An MP's wife is locked in Bedlam and he tries passing legislation to release all the inmates so they can be together again, but does she want to be free? Every single character is worthy of respect and/or love, including a psychiatrist who isn't really a twisted Nazi scientist but just speaks that way, and Lord Aubrey Ironmonger who has the most evil laugh in history. There's also a segment in the style of Pinter, and brilliantly improvised songs in the style of Sondheim and Disney. I wish real Disney would do a musical set in an insane asylum with a song about various harrowing archaic treatments, but until then Showstoppers will have to do.
