Here is the seventh and final part of Toy Story: The Musical. When we left off, last time Buzz was still strapped to the rocket, Woody and the mutant toys has just scared off Sid and the moving van from Andy's house was leaving. Now, Woody and buzz are trying to catch up with the van. Enjoy and stay tuned for my final thoughts.
We pick up with Buzz still attached to the rocket, and then Woody and Buzz figure out that they can light the rocket to catch up to the moving van. Which they do and when they get there the toys are happy to see Buzz and Woody. Unlike the movie, the toys are quicker to forgive for his actions, which are understandable. Then a reprise of "You've goat Friend in Me/That's Why We're Here" is sung by the toys. I love how it ends with Andy opening the box finding Buzz and Woody with the toys onstage singing. So what did I think overall? Time for my final thoughts.
My Final Thoughts
When I first heard about this play, my reaction was "Why?" as in why make a musical based on "Toy Story", a non musical movie. The idea just baffled me but as I watched the play, it turned out to be okay at best. There were a few gripes I had with the play. First off, I felt the song by the Aliens was unnecessary since that was the only time, the aliens were ever used in the play because Sid did not take one home. In fact, I don't think we even needed the Aliens, it could have been anything in the claw machine. Another issue I had is while the play incorporated "You've Got a Friend in Me", it forgot about "I Will Go Sailing No More". It may not be the most popular "Toy Story" song but it's still good. Don't get me wrong the reprise of "To Infinity and Beyond" was nice but it would have been nice if they had included this song in the play as well. I mean, I can picture Buzz singing it. Here take a listen to these two songs and leave thoughts in the comments
It's a good song but take a listen to this song from the classic movie and tell me what you think. Would it work in the musical?
Personally, I think it would have and using a reprise leads me to my next problem, towards the latter part of the play, the show became reprise heavy. Now, I don't mind a good reprise but when every single song in the latter part of a show is a reprise of song, we already heard. That get annoying. But my biggest problem with this show was Sid. The actress playing Sid was all wrong, her voice just didn't capture the character of Sid and when she sang, it was awful.
There were some good things about the play too, though. The actors playing the toys were fantastic and the design on most of the toys reminded me of their movie counterparts. The music was great minus one song but even then the music was awesome. In the end, I still think it's a little weird but not bad. It's a good show, not Broadway worthy but good. Besides, this probably the weirdest Disney musical. It's not like they would make a "Finding Nemo Musical".
We pick up with Buzz still attached to the rocket, and then Woody and Buzz figure out that they can light the rocket to catch up to the moving van. Which they do and when they get there the toys are happy to see Buzz and Woody. Unlike the movie, the toys are quicker to forgive for his actions, which are understandable. Then a reprise of "You've goat Friend in Me/That's Why We're Here" is sung by the toys. I love how it ends with Andy opening the box finding Buzz and Woody with the toys onstage singing. So what did I think overall? Time for my final thoughts.
My Final Thoughts
When I first heard about this play, my reaction was "Why?" as in why make a musical based on "Toy Story", a non musical movie. The idea just baffled me but as I watched the play, it turned out to be okay at best. There were a few gripes I had with the play. First off, I felt the song by the Aliens was unnecessary since that was the only time, the aliens were ever used in the play because Sid did not take one home. In fact, I don't think we even needed the Aliens, it could have been anything in the claw machine. Another issue I had is while the play incorporated "You've Got a Friend in Me", it forgot about "I Will Go Sailing No More". It may not be the most popular "Toy Story" song but it's still good. Don't get me wrong the reprise of "To Infinity and Beyond" was nice but it would have been nice if they had included this song in the play as well. I mean, I can picture Buzz singing it. Here take a listen to these two songs and leave thoughts in the comments
It's a good song but take a listen to this song from the classic movie and tell me what you think. Would it work in the musical?
Personally, I think it would have and using a reprise leads me to my next problem, towards the latter part of the play, the show became reprise heavy. Now, I don't mind a good reprise but when every single song in the latter part of a show is a reprise of song, we already heard. That get annoying. But my biggest problem with this show was Sid. The actress playing Sid was all wrong, her voice just didn't capture the character of Sid and when she sang, it was awful.
There were some good things about the play too, though. The actors playing the toys were fantastic and the design on most of the toys reminded me of their movie counterparts. The music was great minus one song but even then the music was awesome. In the end, I still think it's a little weird but not bad. It's a good show, not Broadway worthy but good. Besides, this probably the weirdest Disney musical. It's not like they would make a "Finding Nemo Musical".
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