The very bearable lightness of Beng

Broadway Beng: Tattoo timeYou must, you must, you must watch Broadway Beng. Spare $35 – $50 and an hour and a half of either Monday or Tuesday night, and let Sebastian Tan make you laugh till your sides hurt.

It is odd, this ‘concept’ – as Sebastian calls the idea that turned into this show – of what we know as ‘Bengism‘ and theatre: marrying Broadway showtunes with Hokkien torch songs. But whaddafuck, it is works!

But I think Broadway Beng ‘is works’ because of Sebastian’s impeccable comic timing, his mastery of the Hokkien tongue and the dulcet tones of his made-for-Broadway singing voice.

The show ends its run on Tuesday.

iTunes is playing an illegal copy of Chovendo Na Roseira from the album “Verve Jazz Masters 13” by Antonio Carlos Jobim of which I have the original CD.

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15 responses to “The very bearable lightness of Beng”

  1. jackson Avatar

    I watched it and I agree!

  2. jackson Avatar

    I watched it and I agree!

  3. Tym Avatar

    Must understand Hokkien to get the jokes? Because my Hokkien is very not powderful. Like,I have trouble following Jack Neo movies…

  4. Tym Avatar

    Must understand Hokkien to get the jokes? Because my Hokkien is very not powderful. Like,I have trouble following Jack Neo movies…

  5. Mr Miyagi Avatar

    Trouble following Jack Neo movies? Is because you No Stupid Enough.

    There’s a fair bit of Hokkien in Broadway Beng, but it’s ‘translated’ by Sebastian a fair bit too.

  6. Mr Miyagi Avatar

    Trouble following Jack Neo movies? Is because you No Stupid Enough.

    There’s a fair bit of Hokkien in Broadway Beng, but it’s ‘translated’ by Sebastian a fair bit too.

  7. juz_A_gal Avatar

    Any chance it’ll be aired on Arts Central? heehee.. I know they do that for alot of shows….. I won’t be able to make it for this run. Unless it’ll be staged again?

  8. juz_A_gal Avatar

    Any chance it’ll be aired on Arts Central? heehee.. I know they do that for alot of shows….. I won’t be able to make it for this run. Unless it’ll be staged again?

  9. ling Avatar
    ling

    It was a truly great show! Laughed till my jaws ached man!

    Agreed that if you dun understand Hokkien well you probably wun enjoy as much ‘cos some stuff are just not as good after being translated..nonetheless, my non-Hokkien conversant friends still enjoyed Sebastian’s “impeccable comic timing”!!

    That helicopter was damn funny and creative!

    Way to go, Ah Piew!

  10. ling Avatar
    ling

    It was a truly great show! Laughed till my jaws ached man!

    Agreed that if you dun understand Hokkien well you probably wun enjoy as much ‘cos some stuff are just not as good after being translated..nonetheless, my non-Hokkien conversant friends still enjoyed Sebastian’s “impeccable comic timing”!!

    That helicopter was damn funny and creative!

    Way to go, Ah Piew!

  11. […] Thankfully, Vernon A, Hossan Leong, Sebastian Tan and Robin Goh were sporting enough to grudgingly stay behind after one of their rehearsals so that they could guest star on our podcast. […]

  12. Dream Academy Avatar

    Thanks for all your enthusiastic reactions! To all fans out there who were unable to catch BROADWAY BENG!…

    In August 2006, Sebastian Tan will be back on SRT’s stage with a re-run of Broadway Beng! Visit our blog spot for updates!

    http://dreamproductions.blogspot.com

  13. Dream Academy Avatar

    Thanks for all your enthusiastic reactions! To all fans out there who were unable to catch BROADWAY BENG!…

    In August 2006, Sebastian Tan will be back on SRT’s stage with a re-run of Broadway Beng! Visit our blog spot for updates!

    http://dreamproductions.blogspot.com

  14. Alice Lim Avatar
    Alice Lim

    Was recommended by my colleague to watch this ‘Broadway Beng’ and bought Two tickets of $50 each plus SISTIC charge of $2 extra charge. All in all, paid $104 for the two of us. I really wanted to comment that I personally feels so WORTH the act and really die laughing all the way. Also enjoy the songs sang by Sebastian and he really got a FanTasTic vocal…..Keep it up ! Sebastian Tan.

  15. Alice Lim Avatar
    Alice Lim

    Was recommended by my colleague to watch this ‘Broadway Beng’ and bought Two tickets of $50 each plus SISTIC charge of $2 extra charge. All in all, paid $104 for the two of us. I really wanted to comment that I personally feels so WORTH the act and really die laughing all the way. Also enjoy the songs sang by Sebastian and he really got a FanTasTic vocal…..Keep it up ! Sebastian Tan.

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