How crowded is the wait for the concert today?

[Elphie3]

How crowded is the wait for the concert today?#1

Posted: 11/30/07 at 10:32am

???

Madame Morrible: "So you take the chicken, now it must be a white chicken. The corpse can be any color. And that is the spell for lost luggage!" - The Yellow Brick Road Not Taken

[mauriposa]

re: How crowded is the wait for the concert today?#2

Posted: 11/30/07 at 10:38am

I'm going to go ahead and guess that those who could answer this question are currently waiting in said line.

[WickedBoy2]

re: How crowded is the wait for the concert today?#2

Posted: 11/30/07 at 10:44am

Crystal ball anyone????

A young actress with Noel coward after a dreadful opening night performance said to him 'Well, i knew my lines backwards this morning!'' Noels fast reply was ''Yes dear, and thats exactly how you said them tonight'!'

[thetheatrekook]

re: How crowded is the wait for the concert today?#3

Posted: 11/30/07 at 11:25am

can you see it from earth cam? (I can't see the website, blocked from my work comp)

www.kickfornick.com

[Popular]

re: How crowded is the wait for the concert today?#4

Posted: 11/30/07 at 11:29am

Hopefully they wont have to turn anyone away. I'd love to hear about how it went from those who go!

I'm so glad sirius radio is broadcasting this :)

[HughE2030]

re: How crowded is the wait for the concert today?#5

Posted: 11/30/07 at 1:05pm

It's a little late, but heres a recap from the scene. My friend Sarah got there at 6am to wait for tickets.

https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19747701&postID=5604199848031811187&pli=1

www.ConfessionsofaPaparazzi.com

[popular_elphie]

re: How crowded is the wait for the concert today?#6

Posted: 11/30/07 at 1:44pm

Only 300 at 10:00AM? I should've gone.

Hope it was (or still is, if it's still going on) an awesome concert.

[MargoChanning]

re: How crowded is the wait for the concert today?#7

Posted: 11/30/07 at 1:47pm

It's over. There are already reports about it on ATC -- apparently it was only 30 minutes (THE COLOR PURPLE and the Disney shows didn't participate).

"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie [http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/] "The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney

[popular_elphie]

re: How crowded is the wait for the concert today?#8

Posted: 11/30/07 at 1:48pm

Thirty minutes? That's it?

[MargoChanning]

re: How crowded is the wait for the concert today?#9

Posted: 11/30/07 at 1:49pm

The posters at ATC seemed to like it though. B. Peters sand "There's No Biz Like Show Business" and A. Lansbury sang "We Need A Little Xmas."

"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie [http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/] "The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney

[BJC899]

re: How crowded is the wait for the concert today?#10

Posted: 11/30/07 at 1:55pm

It WAS thirty minutes. A true publicity gimmick. However, I loved it so much.

[dancingthrulife04]

re: How crowded is the wait for the concert today?#11

Posted: 11/30/07 at 2:01pm

I had a ball, but I was kind of pissed that Iw aited so long, especially when the people watching the line were saying it was going to last until 2PM. Bob Martin is HILARIOUS.

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[moljul]

re: How crowded is the wait for the concert today?#12

Posted: 11/30/07 at 2:21pm

I arrived at 10 a.m. and I would say there were no where near 300 people - maybe 100 at the most. But shortly after that, a ton of folks showed up. Very exciting, but yes, short, concert. Well worth it!

[matty159]

re: How crowded is the wait for the concert today?#13

Posted: 11/30/07 at 2:22pm

Listening to it on Sirius now. Man, I wish I had been there! It has me grinning from ear to ear. LOVE Bob Martin!

[matty159]

re: How crowded is the wait for the concert today?#14

Posted: 11/30/07 at 2:25pm

Wow! That was short.

[moljul]

re: How crowded is the wait for the concert today?#15

Posted: 11/30/07 at 2:30pm

Yes, I think Bob Martin definitely stole the show and that's saying something when you have Bernadette Peters and Angela Landbury on the bill - though they were both amazing as well!.

Do you think Socrates really worried about the load-in?

[singingbackup]

re: How crowded is the wait for the concert today?#16

Posted: 11/30/07 at 2:46pm

Twas short but very sweet. And to see all the different performers in their show costumes was a sight indeed. SO great to have Bob Martin back in his 'apartment'.

BTW brilliant use of the setting (It was on the "Drowsy Chaperone" stage) and having the man in chair comment on the state of affairs and then have his refrigerator deliver so many great characters (Just like in Drowsy!)

It was a theater lovers wet dream.

[wickedrentq]

re: How crowded is the wait for the concert today?#17

Posted: 11/30/07 at 3:37pm

Yeah, I got there around 10:20 and figured there couldn't be more than a couple hundred in front of me. The theater eventually filled up, but it took a little while -- remember, the Marquis Theater sits like 1600 people.

I sat front row, center mezz. There were still good orch seats scattered, I'm really not sure why, but yeah. I was very pleased with my seats -- no one blocking short little me, and there, the front row is pretty low.

The only frustrating part was, as mentioned, the people at the hotel were telling us it was going to be 2 hours. As soon as the curtain went down, everyone kinda just stared at each other and was like -- that's IT? Not that it wasn't well worth it, especially worth the price, I just wish I hadn't been told it was gonna be 2 hours. Oh well. So worth it to see Bernadette and Angela singing again, with the rest of Broadway. Bob Martin was hilarious. And the energy and excitement in the theater was of course immense.

At the end of We Need A Little Christmas (so great to hear Angela, even if she did miss a couple of cues, haha), a banner came down that said "Broadway's Back!" Such cheers.

The only two songs were No Business...started by Bernadette and We Need A Little Christmas started by Angela...then a couple solos happened...I think in Show Business it was Cheyenne, Laura Bell, and Jonathan Groff...and in We Need A Little was Stephanie J. Block, Kerry Butler and Lea Michele.

Since no one else mentioned on here, here's who was there (to the best of my memory, which adds a few holes):

Special guests: Bob Martin, Bernadette Peters, Angela Lansbury, Bob Saget

Jersey Boys: Michael Longoria, and the 3 under (understudy? I didn't recognize them) Jersey Boys

Hairspray: Shannon Durig and George Wendt (per dancing, thanks!)

Wicked: Stephanie J. Block and Annaleigh Ashford

Spelling Bee: Jared Gertner and Sara Inbar

Chicago: Michelle DeJean and another cast member whose name I can't remember (sorry!)

Spring Awakening: Lea Michele and Jonathan Groff

Young Frankenstein: Understudy for the monster

The Grinch: Understudy for the Grinch

Xanadu: Kerry Butler and Cheyenne Jackson

Legally Blonde: Laura Bell Bundy

Mamma Mia: Carolee Carmello

Drowsy Chaperone: Beth Leavel

Avenue Q: Howie Michael Smith (w/ Rod) and Jennifer Barnheart (w/ Lucy)

Grease: Max Crumm and Laura Osnes

Curtains: John Bolton

Les Miserables: Max Von Essen

Rent: Justin Johnson and Tamyra Gray

Phantom: Whoever the current Phantom is (not sure)

Spamalot: Missed the name, but one of the knights

Chorus Line: 2 dancers who I'm not sure of

Seafarer: 1 actor I'm not sure of

Anyone feel free to correct or plug in my holes

And I got a picture with Bernadette at the stage door

Again, just wish I wasn't told it was 2 hours, but otherwise, really fantastic concert! What a treat!

"If there was a Mount Rushmore for Broadway scores, "West Side Story" would be front and center. It snaps, it crackles it pops! It surges with a roar, its energy and sheer life undiminished by the years" - NYPost reviewer Elisabeth Vincentelli

Updated On: 11/30/07 at 03:37 PM

[dancingthrulife04]

re: How crowded is the wait for the concert today?#18

Posted: 11/30/07 at 3:44pm

Hairspray: Shannon Durig and Paul Vogt(?) I thought it was him, but I swore that's not the name I heard.

George Wendt.

Chicago: Michelle DeJean and another cast member whose name I can't remember (sorry!)

Solange Sandy (I think)

Chorus Line: 2 dancers who I'm not sure of

Deidre Goodwin and Paul McGill

And I don't remember their names but shuler Hensley's understudy was there, as well as an understudy for the Grinch.

http://www.beintheheights.com/katnicole1 (Please click and help me win!) I chose, and my world was shaken- So what?
The choice may have been mistaken, The choosing was not... "Every day has the potential to be the greatest day of your life." - Lin-Manuel Miranda "And when Idina Menzel is singing, I'm always slightly worried that her teeth are going to jump out of her mouth and chase me." - Schmerg_the_Impaler

[wickedrentq]

re: How crowded is the wait for the concert today?#19

Posted: 11/30/07 at 3:47pm

Thanks dancing! I honestly didn't hear their names(the grinch and the monster), I just saw their costumes and assumed...will make changes.

"If there was a Mount Rushmore for Broadway scores, "West Side Story" would be front and center. It snaps, it crackles it pops! It surges with a roar, its energy and sheer life undiminished by the years" - NYPost reviewer Elisabeth Vincentelli

[Yankeefan007]

re: How crowded is the wait for the concert today?#20

Posted: 11/30/07 at 3:56pm

"Man in Chair then took a few moments to chat with the folks filling his apartment. He spoke with the Jersey Boys about their first show back with a new Frankie Valli (Michael Longoria) and with Rufus Sewell of Rock 'n' Roll about this season's plethora of plays. Martin was then interrupted by a knock at the door.

In walked Bob Saget, Drowsy's current Man in Chair, who said he'd heard music the other night, liked it and wondered if he could borrow the recording. "You can't just come over to someone's apartment and ask to borrow their Gypsy without specifying which one," Martin said. He finally ushered Saget out the door with a Linda Lavin bootleg, turned around and was interrupted by another knock ("David Hyde Pierce, David Hyde Pierce," fingers crossed)."

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/113186.html Updated On: 11/30/07 at 03:56 PM

[popular_elphie]

re: How crowded is the wait for the concert today?#21

Posted: 11/30/07 at 4:02pm

Do you know which understudy was there for the monster in YF?

Sounds like it was really something to see! Updated On: 11/30/07 at 04:02 PM

[seafarer]

re: How crowded is the wait for the concert today?#22

Posted: 11/30/07 at 6:18pm

Was Ciaran Hinds from "The Seafarer" there?

[WickedPirate2]

re: How crowded is the wait for the concert today?#23

Posted: 11/30/07 at 7:16pm

lots of pictures on the BWW homepage - They have pics (and the names) of just about every performer that was there today

https://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=23395

[seafarer]

re: How crowded is the wait for the concert today?#24

Posted: 11/30/07 at 8:29pm

Just read at playbill.com that it was Sean Mahon from Seafarer. Also, not Rufus Sewell.