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August 17, 2005
They rocked us!
We went to see the Queen/Ben Elton musical "We Will Rock You" at Shinjuku Koma Stadium last night. Simply put, it was awesome. I am usually not a big fan of musicals, but I liked this one. It might be that the music is well-known, which did help.
More importantly, the acting, singing, script etc were all first rate. It was a lot of fun - they put together an outrageous story and sprinkled in a lot of humour to show that they were not taking themselves too seriously. I hardly realised that three hours had gone by. Even more surprising was how much the audience got into the show. In my (admittedly limited) experience with concerts in Japan, the audience is extremely quiet, but not here.
Chihiro organised everything (thanks!) and Reiko and Ando-san joined us. After the show, we went to Hibiki in Shinjuku for a late dinner and more chat. Reiko was laughing at me because I ordered a lemon sour. She says it is a kids' drink. It was dark, so maybe she did not notice how young I am (ha ha - that would be the alcohol talking). As with the show, we completely lost track of the time and missed the last train. Fortunately, home was an easy taxi ride away. It was a very good night.
Anyway, the show ends on 24 August - if you want to have a fun night out, try to catch it in the next week. It is well worth it.