Wicked was Wicked!
Posted in Out and About and tagged with Happiness, Mom, MPW, Must See, Play, Wicked on 10/26/2010 08:00 am by Jenn
I had received tickets to the play Wicked the Musical for my birthday some months ago. This was to be a monumental event. MPW had never been to a musical before, so I asked him to be my date. This is also not the first time Wicked has come to Toronto, but each time before I had missed it for some reason or other. Not this time! This time it has been on my calendar for 6 months. No way was I missing this. Not because MPW is sick, not because we left the house late, not because of the weather, oh no! I prevailed!
And it was soooo worth it! Sixth row from the front, right in the middle!!! The seats were spectacular and I got seated next to a couple who had obviously come from a date. She smelled like beer and cigarettes…made me want to cuddle right into her. Seriously. I love the smell of beer-breath. No idea why…but I digress.
The production value was out of this world and the characters played their parts to perfection. My Mom has seasons tickets to the theater, but it is waaaaay up at the back on the balcony. To get there you climb a set of stairs, and then another. If there were an emergency, we’d be screwed. However, if the play sucks, no big deal, the tickets were not expensive and if it was good you can pay more to get better seats and see it again. Well, I am so glad I got these seats, because being able to see their faces? Kind of rocked!
I must admit, it did make me long for my high school play days, but what a show! The orchestra was on point, as were the main characters. Galinda/Glinda (Chandra Lee Schwartz) was amazing great fabulous! She played the blonde ditz to perfection. She wasn’t annoying, but definitely got the point across. And the actress who played Elphaba (Jackie Burns) sung her heart out. What a powerful performance! Standing ovations all around.
If you ever have a chance to see this show, do it! It was unbelievable. Of course, I would have loved to have pictures, but obviously photography is not allowed.
So, there is just one thing left to say. Thankyouthankyouthankyou, Mom for the awesome birthday present!
Yeah, That Just Happened!
October 26th, 2010 at 9:38 am
I am so glad that you got to see it! I am even more excited to hear you loved it! That sickness going around sux :p. As an aside I also love the smell of beer breath… I wonder why?
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October 26th, 2010 at 9:10 pm
Happy belated b-day! I’m so glad you had fun!
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Jenn Reply:
October 27th, 2010 at 12:17 am
Thanks so much! I can’t wait for the next installment for Halloween Week!
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October 27th, 2010 at 7:39 pm
we’re seeing it on Nov 25th, and I too am SO ridiculously excited to see it, I could scream!!!
So glad you loved it so much, and yay to Will for bringing home daisies! well done, sir!
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October 28th, 2010 at 12:30 pm
Sigh… it’s it sooo amazing! Me and Julie and Bri took a road trip to Seattle last September just to see it! It made me think of our high school days also and my love for techie related things
Glad you loved it!
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October 29th, 2010 at 2:30 am
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