They Re Playing Our Song Essay

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Love is always sweet! While this musical was playing, I was engrossed in nostalgic thought my past love. But perhaps I am just being emotional. For people who want to revive their love memories, the play “They’re Playing Our Song,” may be a good choice. I went to the Dale F. Halton Theater on October 3rd, 8:00pm to watch this musical performance. This musical is with book by Neil Simon, Music by Marvin Hamlish, and Lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager. The original show was produced by Emanuel Azenberg, premiered at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles in December 1978. In this musical, Andy Faulkenberry, Vivian Tond, Marvin King, Daniel O’Sullivan, Hank Santos, Allison O’Connor, Sarah Rose, Courtney Schneider, and Marvin King were cast in the roles.
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He is an accomplished musician who was awarded the Oscar Prize. Someday, lyric writer Sonia visits his house when he is composing new music. She brings her own 86 of lyric work tapes and shows Vernon. He is playing the piano what he is composing, Sonia is not long in crying because she thinks her lyric is not enough to work with his music. She is off the wall. She is a high unusual woman, but he feels the beginnings of love. Vernon has promised to meet Sonia in his house. By the time she shows up one day and thirty minutes late, he is recording his voice what she is saying, acting. She says that she could not come to his house because her past love Leon did not let her go. He thinks it makes absurd remarks but few minute later he recovers his peace mind. They are starting to produce collaboration and they feel once again a delicacy in each other. Sonia wants to meet for dinner on Christmas Eve to get to know each other, and it made Vernon’s heart flutter. The scene changes, Vernon is waiting alone. She is late without exception. Vernon gets mad at her but not much later, he relieves his feeling with music. They are dancing with slow romantic dong,

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