Every Awesome Book becomes a Musical!

In class we saw part of the Candide Musical, composed by Leonard Bernstein, also known for composing and creating the famous musical West Side Story. Even though we only saw 30 minutes or less of the show, it was very similar to the book. You usually expect the visual representation of a book to be worse because it skips important events of the book, the audience is not satisfied with the final result of most movies or musicals. 


Watching the movie and noticing the irony made me understand many thing that happen in the book that I hadn't understood yet. I love how they exaggerate everything to another level, like dressing Candide as a child and making him play with little boy's toys, repressing the innocence of this character. 

This musical was released in 2009, including in the cast some recognized actors and singers like Kristin Chenoweth (Cunégonde). 


It was easier to understand the events of what was going on, obviously because it's visual so it's more clear, but the music and the song or dances kept me interested and entertained. Besides the instruments and wardrobes was just as I had imagined the book.


Sophie Echeverry as Cunégonde in the 2012 version of Candide the Musical. Can you picture it?