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Posted: 9/12/04 at 9:26pm
So my first hint that this was going to be unlike any other closing I'd ever gone to was that there were people outside wearing signs that said "For a ticket, I would do almost anything." The second hint was that I didn't even get into the lobby of the theater until 3:05. The final hint was when I got to the seats and there were flashes going off everywhere- taking pictures of Barbara Walters, Jackie Collins, Carol Bager-Sayer, and Matt Damon. I love Matt Damon so that was super exciting for me to see.
Curtain finally rose at about 3:25 and Hugh got his first standing ovation just for coming onto the stage. Everyone went crazy over Mitchell Federan, even though his turns almost caused him to fall off the piano he was so close to the edge this time.
When they got up to "Only an Older Woman" Isabel Keating had this weird frog in her throat and coughed, missing her entrance so they had to have her drink the whole "drink" she had there and then Hugh called over to the "bartender" and they had to give her another glass of colored water. The whole time they were vamping the opening until she got into it and once she got it started the audience was cheering all over for her.
After Stephanie Block's "She Loves to Hear the Music" there was a standing ovation. She was laughing and loving it. She was really thrilled by it and it was so obvious because she kept thanking everyone.
"Quiet Please, There's a Lady On Stage" got a huge reception as well, with Isabel Keating getting a huge send off from the audience.
Naturally, "Not the Boy Next Door" got an enormous standing ovation just because it ended Act I.
When Act II came, Hugh said that usually this was when he played with the audience but that tonight he was going to do what he wanted to do. He had them spot light Barbara Walters in the audience and then got her to come up and sit on the stage in this chair and he told her she was going to get a lap dance. Then he said but the problem is that the person who is giving her the lap dance doesn't know it. Then he had them spot light Matt Damon who was laughing. They got HIM to come up on stage and him and Hugh danced all around Barbara Walters and it was the most bizarre so-wrong-yet-so-awesome moment I've ever seen. Once they finished that Barbara went back to her seat and he made Matt sit in the chair then he had all the girls come out from the wings and dance around him while he knelt in front of Matt dancing. Matt's face was like "what the heck?" but then he laughed too and it was awesome.
"Don't Cry Out Loud" got a large reception for Beth Fowler.
"Once Before I Go" was the most emotional portion of the show however. Every line was paused between for audience reactions and of course Hugh was very emotional during it. It also received a standing ovation, of course.
They did their bows of course and Hugh gave an excellent little speech about how the audiences showed that despite the bad reviews a show can find success and how much he loved being in this and everything about it.
It got out about 6:00 and was a MOB scene. People across the street hanging out windows to see, everything. It was really a sight to see...
Curtain finally rose at about 3:25 and Hugh got his first standing ovation just for coming onto the stage. Everyone went crazy over Mitchell Federan, even though his turns almost caused him to fall off the piano he was so close to the edge this time.
When they got up to "Only an Older Woman" Isabel Keating had this weird frog in her throat and coughed, missing her entrance so they had to have her drink the whole "drink" she had there and then Hugh called over to the "bartender" and they had to give her another glass of colored water. The whole time they were vamping the opening until she got into it and once she got it started the audience was cheering all over for her.
After Stephanie Block's "She Loves to Hear the Music" there was a standing ovation. She was laughing and loving it. She was really thrilled by it and it was so obvious because she kept thanking everyone.
"Quiet Please, There's a Lady On Stage" got a huge reception as well, with Isabel Keating getting a huge send off from the audience.
Naturally, "Not the Boy Next Door" got an enormous standing ovation just because it ended Act I.
When Act II came, Hugh said that usually this was when he played with the audience but that tonight he was going to do what he wanted to do. He had them spot light Barbara Walters in the audience and then got her to come up and sit on the stage in this chair and he told her she was going to get a lap dance. Then he said but the problem is that the person who is giving her the lap dance doesn't know it. Then he had them spot light Matt Damon who was laughing. They got HIM to come up on stage and him and Hugh danced all around Barbara Walters and it was the most bizarre so-wrong-yet-so-awesome moment I've ever seen. Once they finished that Barbara went back to her seat and he made Matt sit in the chair then he had all the girls come out from the wings and dance around him while he knelt in front of Matt dancing. Matt's face was like "what the heck?" but then he laughed too and it was awesome.
"Don't Cry Out Loud" got a large reception for Beth Fowler.
"Once Before I Go" was the most emotional portion of the show however. Every line was paused between for audience reactions and of course Hugh was very emotional during it. It also received a standing ovation, of course.
They did their bows of course and Hugh gave an excellent little speech about how the audiences showed that despite the bad reviews a show can find success and how much he loved being in this and everything about it.
It got out about 6:00 and was a MOB scene. People across the street hanging out windows to see, everything. It was really a sight to see...
And hang on, when did you win the discus?
I had to share, I figured people would want to know.
