Profile for 16 Years Later

Regarding the candle, the one time I saw it work was when Jeremy did it for last Saturday matinee.  So awesome to see again.  But I agree, I prefer the attempt even if it doesn’t spark.  Plus since John is quite a bit taller than Ted, it was fun to watch Ted have to do a bit jump to get it well above his head for both shows yesterday.  And such a wonderful treat to get to see Ted for two more shows.  I think of current cast members, Ted/Emilie/John is my absolut

So I’ve delved back into my Phantom obsession from years ago and have been seeing it way too much prior to closing.  Have been thrilled to see all the Phantoms and Christines (except Kanisha boo) and lots of other great understudies.  Loved Jeremy’s last performance Monday with the boat mishap.  I can’t believe they didn’t stop the show.  Excited to have finally seen a boat malfunction and can scratch that off my Phantom bingo card.

But wante

I thought it was a fantastic night!  From hearing the original movie Frozen cast to the Broadway and West End cast, to seeing all the originals in Avenue Q with their puppets (John Tartaglia was supposed to be there but had a scheduling conflict, sad), to the first time hearing Into The Unknown performed live, and singing and dancing to Agatha All Along.  I didn’t mind the mic issues -- it’s live, and they handled it great.  I didn’t think it went long at all

Do we know for sure if Cariani is actually playing clarinet?  I actually played clarinet for Caroline off-off Broadway at Gallery Players and the character part is written into my score book and I can tell you is one of the hardest shows I've ever played, those klezmer solos are insane.  When I saw this revival, I highly doubted he was playing just based on my experience having it in the orchestra book, and how difficult it is, but if he is, great for him, he must be really good

I was fairly excited for this, but it went above and beyond my expectations -- so much so I think I will rewatch it before it goes away Sunday.  I love Phantom, have seen it multiple times on Broadway, though not for a while.  This more than anything I’ve watched through this time has really made me feel the energy and fun of live theatre.  It’s making me a little sad though, with how Phantom relies on tourists, I’m beginning to question if we’ll see it

Oh man, some of these just don’t come close to truly terrible shows.

I’m on the In My Life bandwagon.  I always tell friends and cousins about it and most of them don’t believe that it was actually a musical.  My summary usually consists of: “it’s a romance about a guy with Tourette’s Syndrome and a girl with OCD, and then the guy gets cancer, and there’s amazing lyrics such as “There’s a rumor someone’s got a tumor&