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hetalia2010-02-14 02:44 pm
luv-blindly.livejournal.com) wrote in hetalia2010-02-14 02:44 pm
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Skit Idea--feedback appreciated!
So, I'm not sure how many folks who are fans of APH are also fans of stage musicals. There's a lovely show called "In the Heights" that won quite a few Tony Awards (it's the US theatre version of the Oscars), and is just all around awesome (going to see it later this month, hopefully).
There's a fantastic song within the musical where the cast dreams about what they'd do if they won the lottery (because Usnavi, the main character,owns the bodega that sold a winning ticket that they read about in the paper). I liked the musical before I was introduced to APH, but listening to it a while ago I got an idea for a skit for a masquerade during a con.
Essentially, it boils down to having all the Soviet Bloc countries that have been in APH dreaming about what would happen if they won a lottery and could, well, get out. (I'd also need a Russia, perhaps)
It'd need to be rewritten, of course, but not a whole lot (in fact I already have some ideas on how to change most of it).
Lyrics are here:
Prussia would be Usnavi (main character), Lithuania would be Benny (Usnavi's friend), Latvia would be Graffiti Pete, Hungary would be Vanessa (Usnavi's love interest), and Ukraine and Belarus would be Carla and Daniela, respectively. I know I'm forgetting to cast certain characters in certain places, but I can't recall names at the moment. I think Estonia's a good fit for Sunny.
Russia would just be there at the end--would walk on when the chorus goes very quiet, and then proceeds to sort of fall apart after the crescendo (because he's going to be representing the wall) and collapse on that final beat.
Here's the song, if you haven't heard it:
Feedback is appreciated--what would you guys think of this, as audience members?
There's a fantastic song within the musical where the cast dreams about what they'd do if they won the lottery (because Usnavi, the main character,owns the bodega that sold a winning ticket that they read about in the paper). I liked the musical before I was introduced to APH, but listening to it a while ago I got an idea for a skit for a masquerade during a con.
Essentially, it boils down to having all the Soviet Bloc countries that have been in APH dreaming about what would happen if they won a lottery and could, well, get out. (I'd also need a Russia, perhaps)
It'd need to be rewritten, of course, but not a whole lot (in fact I already have some ideas on how to change most of it).
Lyrics are here:
Prussia would be Usnavi (main character), Lithuania would be Benny (Usnavi's friend), Latvia would be Graffiti Pete, Hungary would be Vanessa (Usnavi's love interest), and Ukraine and Belarus would be Carla and Daniela, respectively. I know I'm forgetting to cast certain characters in certain places, but I can't recall names at the moment. I think Estonia's a good fit for Sunny.
Russia would just be there at the end--would walk on when the chorus goes very quiet, and then proceeds to sort of fall apart after the crescendo (because he's going to be representing the wall) and collapse on that final beat.
Here's the song, if you haven't heard it:
Feedback is appreciated--what would you guys think of this, as audience members?