WARNING: This is an extemely detailed recap of Bare in Bryant Park. It might be long. VERY long.
So... finally got home. Went to Bryant Park today to catch the guys and gals of Bare and had an AMAZING time.
The atmosphere was so laid-back, so cast members from all the shows were literally walking around the park and chatting with fans.
I got there early and sat in the front row. The people to the left of me, behind me, in front of me, and to the right of me were all die-hard Rentheads so they were screaming out the lyrics to all the Rent songs as they were performed... probably the reason for my massive headache right now. But all is good because the Rent cast was amazing.
Anyway... back on topic. I was walking around backstage by the tents and the whole Bare cast was hanging out. Michael was looking gorgeous, as usual, and he spent a lot of time hanging out with Eden Espinosa (who BLEW ME AWAY, btw... she's gonna be HUGE!) at the side of the great lawn, and then Adam came along and started chatting with them. I was about to Michael for a picture, but then they were called for sound check, so I ran back to my seat.
The cast sang four songs: Are You There, Portrait of A Girl, A Quiet Night At Home and One. Adam filled in for John, and it was hillarious because during the part in One where Ivy and Jason start making out and stripping, Jenna playfully started dry-humping Adam and then Adam lifted up part of his shirt and licked part of her face. They were laughing hysterically and really having a great time. This only happened during the sound check though; they didn't do it during the actual performance.
Michael and Aaron were great during their sound check, and at the end of the song they gave eachother high fives. So cute.
When they came off the stage, there was a crowd of teenage girls surrounding Michael and he was extremely extremely nice to all of them. I took a picture with him and he's like, "Thanks for coming out today! I hope you have a great time!" He was just the nicest guy ever. (And ten times more gorgeous in person. Meow!) After I got a picture with him, he went to hang out with the Rent cast and they all looked really chummy. At one point, this deaf guy came up to him and they started conversing in sign language! I was freaking out; it was just so adorable. SO MUCH MICHAEL LOVE - THE HEART CANNOT TAKE IT.
Natalie was so cute; she asked me my name and we literally had a fifteen minute conversation. She's obviously really good friends with Eden Espinosa because during Eden's sound check, she went to the side of the stage and started doing a funny dance which made Eden crack up. Aaron had girls of all ages coming up to him; some of them recognized him from "Newsies" because I heard them talking to him about it. He was really really nice and stood their a LONG LONG time taking pictures with everyone. Such a sweetie.
As for Jenna, I'm pretty sure she thinks I'm the biggest freak ever. I was hanging out with my friend by the tents and we saw her talking with Michael, so my friend was like, "OMG! You have to get a picture with her! She was Libby on Sabrina!" And I'm like, yes, I know, but she's talking to someone right now. Maybe we should wait. But NOOOOO. My friend ran up to her, screamed "MY FRIEND REALLY WANTS TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOU!" and both Jenna and Michael looked at me and laughed. Then Michael took my camera (!!!) and said he'll take the picture of me and Jenna. I'm like, thanks. And he did.
I got a picture with everyone in the cast except for Adam. I'm kind of pissed at Adam because my friend and I went up to him and were like, "Hi, can we get a pi -" and then this guy walked up to him and started talking to him, and he literally ignored us even though we know he heard us. Like, he just walked away. He didn't really get near a lot of the fans backstage. I don't know, man. But I had a VERY UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL view of him on the stage and let me just say... the boy DOES have a beautiful ass. I can't really describe it, you just have to see it in person. Heh.
The show was great. Everyone did such a great job! At the end of "One", Michael grabbed his mic and was like, "Hey everyone! Please go see Bare: A Pop Opera! It's opening October 13th and Dodger Stages! Thanks!" and he did a little jump. Then the announcer came on and was like, "Hey! He took my job!" Ha. Aaron started laughing really hard and swatted Michael on the head.
At the end of the show, I saw Michael and Jenna talking to fans on the lawn and someone was handing out Bare samplers, because I saw a lot of people walking around with them.
On a completely unrelated note... Drew Lachey? Is REALLY, REALLY short in person.
That is all.
major smiles from AG!
