110 in the Shade closing this weekend!- Page 4

[jochang621]

Posted: 7/30/07 at 2:54am

well, I hope the packed house and audience enthusiasm was appropriate to send off a great show into Broadway oblivion.

[jordangirl]

Posted: 7/30/07 at 6:25am

TapTap ~ Yeah, a friend gave me a ticket. :)

JoChang ~ It was sent off pretty well. Standing ovation pretty early...even before Audra came out, which is when it usually happens. That made me happy.

[jordangirl]

Posted: 7/30/07 at 7:51am

Oh...I forgot the one moment (other than the aforementioned guy hooting inappropriately...and the hearing aid whistle, which because of my grandfather I could understand, though it was annoying) that irked me to no end.

At the moment when Noah tells Lizzie she needs to stop believing that she's beautiful, that she's going to be an old maid, this kid in the row in front of me started LAUGHING. I'm used to gasps and indignant grunts. Those I can understand. That moment cuts me every time. But LAUGHING? If he'd been a couple of seats closer to me, he probably would have gotten swatted.

Updated On: 7/30/07 at 07:51 AM

[jochang621]

Posted: 7/30/07 at 11:17am

oh wow, the audience just gets better and better. :P I hope the actors didn't hear him. it's such a heartbreaking part!!

i love the collective gasp that the audience does at that part. it's as if being cursed to be an "old maid" is the worst curse in the world.

[broadwaybaby086]

Posted: 7/30/07 at 11:34am

Agreed. It shows how much times really haven't changed.

Also, a small moment I loved during the show. During "The Rain Song," when Lily Ann Beasley/Elisa Van Duyne would sit on the right stairs fanning herself for Starbuck and would walk in front of the stage doing her thing, Audra would toy with one of her buttons and just watch/stare at her the entire time. Such a great character choice. Loved it.

Updated On: 7/30/07 at 11:34 AM

[violet72]

Posted: 7/30/07 at 3:32pm

I can't believe they laughed at that part...it's like when I saw SA and some dude in the front started to laugh when Melchoir beats Wendala

[jordangirl]

Posted: 7/30/07 at 4:10pm

Yeah, I seriously would have had to control my hand if the kid was in arm's reach.

There are so many little moments in 110 that I just adore, it's hard to pick one. I'd probably go with the part where Lizzie's telling Starbuck about taking the time to see her father "real". I absolutely adore that moment. I'm sure a lot of that is from seeing the first show back after they'd been dark for Audra to go to her father's memorial service. But it's heartwarming and heartwrenching all at the same time.

[violet72]

Posted: 7/30/07 at 4:15pm

Yeah the dad part always gets me as does the scene before old maid...but the part that gave me the most chills was the dialogue right after simple little things..the way that she did the I'm pretty and the is it really me..ugh so emotional

[jordangirl]

Posted: 7/30/07 at 4:18pm

Oh I'm a mess pretty much the entire second act ~ "Little Red Hat" being the comic relief. Like I said, there are SO many little moments in that show. Yes, it may be old fashioned, not flashy, and kind of out of date in terms of the ideas (you HAVE to be married to be complete...though sadly not as outdated as we'd like to think), but it's SOO beautiful!!

[jochang621]

Posted: 7/30/07 at 4:21pm

yeah, I totally remember thinking that it's odd that even so many years after this musical was made, the message is still very relevant today.

"I'd probably go with the part where Lizzie's telling Starbuck about taking the time to see her father "real"."

I don't remember this part! Could you elaborate and jog my memory? Thanks!

[violet72]

Posted: 7/30/07 at 4:23pm

I know some people have called it outdated for the whole you HAVE to be married to be complete but I really see it as she could finally accept love because she could look in the mirror with confidence and see that she was pretty and people saw her that way and that she accepted herself and could be herself, she was given hope(ok thats enough perky, happiness from me today)...although you are right the married to be complete is not as outdated as we'd like to think

[jordangirl]

Posted: 7/30/07 at 4:28pm

Oh I agree. I don't think it's outdated at all. And it's definitely accepting who she is and embracing that. That's why people who say she's "settling" for File make me so mad. No, she's being true to herself. She knows she can't be anyone but who she is...and File accepts her for that. Starbuck was necessary in her life to help her see herself real, but ultimately, if she was going to be with someone, she needed someone who truly would let her be Lizzie. And as appealing as Starbuck might have been, she knew deep down ~ especially when he said she wouldn't have to be Lizzie anymore ~ that he wasn't the one for her.

[violet72]

Posted: 7/30/07 at 4:38pm

it's funny we are talking about this cause on the way back from the show my ex students(who are 1 kept saying at first they were mad and disappointed that she chose File, but then they realized that he was offering her her dream and that Starbuck was not offering her a long term thing...I was proud of them for coming to this realization by themselves and I realized how mature they were

[jordangirl]

Posted: 7/30/07 at 4:44pm

That's awesome!! :)