Reasons why Meg & Raoul should be together!

1) They can both grieve for Christine's death.
2) Meg DID offer to go with Raoul to save Christine after the Phantom kidnapped her.
3) They both like to drink (in the London production of Love Never Dies, Meg clearly put alcohol in her coffee!)
4) I could see a bit of sexual tension when they were in the bar.
5) They both thought Christine shouldn't have been with the Phantom.
6) They can both really be loved by each other since Christine cheated on Raoul & didn't really love him & Meg was ignored by the Phantom.
7) Meg could help Raoul with his gambling addiction & debts, since she clearly has a load of money with the Phantom's sideshow.
8) They both hate the Phantom.
9) Despite the fact they interacted in Phantom once (see reason number 2), Raoul was charming enough to give her hand a kiss!

Meg Giry Collage!

Includes one of Meg in the new UK tour! She's possibly my favourite sweet-&-innocent-best-friend-of-opera-starlet turned suicidal-psycho-who-kills-her-best-friend-accidentally-out-of-rage ever!

Lea Salonga Collage!

She's so pretty as Eponine & Fantine, I didn't think it was possible until she came along!

Dianne Pilkington Collage!

She's my favourite London Glinda ever! <3

Samantha Barks Collage!

Oh my God! I want her waist!!!

Gina Beck Collage!

Ramin Karimloo Collage!

Isn't he the hottest theatre star EVER!!!!! <3

Hadley Fraser Collage!

HADLEY FRASER!!! He's so hot!

Top 5 Favourite Sweeney Todds!

1) 1982 tour Sweeney Todd George Hearn. He's perfect as Sweeney & has an amazing voice, especially during Epiphany & A Barber & His Wife, with his acting skills being amazing, especially after he finds out about his wife's rape & Johanna being Judge Turpin's ward. Also, his appearance  as Sweeney in the 2000 concert with Patti LuPone was amazing, especially his face during the Johanna quartet when the family watch him shaving, which made the show!

2) Original Broadway Sweeney Todd, Len Cariou. He's so subtle with his grief for the loss of his wife & daughter, as well as his want for revenge of Judge Turpin & I personally think he has the best rendition of the Johanna quartet. I honestly think he's the best Sweeney Todd vocally!

3) Les Miz star & 2012 London revival Sweeney Todd Michael Ball! His voice is so suiting for the role, I didn't even recognise him when I first heard him singing Epiphany & he sounds so amazing during My Friends!

4) 2005 Broadway revival Todd, Michael Cerveris. The clarity of his voice is amazing & it's interesting to listen to him since I think he's quite different to some other actors who have played him & his rendition of Epiphany is really different but in a positive way!

5) 2007 film Sweeney Todd, Johnny Depp! Collaborating with Tim Burton for the film, I was surprised he was able to sing & act in the role, considering he's a Hollywood heartthrob & a rather handsome Sweeney! At first I was rather sceptacle about him in the role since he's the lead in nearly every Tim Burton film & worrying it was just another one. Then again, he was nominated for an Oscar & a Golden Globe for his performance!

Top 10 Favourite Musicals of all time!

=1) My  favourite ALW show & love story, the Phantom of The Opera! This amazing show has all the ingredients for a fantastic stage show: a compelling storyline, a beautiful score & memorable songs, an exquisite & unique set design, characters you can relate to with a moral at the end, spectacle scenes featuring a crashing chandelier, a deformed yet seductive & sympathetic murderer & a gliding boat! Team Phantom forever!

=1) The most moving show I've ever seen, Les Miserables! This story of redemption, love & war are amazing, also showing you don't need an elaborate set or spectacle to create an amazing story filled with some of the most memorable characters  & songs(Jean Valjean, Fantine, Eponine, Javert!) based on the classic novel created by Victor Hugo set in the 1832 Revolution in Paris.

3) Fantasy girl power show & prequel/midquel to The Wizard of Oz, Wicked! The show is amazing filled with catchy tunes, elaborate sets & costume & a gripping story about the friendship of a misunderstood green woman who eventually becomes the infamous Wicked Witch of the West & a vapid, blonde vain woman who eventually becomes Glinda the Good Witch, also leaving the question to the audience: Who's really the wicked one here?

4) Billy Elliot, set in the '80s during the Miners Strike, about a boy who dreams of becoming a ballet dancer, while his widowed father wants him to become a boxer. This gripping story featuring amazing music by singer Elton John really moved me & made me feel like toe-tapping on the way out the theatre!

5) Willy Russell's classic Blood Brothers! This show is just fantastic & left me in tears, following the story of twin brothers separated at birth & being raised in 2 completely different class systems & shows how it can affect others in positive & most of the time, negative ways, during the recession in the 80's & how fate, superstition, class & love can cause tragedy. One added bonus was that & had to learn about for my GCSE exam this year, which to me was heaven in learning about something & have a passion for!

6) Rent, about a group of Bohemians living in New York who are all having troubles in their life, involving terminal illness or love, but showing they'll stick together. I saw a regional production of it a year ago which was good & the film wasn't that bad, but was nothing compared to the final Broadway performance. With memorable songs & empathetic characters, this show is definitely a classic!

7) Another classic ALW show, Evita, about the life of Argentinian Eva Peron & her rise to political power over Argentina, while being married to the president of their country & embarking on her early life in aspiring to become an actress & her charity work. With memorable music & a classic song which made Elaine Page a theatrical legend, the show itself has become a classic in the making as a biographical musical about a very amazing woman who changed Argentina while in power, with her premature death gripping the nation.

8) Another love classic story, which made Lea Salonga a famous Broadway legend, Miss Saigon! \Based on the opera, Madame Butterfly & set during the Fall of Saigon during the Vietnam war, an American soldier Chris meets Kim, a young woman living in a brothel & wanting a better life away from the war, & quickly falls for her. However, since he abandons her, she hopes for him to return, as he inconveniently gave her a son during the night they met. Now married 3 years later, Chris has to make a choice for making a fresh start with his wife or reuniting with Kim & his son. This show is just beautiful, with amazing music & characters which is a musical classic.

9) The illegally pink & girly show, Legally Blonde! Blonde sorority girl Elle Woods tries to prove to her pompous boyfriend she can be serious after he dumps her, by going to Harvard Law School with him, despite the fact he already has a new girlfriend. However, with the help of the sweetest guy ever Emmett & salon woman Paulette, she proves she can become a lawyer, with determination & perseverance. This show is so funny with memorable characters you may remember from the 2001 film with Reese Witherspoon, with a load of euphemisms & is perfect for mothers & daughters to see.

10) The most hilarious show filled with mad scientist, pan-sexual drag queens, The Rocky Horror Show! The music is classic, featuring one of the most well-known dances ever, the Time Warp, as well as hilarious & memorable characters which make you fit in, if your'e a misfit or an underdog & helps people express themselves with funny tradition audience participations & dressing up as various & eccentric characters!

Please comment if there are any I've missed or if you want to contribute your views! Thanks!

Top 5 Best & Worst Raouls in Phantom (including LND Raouls!)

Top 5 Best Raouls

1) 25th Anniversary Raoul Hadley Fraser! He was amazing portraying Raoul, not making him as drippy as some other actors who have played him! He brought so much emotion during the Final Lair scene & actually sounded like he wanted to save his love, even if he showed a forceful & vengeful side to Raoul during the second Notes scene & before Don Juan Triumphant, as well as making Christine seem crazy just before All I Ask Of You. However, this doesn't stop me from being in Team Phantom!

2) Current London Raoul Killian Donnelly! To me, he's one of the more handsome Raouls & would probably be the only one, other than Hadley, who I'd leave the Phantom for (which I really wouldn't because of the Phantom's charms!) One other reason is cos I saw him as Enjolras in Les Mis, which I absolutely loved him in & I loved the John vs. Killian videos!

3) Original London & Broadway Raoul & eventually Phantom, Steve Barton! His original portrayal is much better than actors who've made Raoul foppish & drippy, since he makes him a caring man who loves Christine. R.I.P forever Steve! <3

4) UK tour & previous London Raoul, Simon Bailey! I saw him a couple of years ago as Raoul in London & he brought so much passion & emotion to the character, as well as showing his love for Christine during All I Ask Of You, also showing Raoul's protective side!

5) Australian Love Never Dies Raoul, Simon Gleeson! His portrayal was much better than David Thaxton's poratrayal in the London production & showed much more emotion & love towards Christine, instead of making him a drunken bastard, especially after Devil Take The Hindmost when he shows fear of losing Christine!



I would've added Ramin Karimloo onto the list, but to me he'll always be my Phantom & I didn't want to think of him as a character who I hate for ruining the Phantom & Christine's love! I also would've added Michael Ball, but to me he's my Marius!
Top 5 Worst Raouls! (with 1 for who I hate the least & 5 for who I hate the most!)

1) John Cudia, mainly because he bores me to the core & makes Raoul drippy & a poshy!

2) Sean MacLaughlin, mainly because he makes Raoul sound narcissistic during his reunion with Christine & careless towards Christine & is just boring & portrays Raoul as selfish & possessive of Christine & creates a rival out of the Phantom for Christine's love.

3) Adam Monley, mainly because he was generally boring & annoying as Raoul, making seem like a plank of wood & didn't show any urgency during the Final Lair scene & didn't show a lot of love towards Christine.

4) Love Never Dies Raoul, Joseph Millson, mainly because he portrayed Raoul as a drunken, careless man who shows no love for his wife & 'son' & doesn't even think about losing Christine during Devil Take The Hindmost, since he only wanted Christine for his own personal gain, instead of love & to prove to the Phantom he will always win!

5) 2004 film Raoul, Patrick Wilson. His portrayal was as if it was from a high school play & made Raoul so soppy & annoying & very girly, with his stupidly long hair. Also, I thought he made Raoul such a weakling (just like his singing voice) in certain parts, especially during the Final Lair scene (despite the fact he saved himself from drowning easily) & made him such a 'pretty-boy' (to me he looked like the Prince from Beauty & the Beast at the end) & rather foppish during the first Notes scene & tried too hard to be a knight in shining armour during the sword fight in the graveyard scene.

Top 5 favourite Johannas from Sweeney Todd!

1) 2005 tour Johanna Lauren Molina! Her voice sounds so pretty during Green Finch & Linnet Bird & shows Johanna's innocently paranoid side during Kiss Me. Also, one added bonus is that she had to learn how to play the cello for the role!

2) Original Broadway Johanna, Sarah Rice! Her voice sounds so pretty & more operatic compared to some other Johannas from the past & present & shows her cry for help & freedom from Judge Turpin during Green Finch & Linnet Bird.

3) 2012 London revival Johanna, Lucy May Barker! Her voice sounds pretty & innocently childish & naive, during Green Finch & Linnet Bird, yet erratic & frightened during Kiss Me.

4) 2004 Kennedy Center produvction Johanna, Celia Keenan-Bolger. I know I said I hated her as Eponine in one of my previous posts, but I also said she's better off as Johanna & this is why she's on this list for my favourite ones. Her voice is more suiting for a young soprano like Johanna & is talented at singing like that, especially during Green Finch & Linnet Bird.

5) 2007 film Johanna & one-off Inbetweeners actress, Jayne Wisener! Despite Johanna's reduced role in the film compared to the show, her voice sounds so sweet and innocent, unlike some actresses who have played her on-stage, especially how minimal she sings Green Finch & Linnet Bird, almost as if she's a songbird herself!