How I'd love to fly to Broadway, pay a hefty $1,150-ticket and watch a green ogre's fairytale unfold right before my eyes.
Many have expressed discontent over this particular adaptation; i really don't mind them.
If any at all, just to see "I Know It's Today", "Don't Let Me Go", "The Travel Song", "This Is How A Dream Comes True", "Morning Person", and "The Ballad of Farquaad" will be worth it.
I love Lea Salonga...
No explanations needed.
But now, Sutton Foster grew on me.
Perhaps, one of the songs this musical might be able to boast of is its Act I closing number, "Who I'd Be".
I guess I'd be a hero, with sword and armor clashing
Looking semi-dashing, a shield within my grip.
Or else I'd be a Viking, and live a life of daring
While smelling like a herring, upon a Viking ship.
I'd sail away, I'd see the world, I'd reach the farthest reaches
I'd feel the wind, I'd taste the salt and sea.
And maybe storm some beaches.
That's who I'd be... That's who I'd be.
I could be a poet, write a different story,
One that tells of glory, and wipes away the lies...
And to the skies I'd throw it, the stars would do the telling,
The moon would help with spelling, and night would dot the "i"s.
I'd write a verse, recite a joke, with wit and perfect timing.
I'd share my heart, profess the things I yearn, and do it all while rhyming.
But we all learned... But we all learned.
An ogre always hides, an ogre's fate is known...
An ogre always stays in the dark and all alone.
So yes I'd be a hero, and if my wish was granted
My life would be enchanted, or so the stories say.
Of course I'd be a hero, and I would scale a tower...
To save a hot house flower, and carry her away
But standing guard there'd be a beast, I'd somehow ovewhelm it,
I'd get the girl, I'd take a breath, and I'd remove my helmet.
We'd stand and stare, we'd speak of love, we'd feel the stars ascending,
We'd share a kiss, I'd find my destiny...
I'd have a hero's ending, a perfect happy ending.
That's how it would be,
A big, bright, beautiful world...
But not for me.
Looking semi-dashing, a shield within my grip.
Or else I'd be a Viking, and live a life of daring
While smelling like a herring, upon a Viking ship.
I'd sail away, I'd see the world, I'd reach the farthest reaches
I'd feel the wind, I'd taste the salt and sea.
And maybe storm some beaches.
That's who I'd be... That's who I'd be.
I could be a poet, write a different story,
One that tells of glory, and wipes away the lies...
And to the skies I'd throw it, the stars would do the telling,
The moon would help with spelling, and night would dot the "i"s.
I'd write a verse, recite a joke, with wit and perfect timing.
I'd share my heart, profess the things I yearn, and do it all while rhyming.
But we all learned... But we all learned.
An ogre always hides, an ogre's fate is known...
An ogre always stays in the dark and all alone.
So yes I'd be a hero, and if my wish was granted
My life would be enchanted, or so the stories say.
Of course I'd be a hero, and I would scale a tower...
To save a hot house flower, and carry her away
But standing guard there'd be a beast, I'd somehow ovewhelm it,
I'd get the girl, I'd take a breath, and I'd remove my helmet.
We'd stand and stare, we'd speak of love, we'd feel the stars ascending,
We'd share a kiss, I'd find my destiny...
I'd have a hero's ending, a perfect happy ending.
That's how it would be,
A big, bright, beautiful world...
But not for me.
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