0 for 10 at Hairspray lotto... So you get a RENT review!

[jordangirl]

Posted: 8/2/07 at 12:26am

Yes, that's right! I'm now 0 for 10 at the Hairspray lottery. Go me!

But on the plus side, I'm 5 for 5 at the Rent lottery when I'm solo. Yeah. Won it again tonight. Just randomly decided to try it. I've got a ticket for the mezz on Friday because Anthony and Adam are back and I wanted to make sure I saw it. After losing Hairspray I thought and decided to give it a whirl, not expecting to win because it's gotten crazier again with them being back. And either the 4th or 5th name he called was mine! Yay! In one of my usual seats. The aisle one on the right side. I rotate between that one and the aisle on the left side. Those are the "odd" seats because they're in groups of three. Which just adds to my theory that they keep the single seat lotto cards separate so that a couple doesn't have to be split up. Or maybe I just have mad crazy luck doing the lotto solo there.

It was good overall. Anthony and Adam are great. In "Another Day" when Adam came in, he skipped right over his first verse and started in with "Excuse me if I'm off track..." He then started laughing and spun around and shook his head. Then he picked up where he should be in the music with his first verse. It was funny. Tamyra...eh...I'm not sure what to think yet. She's a very different Mimi. I'm not feeling the glitter bra thing. Just doesn't work for me. And I'm not sure if the keys got changed with Adam and Anthony and she's just not used to it yet or what, but at the beginning of "Happy New Year" she was horribly off pitch. So my jury is out on her as Mimi. I'll see how Friday is.

Merle Dandridge as Joanne is now my absolute favorite Joanne. I hadn't had the pleasure of seeing her in the role before. I'm so glad I have now! She's just the right mix of playful and serious. So many of them go too far one way or the other. LOVE her!!

On the other hand, Nicolette Hart has replaced Haven Burton as my LEAST favorite Maureen. Ugh. I know Maureen doesn't HAVE to look exactly like Idina, but she sure as hell shouldn't look like Lorrie Morgan! And her voice is a tad more on the Cheno side for my tastes. So it's really interesting to watch "Take Me or Leave Me" because I've got my best and worst right there together.

And this may be a minor quibble ~ ok a couple... But costumes... Were bellybutton rings that prominent when RENT is set? Because almsot every female character has them. I hadn't noticed it before, but tonight it was way obvious. Also...they've changed Maureen's top in "Over the Moon" and it has a date in like 2002 on it. Um, NO! It is NOT set after 2000!!! It's bugged me for a while, Maureen's new shirt.

But overall it was great. They're going to have to do something about the stage door crowd though. It is insane! They've moved the exit ~ at least for Adam and Anthony ~ to what used to be a couple of exit doors. Fine. Wonderful. BUT. People are going out the exit doors just up from the special exit and STOPPING. And blocking the theatre exits for people who are still in trying to get out. I give them until a fire marshal or truck happens to cruise by and see it before they have to come up with Plan C. I don't think this is one I'll be stage dooring. Unless I do the thing I hate doing and just hang out until the show's over and go up to the barricades like I've been in the show. Even then I'm half afraid I'll get crushed!!

One other thing... Bring earplugs! Not for the music, which is what it always is. But for the screaming. It was like being at a rock concert. The most annoying thing? A lot of the people I saw screaming couldn't have been more than 5 when RENT came out.

But I enjoyed it! It'll be interesting to see Friday night.

And on an off-topic note, my grandaddy is not doing well. He's in the hospital with some kind of infection. He's 93 and we know he has an inoperable leaky heart valve. It may be only a matter of time now. Prayers are appreciated if you're the praying kind.

[goofy108]

Posted: 8/2/07 at 12:36am

i think i am going to buy tickets ahead of time for this.
because i must see them in this show while im in the city.

thanks for the review!
and im sorry about your grandfather. condolensces.

[jordangirl]

Posted: 8/2/07 at 12:42am

Yeah, I definitely think if you want to see them buying a ticket ahead is the way to go. You can still try lotto and if you win, I'm sure someone would want to buy your ticket! The house lokoed sold out or darn close to it tonight.

Thanks.

[Anakela]

Posted: 8/2/07 at 12:44am

ok, so I know I don't know you or anything, but I am so going to bring you with me the next time I do the Hairspray lotto, because your losing is just making me sad. :) Congrats on the Rent win, though! And thoughts are with you and your grandfather.

[jordangirl]

Posted: 8/2/07 at 12:49am

Aw, thanks! :) I'm seriously wondering if someone just doesn't want me to see the show! LOL.

And thanks for the good thoughts. :)

[little_sally]

Posted: 8/2/07 at 12:52am

I don't mean to sound ridiculous or nitpicky but could you elaborate on the new Maureen shirt? I'm just curious as to what it looks like.

[jordangirl]

Posted: 8/2/07 at 12:56am

I'm trying to find a picture. I'll post it when I can.

[jordangirl]

Posted: 8/2/07 at 1:00am

This is the front. I can't find the back with the date on it.

Updated On: 8/2/07 at 01:00 AM

[TapTapTapioca]

Posted: 8/2/07 at 1:20am

Sorry about your grandfather.

How many times have you seen RENT?

[jordangirl]

Posted: 8/2/07 at 1:23am

Thank you.

Over the course of just over a year, 7 times. Spread out. 5 times I lottoed by myself. The other two I was with a friend and the friend won.

Counting the tour I saw in 1997 in DC I've seen it 8 times.

Updated On: 8/2/07 at 01:23 AM

[EugLoven]

Posted: 8/2/07 at 1:28am

I was 1 for 1 when I saw HAIRSPRAY in April 2006 (two weeks before my grandfather died of leukemia... he wanted me to have a good time and not worry about him... I had a good time, needless to say)

How many people were flooding into RENT lottery today (and how has it looked recently and for the 6-weeks ahead) while Rapp and Pascal are there? They pick how many people?
Updated On: 8/2/07 at 01:28 AM

[yankees1253]

Posted: 8/2/07 at 1:28am

sorry also with your grandfather. i know how you feel mine died last april of 2006. thanks for the review....i love merle i cant believe she will dancing the tango with anthony.

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 8/2/07 at 1:34am

Glad you had a good time jordan.

Hope everything turns out well with your grandfather.

[goofy108]

Posted: 8/2/07 at 1:46am

when i saw the non-equity tour last fall, that was the outfit maureen wore for her protest. and i hated it. just didnt feel right. wonder why they changed it?

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 8/2/07 at 3:26am

They've used that Maureen costume for probably 8 years. I'm too lazy to go back through pictoral history for the first instance, but that shirt was around before the millennium.

[jordangirl]

Posted: 8/2/07 at 6:25am

EugLovn ~ There were more people than what I'm used to, but I think less than at Wicked. Probably 150-200? I'm not good at estimating. There are 34 seats.

Yankees1253 ~ Thanks. And yeah, it was amazing to watch. She seemed to be having a great time! While staying within the character of Joanne.

WonderfulWizard11 ~ Thank you.

Goofy108 and Orangeskittles~ No clue why. But it's ugly as sin. Weird...I don't remember things with post 2000 dates being around before then. Ewww. It's just gross. And it seems a little too commercialized for Maureen, IMHO. Oh well.

[Lm4dham05]

Posted: 8/2/07 at 9:00am

I'm looking forward to seeing it in a few weeks. Thanks for the review Jordangirl.

Sorry about the news of ur grandfather. My thouhts are with him. and you know i'm here to talk if you need to vent. You've got my sn.

[jordangirl]

Posted: 8/2/07 at 9:06am

Thanks lm4dham05. :)

[erinrebecca]

Posted: 8/2/07 at 9:53am

orange is right. That shirt has been used for many, many years.

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 8/2/07 at 9:58am

Good wishes and karma directed to you and your family.

[jordangirl]

Posted: 8/2/07 at 10:19am

Well, when I saw the tour in 97 it was the striped shirt. I didn't see the show again until last fall. I hate this one. Yuck!

Thanks yankeefan007.