Rock of Ages
first premiered in Los Angeles in 2006 with later productions taking place in
Melbourne, Broadway, Off-Broadway and a film coming out in 2012. Rock of Ages
started previews in London on 31stAugust with an
opening night on 27thSeptember.The story is exactly
what you would expect from an 80's musical, Boy with big dreams meets girl with
big dreams, they fall in love, boy ruins the relationship, girl turns to
stripping, boy regrets this, boy meets girl again, boy and girl get together and
everyone lives happily ever after.
Ok, so the show is a lot better than I'm
making it sound! The thing i really liked about this show is that it makes fun
of itself; they pull out a programme for the show in the second act and
occasionally break the fourth wall. From the audiences point of view it was
fantastic, it's such a refreshing break from conventional musical theatre.
