Nice is different than good

Last night Naomi and I took what lit­tle time we had and got our tick­ets to watch Dream Academy’s pro­duc­tion of Into The Woods.

It was the best musi­cal I have seen in a long, long time, and I am so thank­ful that Selena Tan took a punt and decided to stage this won­der­ful (and dev­il­ishly dif­fi­cult) Sond­heim musi­cal this year.

It is a rare gem, and there are four shows left in the last two days of its run.

If you ever wished for great musi­cal the­atre per­formed by the best of Singapore’s (and some of West End’s) musi­cal tal­ent — the grant is in Into The Woods.

It is that good. So go get your tickets.

P.S. If like us, you rush to the Esplanade after work to watch a show and have only 10 min­utes for din­ner, dine at Sim­ply Per­anakan — you can wolf down a nonya chap chye and satay ayam plus rice and drinks in 8, pay the bill and still make it in time for the top of the show. Pride of place in the restaurant’s win­dow dis­play is a let­ter from Pres­i­dent Obama thank­ing them for their “tremen­dous” food.