Second time's the charm!
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Today was the "rain date" (both literally and figuratively) for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
nakedwesley and I to go up to New York City to see The Boy From Oz.
Kath came up last night and spent the night so we could just leave from my house this morning.
Our morning went really well, until we got up to the 295/76 split by Cherry Hill, NJ, so we ended up taking a little tour through Cherry Hill by accident. (I could've sworn the signs weren't so misleading when we went up last time.) So we got up to the Trenton train station just as the 11:30 train was about to leave, so we took the 12:00 train and ended up picking up a bunch of people from another train that had broken down at the next stop. (We have a sneaking suspicion it may have been the 11:30 train that broke down, since our train had switched tracks when it came into the station.) We got into NYC a little late, but easily hopped onto the subway to head to the theatre and got there with ten minutes to spare before curtain. And the show didn't even start on time, so we were very happy about that.
The show itself was amazing. I know that a lot of critics didn't like it, but I'm wondering what standard they were using to measure it, since it seems like it was supposed to be really light and fluffy and not take itself seriously. But, anyway.... Hugh Jackman was *amazing*. (But then we all knew that, right?) A lady came in late and Peter (Allen - Hugh's character) was chatting with her a bit and then a cute guy came in, so Peter went to talk to him and got his number and stuff. It was really funny. Then, at the beginning of the second act, he started chatting with this older gentleman and his wife and had him do a sexy dance for her.
Other ramblings:
- This show just proved why I love the theatre. Obviously, there's the big tacky stuff that only a musical can get away with. Then there's little things where you someone will say something or something will happen and you know the audience is right there with the play, like a scene with a phone conversation between Peter and his mother -
Peter: "Mom, I've met someone."
Mom: "That's nice, honey. What's her name?"
Peter: *slight pause* "Greg."
Mom: *pause, pause, pause* "That's nice too, honey."
Audience: cheers and claps
Now, you've got to remember that theatre's bread and butter of ticket sales seems to be senior citizens (and I'm sure more often than not during a weekday matinee).
- There was a *really* *hot* scene where Peter gets felt up by a trick. (Nothing *major* major, just caresses outside of clothing, but *day-mn*) I happened to be using Kath's binoculars at that point, so that was a really nice treat, though she said it was really hot even without them.
- I loved the whole storyline between Peter and Greg (his companion). But then again, I am *such* a hopeless romantic, so is anyone really surprised by this?
After the show we got some dinner at Broadway Joe's, a steakhouse a block down and over, before heading home - which was rather uneventful aside from the small tour around the nicer residential part of Trenton.
I'm sure that there's more to add, but my brain's half asleep and the other half's still "HUGH!", so... If there's anything specific anyone wants to know, feel free to ask and I'll at least attempt to answer. Otherwise, I'll leave you with this.
Today was the "rain date" (both literally and figuratively) for
nakedwesley and I to go up to New York City to see The Boy From Oz.Kath came up last night and spent the night so we could just leave from my house this morning.
Our morning went really well, until we got up to the 295/76 split by Cherry Hill, NJ, so we ended up taking a little tour through Cherry Hill by accident. (I could've sworn the signs weren't so misleading when we went up last time.) So we got up to the Trenton train station just as the 11:30 train was about to leave, so we took the 12:00 train and ended up picking up a bunch of people from another train that had broken down at the next stop. (We have a sneaking suspicion it may have been the 11:30 train that broke down, since our train had switched tracks when it came into the station.) We got into NYC a little late, but easily hopped onto the subway to head to the theatre and got there with ten minutes to spare before curtain. And the show didn't even start on time, so we were very happy about that.
The show itself was amazing. I know that a lot of critics didn't like it, but I'm wondering what standard they were using to measure it, since it seems like it was supposed to be really light and fluffy and not take itself seriously. But, anyway.... Hugh Jackman was *amazing*. (But then we all knew that, right?) A lady came in late and Peter (Allen - Hugh's character) was chatting with her a bit and then a cute guy came in, so Peter went to talk to him and got his number and stuff. It was really funny. Then, at the beginning of the second act, he started chatting with this older gentleman and his wife and had him do a sexy dance for her.
Other ramblings:
- This show just proved why I love the theatre. Obviously, there's the big tacky stuff that only a musical can get away with. Then there's little things where you someone will say something or something will happen and you know the audience is right there with the play, like a scene with a phone conversation between Peter and his mother -
Peter: "Mom, I've met someone."
Mom: "That's nice, honey. What's her name?"
Peter: *slight pause* "Greg."
Mom: *pause, pause, pause* "That's nice too, honey."
Audience: cheers and claps
Now, you've got to remember that theatre's bread and butter of ticket sales seems to be senior citizens (and I'm sure more often than not during a weekday matinee).
- There was a *really* *hot* scene where Peter gets felt up by a trick. (Nothing *major* major, just caresses outside of clothing, but *day-mn*) I happened to be using Kath's binoculars at that point, so that was a really nice treat, though she said it was really hot even without them.
- I loved the whole storyline between Peter and Greg (his companion). But then again, I am *such* a hopeless romantic, so is anyone really surprised by this?
After the show we got some dinner at Broadway Joe's, a steakhouse a block down and over, before heading home - which was rather uneventful aside from the small tour around the nicer residential part of Trenton.
I'm sure that there's more to add, but my brain's half asleep and the other half's still "HUGH!", so... If there's anything specific anyone wants to know, feel free to ask and I'll at least attempt to answer. Otherwise, I'll leave you with this.
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Date: 2004-09-08 10:00 pm (UTC)I always loved the theatre because it's so *now*. I mean, this second right now will not happen exactly this way again. Audience reaction/costume weirdnessess/forgetting a line and winging it; all those things make for an immediacy that you can't have on film.
*grin* I remember seeing Shakespeare's "Richard II" twice when I lived in DC. (So shoot me, Richard Chamberlain was starring and he was really FINE back in '72.) Neither performance was exactly alike and both performances were worth every penny. (And I spent my entire salary for a week on those tickets.)
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Date: 2004-09-09 08:42 pm (UTC)I know exactly what you mean. I've seen and been in enough shows to have experienced this. Whether it's an updated performance of Richard III or a run-through of Moliere's The Learned Ladies with the actors being as dirty as possible in rhyming couplet (which is more than you might think possible).
Why would I shoot you? My mom and I went to see him in The Sound of Music back in 1999. And I remember watching him in The Thorn Birds and thinking he was hot.
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Date: 2004-09-10 04:56 pm (UTC)I always liked Chamberlain...well, I liked him after he went to Britain after the dreadful Dr. Kildare TV show made him a star and showcased his amazing impression of a Man Made of Wood. He went to Britain and learned to act. But a lot of people sorta look at him as a Cheese Factory. Not me.
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Date: 2004-09-12 11:30 am (UTC)I've usually been pretty 'meh' about Chamberlain. I like him well enough, but he doesn't do a whole lot for me.
Now some other people... *looks at pic of Hugh in original post*
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Date: 2004-09-12 03:09 pm (UTC)no subject
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