AIDA Sadness

[bdwaygirl]

Posted: 7/31/04 at 10:46pm

I was just driving home and I heard the AIDA commercial on the radio, "...the last summer to see AIDA". Obviously, I knew the show was closing, but for some reason it hadn't really hit me until tonight. I had seen only a few shows growing up, and was never a regular theatre goer. When I saw AIDA for the first time, I fell in love with it. It made me want to see and experience other shows. I fell in love with Broadway. I know a lot of people don't like AIDA, feel it's inferior, but if the show caused me to want to experience all Broadway has to offer, then it quite possibly could have had that same reaction with many others. That is not a bad thing. I know several others here will also feel a deep loss come September 5.

[ponine24601]

Posted: 7/31/04 at 10:48pm

this is going to make me sad. :'( not fair. WHY DOES IT HAVE TO DIE!!!! We HAVE HAVE HAVE to save it somehow!

[TheGirlinTheFrock]

Posted: 7/31/04 at 10:50pm

I know what you mean. I as at Broadway in Bryant Park on Thursday and they kept saying "Closing Sept. 5th!" or "It ends its run the summer!" or "Go see AIDA not much time left!"

I was like "I KNOW!! STOP RUBBING IT IN" *breaks down into hysterics* Well not really, but i felt like it. I just kept thinking, stop reminding me. I will be very sad on September 5th.

[insomniak]

Posted: 7/31/04 at 10:50pm

Emcee has a lot of threads to catch up on...

I am sad, too, that I missed the chance to see Aida. But nothing stays...

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 7/31/04 at 10:55pm

*raises hand, while pouting*
You know, I literally cried the day I found out it was closing. TM Cara called to tell me, and she was able to stop my sobs only with the comment "Shut up. Adam's coming back." That made the whole thing much more bittersweet, I guess. It's no secret that Aida is my favorite musical, but going back again really made me remember how much I loved it, and just why I loved it so much. Sometimes I think it was a mistake to go back, because remembering how beautiful it is is just going to make saying goodbye even harder. I'm doing the same thing I did when Cabaret closed; I'm saving all of the newspaper ads from the Times count down how many weeks are left. I'm not sure why, but I want to have them. The first one I saw was "Last Summer to See Broadway's Timeless Love Story. Final 8 Weeks." I guess it hit me then... I just never did expect to see those words next to AIDA quite so soon. I saw a commercial on TV the other day, and was really upset. I'm going to miss it so much. I'm really dreading September 5th... can't you all picture me sitting in my dorm room, sulking, surrounded by my book, script, program and playbills, blasting the cast recording, dressed in all black?

I'm sorry, that was really (and quite unecessarily) long. It's just finally hitting me that I really don't have much time left.

*runs into corner, crying*
This just isn't fair.
Guys, can I have a hug?

Updated On: 7/31/04 at 10:55 PM

[insomniak]

Posted: 7/31/04 at 10:56pm

*hugs*

I wish I could help...

*more hugs*

*pouting* At least you GOT to see it at all. I am stuck with the OBCR and the librettto.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 7/31/04 at 10:57pm

Thanks. I know... I'm so thankful that I did get to see it and fall in love with it. I'm just really sad. *cries*

[bdwaygirl]

Posted: 7/31/04 at 10:59pm

Gather round everyone

***GROUP HUG***

[NYCbabe3789]

Posted: 7/31/04 at 10:59pm

I'm so glad to be seeing Aida one more time before it closes. Ohhhh the memories...

[ponine24601]

Posted: 7/31/04 at 11:00pm

*hugs emcee and insomniak* this isn't fair.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 7/31/04 at 11:02pm

<--- is still crying, but thanks.

[insomniak]

Posted: 7/31/04 at 11:03pm

It's better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all...

RADAMES
You are all I'll ever want, but this I am denied
Sometimes in my darkest thoughts, I wish I'd never learned

AIDA & RADAMES
What it is to be in love and have that love returned

I apologize for being a bit cheesy...

[ponine24601]

Posted: 7/31/04 at 11:06pm

*cries in a similar cry to the 'FIYERO!'* ADAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 7/31/04 at 11:07pm

You're right, but that's making me tear up more, insomniak. When I first got to the Palace last week, I started to cry... partly because I was so happy to be back there, but when the show started, I realized just how close 'goodbye' actually was. It was surreal.

[insomniak]

Posted: 7/31/04 at 11:08pm

You made me smile and feel sad, Emcee.

Goodbye Love
Just came to say
Goodbye Love
Goodbye

Whoops, wrong show...

[ponine24601]

Posted: 7/31/04 at 11:09pm

stop!! *tears*

[NYCbabe3789]

Posted: 7/31/04 at 11:09pm

Guys...I need cyber hugs.

[insomniak]

Posted: 7/31/04 at 11:10pm

*imitating Adam's MIMIIIIIiiiiiiiEEEEEEEIIIIIIIIIIiiiiiiiiieeee after Your Eyes*

AIDAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 7/31/04 at 11:10pm

*hugs NYCbabe, then bursts into tears again*
I can't even listen to the CD anymore. It makes me cry... and the show hasn't even closed yet! I just want to go every single day until it's gone.

[nystateomind04]

Posted: 7/31/04 at 11:10pm

its ok, luvtheemcee, it's going to broadway heaven, lol (i felt the need to add a little MORE cheese to this thread, haha)

i'll be sad to see it go too, i hate when the billboards are suddenly gone, thats how it hits me

[insomniak]

Posted: 7/31/04 at 11:12pm

Awww...

So sad for you guys. And I am wallowing in self-pity because

I NEVER EVEN SAW THE SHOW AND YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN IT REPEATEDLY!!!! I MISSED OUT!!!!

[/end yelling]

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 7/31/04 at 11:15pm

OHMYGOD!!! I never even thought about how empty Times Square is going to feel to me without the BIG Aida billboards. *faints*

This theard's cheesiness is helping to make me smile, so don't worry, nystate!

[TheGirlinTheFrock]

Posted: 7/31/04 at 11:15pm

Ah suck it up everyone!! Get over it. :)

Sry when people saw i was upset and tried to comfort me i would just get worse. So assuming you are all like me!

BABIES! stupid little babies! Your crying makes me sick. GOD.




But if your not.. im so sorry! *runs to everyone and gives each 3 big bear hugs!

[insomniak]

Posted: 7/31/04 at 11:16pm

Pity this child if you must pity someone...

*skulks off to some distant corner of cyberspace*

[NYCbabe3789]

Posted: 7/31/04 at 11:17pm

Sad though I am, this thread does make me smile. :)

:::tears:::