A Broadway - style musical based on Michael Jackson's biggest hits, "Thriller Live", made its debut in London's West End - Dominion Theatre, August 27th. 3000 fans had made their way to witness more than 80 performers singing and dancing along to the King of Pop's most memorable tunes - from the early Motown years to his success with Thriller and other solo albums including a gospel choir and a children's ballet troupe.
The first part of the musical was dedicated to the early years, starting with familiar Jackson Five hits like "I'll Be There", "Who's Loving You", "Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)" and "Can You Feel It". The kids who performed the Jackson Five songs got big ovations from the crowd for their performances, with voices very close to the originals.
The second part of the show was dedicated to Michael's solo career. The well known Michael Jackson impersonator Navi took the stage and performed "Billie Jean" and "Thriller" in front of an standing audience. When the ending of the "Black or White" music video were shown on the big screen the audience went totally wild, watching his every move from his dancing on top of the car to turning himself into a black panther. With more dancers on stage in part two, they got to see many great performances such as the well choreographed "Dangerous".
Still the King of Pop
Producer Adrian Grant has hailed the show a "musical celebration" and says it will help to revive Jackson's status as the King of Pop.
"It's to remind the public that Michael Jackson is still a great artist, and to put his music back out in the public domain." - says Mr Grant, who founded the original Michael Jackson British fan club in 1988.
"A lot of his music has been covered at the moment and if you go to the nightclubs and hear a Michael Jackson track, people get up and dance, so he's still very popular."
So far the one - day spectacular musical has generated a buzz around the country and beyond, but it is organizer's hope that it could eventually go on tour.
"The interest has been really good. We've got people from all over Europe coming, from Germany, Spain, Italy, and all over the UK", he says. "But we'll see how it goes on the day, get the public's feedback and decide from there what we'd like to do. We've had interest from people who want to take it on the road."
A female fan from Latvia describes the show as amazing. "It was just like you were on a Michael Jackson concert", she says. "Fans sang along and it was so great!".
Once again Michael Jackson has brought people from all over the world to have fun and enjoy his wonderful art.
*Pictures taken from Thriller musical program
Source: BBC News
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发表于 2006-9-2 08:53:12
Still the King of Pop
Producer Adrian Grant has hailed the show a "musical celebration" and says it will help to revive Jackson's status as the King of Pop.
"It's to remind the public that Michael Jackson is still a great artist, and to put his music back out in the public domain." - says Mr Grant, who founded the original Michael Jackson British fan club in 1988.
"A lot of his music has been covered at the moment and if you go to the nightclubs and hear a Michael Jackson track, people get up and dance, so he's still very popular."
So far the one - day spectacular musical has generated a buzz around the country and beyond, but it is organizer's hope that it could eventually go on tour.
"The interest has been really good. We've got people from all over Europe coming, from Germany, Spain, Italy, and all over the UK", he says. "But we'll see how it goes on the day, get the public's feedback and decide from there what we'd like to do. We've had interest from people who want to take it on the road."
A female fan from Latvia describes the show as amazing. "It was just like you were on a Michael Jackson concert", she says. "Fans sang along and it was so great!".
Once again Michael Jackson has brought people from all over the world to have fun and enjoy his wonderful art.
*Pictures taken from Thriller musical program
Source: BBC News
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