The Little Prince Musical

We caught a musical, The Little Prince last Saturday afternoon.

Thank you, Auntie Yam Yee for helping us to arrange for the tickets to the musical.

The Little Prince is a story that is well-liked all around the world, and Mummy Eliz was glad that to attend a musical about it. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia also has an entry about The Little Prince. Read all about it at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Prince

“Ostensibly a children's book, it makes several profound and idealistic points about life and human nature. Throughout the book the children's view on the world, on the main points of the human life and relations between people, which is represented by the Little Prince and partially by the narrator, is set off against the "grown-ups" revealed in memories of the narrator and in the characters, met by the Little Prince on asteroids. But the author underlines, that the "'grown-ups' are like that. One must not hold it against them. Children should always show great forbearance toward grown-up people.”

Before the start of the musical, there was some chanting for world-peace. It was a little daunting, and yet at the same time, unexplainably, calming.

The message the musical tried to convey is a little too deep for Princess Chelsea, but she enjoyed the songs, dances, and stage props.

~ The Little Prince Book cover ~

An extract
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The Little Prince: Why do you drink?

Characters: To get drunk.

The Little Prince: Why do you want to get drunk?

Characters: Because we want to forget.

The Little Prince: What do you want to forget?

Characters: That we are ashamed.

The Little Prince: What are you ashamed of?

Characters: Ashamed of drinking.

And the cycle continues, unfortunately. Food for thought, isn't? This though-provoking part gathered lots of laughter from the audience.