What happens when four true blue and truly blur Singaporeans fall in love with musicals and want to share their passion with fellow Singaporeans? They launch Broadway 4 Suakus - a musical theatre appreciation society designed to make musicals accessible to all!
But Broadway can get very dirty sometimes, and Singaporeans must have protection. Join the founding Suakus - a Bollywood star (secretly wannabe), an S-Factor runner-up, a retired (and redeemed) loanshark and a devout church leader - as they help you navigate the moral minefield of Broadway's sexiest songs, with a firm hand gripping your solid Asian values. Set in The Arts House, it was an intimate evening with the four fantastic actors who did really well making everyone in the audience feel welcome and much as part of the show as the talented piano man himself, who coincidentally arranged the songs in the whole play. The 4 actors were highly energetic and engaging, constantly whipping up moments of humour out of everything that came along. But be warned that a lot of the humour in this exciting piece is not for kids (not that they'll get it anyways). Of course, being a lover of musicals made the whole experience so much better and more enjoyable due to the constant bursts of musical enactments from famous Broadway hits. The special part of this piece is the humorous take of the lyrics in the song, that made this show uniquely local and standing out among other shows about Broadway.
It was a simple show that was really just made to entertain the audience. Don't watch if you're in it for the fancy Broadway sets and elaborate costumes and the big ensemble of crazy dancers, because Broadway 4 Suakus isn't gonna do that. It sort of gave me the feel of a comedy night at a comedy club, especially since the audience was small, the stage was small, and the whole production wasn't a high-end huge budget thing. It was an intimate night of fun and laughter, poking fun at our favourite Broadway songs and our own way of life. From start to end, a splendid experience. It started of with a bang, and ended off with a bigger boomz. Literally.
