suzana @ 60

Ahmad Jais, Jeffrydin, Afida ES, A Rahman Hassan- yupp they are artists of the 60's. And they are the ones that i met yesterday night. It was Suzana @ 60, the theater musical.

The journey started when Hafidz called. Hmm, hafidz was one of my medical patient when i was doing my obstretric posting, a 22 years old student at UTP,came with fever, cough, shortness of breath, etc etc etc. Anyway, he came for a clinic follow up, and sent me a sms, informing it, asking if i was around so we can hang around. Unfortunately, my car is still servicing, not able to be there in HUKM.

"Akum, bro, ko kat mana?", his voice from the other side. "Hehe, kat umah laa, sorry la keta service, so apa macam sakit?" i replied...and etc etc etc.."Eh, li, aku nak ajak ko kuar ni, kalau ko free la, aku nak ajak tengok teater kat istana budaya"...."ko minatkan teater ni", he added. Who can say no...in the middle of boredom, like "orang mengantuk disorongkan bantal"...

So, at 6.45, i was walking out from putra klcc, serching for "a botak guy" outside of DOME, as he mentioned "ehh, aku baru botak kepala". So, we hang around,updating each other on happenings, waiting for magrib before we drove to istana budaya.

Quite a large crowd, hmm, but not much publicity about it, was wondering. I was clueless about this theater, and on the poster written, from 7th to 9th april...hmm isn't that night was 6th. Anyway, it turned out to be a preview for press conference, and a recording session for RTM's 60 years anniversary. Hmm...., ohh yeah, hafidz got this 2 free tickets from his sister, who came with her beau.

The show was more like a tribute to 60's, with partly a concert theater style. A musical theater to celebrate the 60's. The lead, zul yahya and fazura, played the lead, mahmud and suzana. But i guess, the real ingredients of this musical, was the involvement of more than 15 60's veterens, performing on stage live, singing their heart out, with the famous 60's songs. Song like janji, tak mengapa, cincin emas, yale yale, syurga idaman, bersyukur, was brought back to it real entity.Hmm....some sound really familiar, and some were new to my ears. I like "tak mengapa" the most...it really a "hmm...ahh" song..hahaha...

The show is not the best musical,maybe not even good "kot..(hehe) lot of flaws, and i can see it was like "pergi kat tangga..and than..uhukk uhukk uhukk". Yet, the twist of bringing back the 60's artists on stage, which again, i guess, the main objective of the musical, make it, the musical, as an acceptable production. Hmm, and at the end of the show, they announced that we can join the stage, the press can meet the artist, and the show will start by 7th till 9th, and all the tickets are sold out. SOLD OUT...ohh okay, now i know why not much publicity was put into it, they don't need it.

As i was discussing with hafidz on the way back, i realised, Suzana@60 is not a production to make money or to create the best musical, but it was a tribute, to restore back the 60's in the new generation. And as it sold out, it has it own audience.

Imagine in 30 years from now, maybe i will be one of the ticket holder, in a musical title.."Siti@90"....hmm...