The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was unlike anything I had expected. I suppose I expected it to mostly be like the original story, but honestly I don’t know why I would’ve thought that. When do adaptations literally ever do that. But, I will say, it’s different in a GOOD way. With the narrative, the …
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BENJAMIN BUTTON : WHAT’S CURRENTLY PLAYING IN MY AIRPODS.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – one of the greatest shows I’ve ever seen, and a truly perfectly wildly different adaption of the original F. Scott Fitzgerald short story. I say perfectly different as it completely deviated from the short stories in all of the right ways. With the difference in location, characters, the …
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The Curious Case of Benjamin BUTTon
I feel like a bit of an outlier with my class, as I actually did partially enjoy the original The Curious Case of Benjamin Button short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Obviously there are things that aged poorly (as it is over 100 years old), but it was the idea of a life lived in …
Ilaria’s Pub: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
On Monday, May 26th, 2025 at approximately 7:30 pm within the Ambassador’s Theatre on West Street, London, England, a crowd of people hushed their voices as the lights began to dim. Then, from above, bright lights suddenly lit the stage as a small cast of musicians, singers, and actors began to tell the story of …
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A Wonderful Little Button!
Last night I had the absolute pleasure of watching The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. It was one of the three works we studied during our class week, but was only about 30 pages and I knew ahead of time that the musical was quite different so I went in mostly blind. I think mostly …
From Meh to Magic: My Benjamin Button Glow-Up
I’ll be honest, when I first read The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, I didn’t connect with or really like it. The concept was interesting to me because it was about a man who ages backward and how society sees that. But the story felt distant and almost made me mad about some of the …
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The Curious Case of 15 Sobbing Students
I write this as I still emotionally recover from the mental wreckage this show put me through. The music, acting, and adjusted storyline all evoked a response from me that I had not prepared for going into the theatre. At least with my other shows I went in knowing I would get emotional; here, I …
Benjamin Button
I was very nervous about how the story of Benjamin Button would be portrayed on stage. First of all,the source material is fairly short, about thirty pages, and it was going to be stretched over two and a half hours. Also the original story was fairly mean spirited, and did not really give any reason …
Blog 3: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, A Great Musical and a Terrible Adaptation
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was a wonderful musical. The acting was superb, the music was amazing, and it was so emotional that I spent the rest of the evening reflecting on it. What it wasn’t, however, was a good adaptation of the original short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, and that was the …
Ilaria’s Pub: The Tower of London
Built out of mudstone and rocks, the Tower of London remains standing strong since the year it was founded in 1066. The Tower of London is a historic castle on the north bank of the River Thames. It served as a royal palace, prison, arsenal, and even as a menagerie for exotic animals. On May …
Theatre in London U of A 