Musicals made me do it

Hi! My name is Anya, I’m 16 years old and writing this blog for my IBDP CAS project. I’m in my first year of the Diploma Program and currently focusing on physics and math. However, all of that is irrelevant, the only thing you need to know about me is that I love musicals. Like I really love musicals. Describing it as an addiction is probably the closest I’ll get to capturing just how obsessed I am with all things musicals. Sure, I started off with Hamilton, I know I’m basic, but slowly I fell down into the rabbit hole and soon found myself surrounded by an all-encompassing addiction to showtunes. I don’t want to be a theatre kid who’s only hobbies include listening to musicals, talking about musicals and watching musicals, but THE PARASITES, THE PARASITES within me want only musicals and nothing else will satiate their hunger. Since my friends and family have all given up on listening to me talk about musicals, I’ve decided to turn to you dear reader (yes I study English Literature ...

"Spies never die, Spies are Forever." Spies are forever is an original musical written by the theater troupe ‘Tin Can Brothers’. The show is set in the 1960’s and parodies numerous films from the spy genre. ‘Spies are Forever’ focuses on two spies, Agent Curt Mega(played by, you guessed it Curt Mega) and Owen Carvour (played by Joey Richter) and all the shenanigans they get up to. It is no longer being performed, although high quality recordings uploaded by ‘Tin Can Bros’ themselves are up on YouTube for free. So, after you read this, run don’t walk to watch this beautiful show for yourself. With the Wikipedia section through, let’s get into it. ‘Spies are Forever’, though often defined as a comedy is so much more than that. This is perhaps the only show that can pull off a singing N*zi as well as tragic commentary on the Lavender scare with no whiplash. At first glance it appears that the show is a classic take on the spy genre, with macho spies, femme fatales, and evil vi...