I survived the ’80s and lived to tell about it 🙂 The ’80s were my high school and college years so, the music of that era is my music. The music of classic bands like Journey, Styx, Bon Jovi and Pat Benatar was a staple at any party. On the flip side of that, I am a musical theatre geek. I have been performing in musicals since the age of 5 and I have been directing them for the past 25 years. When I was asked by One2One Network to review the Original Broadway Cast Recording of five-time Tony Award nominated “ROCK OF AGES.” I was excited. For those of you not in the know, Rock of Ages is the new Broadway musical starring American Idol finalist Constantine Maroulis.
Set in 1987 in a legendary Sunset Strip rock club, a small-town girl meets a big-city dreamer and they fall in love to the greatest metal songs of the 80’s. The musical is an arena-rock love story told through the mind-blowing, face-melting hits of Journey, Bon Jovi, Styx, Reo Speedwagon, Pat Benatar, Foreigner, Twisted Sister, Poison, Asia, Whitesnake and more.
“ROCK OF AGES” is an interesting mix of great rock songs with a slight musical theatre twist. Constantine Maroulis is a rocker and he and the rest of the cast do a very good job in re-creating classics like “Just Like Paradise / Nothin’ But A Good Time”, “Sister Christian”, “We Built This City / Too Much Time On My Hands”, “I Wanna Rock”, and “We’re Not Gonna Take It”.
You can check out the making of the Original Broadway Cast Recording of “ROCK OF AGES.” by clicking here. You know you need your own copy of this rockin’ CD so get it here.
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