Elphie defys gravity, looks on the bright side of life, and falls for Norbert again

[elphieisperky]

Posted: 6/1/06 at 9:56pm

Don't you like my creative title? Okay, so this is veeeery overdue. My cousin and aunt were in town, so we saw 3 shows on the Friday and Saturday before Memorial Day, you figure out the actual dates. I'll try to make this quick, so here we go...

Friday evening-Dirty Rotten Scoundrels: This is why I fell in love with Norbert again. I didn't want to get my hopes up, so I pictured him not being there, and sure enough, there he was. He was funnier than ever, I adore him. Never seen Jonathan before, he was pretty darn good. Better than Lithgow, IMHO. Rachel York was...good. She was funny and stuff, but I like Sherie better, gotta say it. And Sherie comes back or something, right? Cool. And Greg was there, wonderful as always. Oh, Lucie Arnez! Really good and funny, even though I was missing Joanna Gleason a lot during some scenes. And Sara's back, even better this time. I think that's it. So overall, another great night at DRS. If you haven't seen it, see it before Norbert leaves. He made the show for me.

Saturday matinee-Spamalot: I saw this once before, and really liked it, but the second time was waaay better, maybe I was just concentrating more or something. I'll be fast on this one...different Arthur, Sir Robin, and Lancelot for me. I don't have the Playbill with me, so I don't remember their names, but they were great, especially Robin. And I'm starting to lean toward you guys with Lauren Kennedy. I loved her the first time I saw it (never saw Sara), but this time, I noticed stuff I didn't like. Oh well, still good, and even though the over-acting can get annoying, she's got an incredible voice. Christopher Seiber (out the last time, so first time seeing him) and Michael McGrath were hilarious, but I was very bummed that Christian Borle was out, I looooved him. So great show, the guy right across from us was the one picked in the end.

Saturday evening-Wicked: Wait a second! Wicked? Again? Yes, Wicked, again. I don't tell people how many times I've seen it now, because it's pretty ridiculous. But this was my mom's fault, I swear! She randomly bought those cancellation line tickets for the four of us, and there we were. Great seats, actually. Now I'm being stupid, thinking, "Oh great, Megan's gone..." and these two crazy Wicked fans go, "No! Her last day's tomorrow, don't worry!" No matter how insane, crazy Wicked fans are still really nice, and fun to talk to at stage doors. So I finally, finally saw Megan. Holy Moly. I've gotta say, she made Glinda her own, and did wonders with the part. Great job Megan, glad I saw you right before you left! Um...Eden. Second time seeing her (first time was when she was understudy for Idina), and what a huge difference. I got chills every time she opened her mouth to sing. Wow. My mom leans over to me and says really loud, "Better than Shoshana!" I agree, but it's not something to be screamed out loud :) David Garrison and Derrick were amazing, Jenna and Carol were so different but great, and Robb is my true love. Only show we stage door-ed. I got Megan, Eden, Jenna, David, and Derrick's autographs. Robb left quickly, and Carol goes through another door, we asked. Megan and Eden were going out partying, BTW. It was cute. I'll post a picture of the playbill on my fan pictures, so check it out, okay? And that's basically it. I had a wonderful time, hope you liked my (long) reviews, and I hope you all see these shows. Bye-bye!
-Elphie

[EponineAmneris]

Posted: 6/1/06 at 10:05pm

Enjoyed this review and all the shows when I saw them, too

But John Lithgow *IS*/was/always will be Lawrence Even though I like Johnathan Pryce.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 6/3/06 at 6:30pm

Glad you had fun ^_^.

Out of the 3 the only show I havn't seen is DRS. X.X
It breaks my heart everytime telling this story... My dad got my tixs in December cause I BEGGED him to go so I could see Norbert ^_^ so we got tixs (GOOD ones at that- it was like ORCH CNTR B) for the middle of May. Well in febuary I auditoned and got into the show at my HS, and , come to find out, we have a manditory dress rehersal that day!! I couldn't get out of it X.X. So we had to sell them, and I doubt i'll be going anytime before Norbert Leaves :

I saw Wicked most recently.. a month ago, at least. It was very good. I was extremly dissapointed that we had Megan's understudy, she just didnt cut it for me, I was looking very foward to seeing her. As for Eden, I thought she was amazing. I didn't know what to expect of her, but she did a great job ^_^.
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