The Official Adam Pascal Love Thread, Part 13 — Page 22

I know what you mean. I think their run is a big deal, but I don't know why I'm so insistent on being there for their last performance. I feel exactly the same way - I can't believe that like, they have been performing 8 times a week for the past month or however long it's been. So their leaving is going to be sort of surreal as well.

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It's lame but I feel like being there for the last performance is sort of just thanking them for doing it

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I didn't think I would care about being there on the 9th, but about five minutes into the show on the 30th, I decided I HAD to be there. It's not necessarily a goodbye thing for me either, aside from the fact that I don't plan on going back to the show until it closes. The Return is one of those things that I hoped would happen from the time I first really got into Rent, but I wasn't exactly holding my breath waiting for it. I'm still surprised that it's going on, and we're on our fourth Monday now.

I don't really know if any of you are sports fans, but I think my boyfriend summed it up accurately when he compared The Return to what would happen if the Hartford Whalers ever came back to Connecticut. They were our only professional sports team, and about ten years ago, they relocated. There's been talk every year or so about their return, but nothing ever pans out. People have become so fanatical over the years that our local stores still sell Whalers merchandise. If they were to ever return to the state, it would be sheer pandemonium, and people would be caught totally off guard. My boyfriend also still can't believe that "the dude from SLC Punk" is in a musical.

Em, were the tickets e-mailed through Ticketmaster or are they actual tickets? If so, he could e-mail the attachment to you so they wouldn't go to waste. Or maybe you can convince him to go.

Heh, SLC Punk. I woke up very early one morning last year to watch it on IFC. I sat there thinking, I woke up at 5 am for this?

My parents paid for them, so I feel bad about the idea of them going unused. We bought them at the box office, and my mom's holding on to them. I have to call him. If he's really going to be stubborn about it, I'll have to call TicketMaster and find out what our options are. There's some sort of way to deal with lost tickets, so I'd imagine they can deal with them being inaccessible, too.

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sweetdisaster- The first time I watched it I HATED it! It's one of my boyfriend's favorite movies, and we watch it all the time now. It's definitely grown on me, probably due to the fact that I know people that remind me of every single one of the characters. We actually watched it last night, which is probably why I woke up wanting to go to Rent tonight.

Ya'll are bad influences with this ticket buying! I think that LIRR discount is the same as the Broadwaybox one, right? Thank God for discount codes! I probably wouldn't have been able to see the show otherwise. Now I'm thinking maybe I'll just buy a ticket for Thursday night instead of trying lotto. Hmm..

Hah, I thought of that.

You should mail the Playbill. They'll probably respond.

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Oh, that's true...

I wrote to Anthony awhile ago and he never responded. And I really wanted him to read the long letter that I wrote, lol. Oh well. Do you think I can write and just ask for their signatures? Or should I address it to the cast?

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I think I might give the stage door a try tonight. If it's bad, I'm small enough that I could hopefully wiggle my way out. I have time to kill before I catch the train anyway, and I'm curious to see how things go after Saturday night.

Well the thing is, I wonder if most people in the audience are aware of how the stage door has been. You would only know about it if you read BWW, CB or Adam's myspace. Speaking of which, over on CB someone else has written about what happened Saturday -

I was there for this.

They had the barricades up and the police were there, but the crowds kept pushing in closer. Adam came out and signed for a little bit. Anthony had been there awhile already and hopped in his car to leave. When the car left, the gap in the road closed up with people pushing forward to get to Adam.

The police were yelling at people to get on the sidewalk. I was at the back of Anthony's car when it left and just stood in the gap and stared at the scene for a minute because the whole thing was surreal.

I tried to step up onto the curb. The police were being firm but gentle with the fans.

That girl came from the back and rushed up through the gap. She got all the way to Adam before any of the security people noticed. She seemed emotional, but not crazy screaming or anything.

A police officer came up and gently took her by the arm and steered her back through the gap and they disappeared into the crowd. Adam called after her and said he would get to everyone.

Then the security guys said something to Adam. They opened the theater door and he disappeared back inside.

The crowd sort of fell back because they said "No more autographs!" But then Adam's car drove up and everyone surged back toward the door.

That's when the police started yelling at people to get off the block and disperse. They pretty much chased everyone off. Most of the crowd dispersed. I was still there taking photos of people. (They see my camera and assume I know what I'm doing photography-wise. )

After helping with photos, I split too. Adam's car was down the block and he was still in the theater as far as I know at that point. It had to have been 11:30 by then.

This looks like a picture from Saturday night. Looks like Adam's got everything under control, hah.

I swear, Adam is dropping years by the week. He looks so young in that picture.

I don't know, the poster from CB sounds a bit more objective than the myspace fan.