Not that anyone cares, or asked, but I'm a closure freak so wanted to post one last time.
I saw Kinky Boots. I was only in NYC Tuesday - Thursday so I had three opportunities to see shows and Tuesday night was DEH. Amazing. What else is there to say that hasn't already been said?
So that left me Wednesday matinee and Wednesday night. And I wanted to see Beautiful because I sing Carole King songs and wanted to get background and backstory about the songs, etc. I really don't know much about her at all and I LOATHE the term "jukebox musical" but really really enjoyed it. I loved the friendship between Carole and Cynthia and like most people had no idea all those songs were written by those people. And Carole was amazing. I didn't realize she rejoined the cast the night before and the actress who played Cynthia (she was amazing) joined the night before as well. I am not a stage door person at all but since there were only a handful of people waiting I thought I'd stick around. It was neat seeing the actors "in the wild." The show has had it's criticisms and I suppose I understand them but I really enjoyed it. Since I was one of the youngest in the audience by at least 25 years, the audience was a bit of dud. They didn't clap when she's at the piano in the beginning until an awkward pause, and they were slow to clap during the performances of the group. That was too bad. But the show was great and I really loved it. In fact, I have thought more about Beautiful than any of the other shows I just saw.
I loved Kinky Boots too. Wow. J Garrison (is that right?) who played Lola was truly remarkable. It makes me wonder how is it possible that Billy Porter is better?? I knew the story somewhat going in but had no idea about the sons/fathers threads. That really touched me. It was a full house which is always good to see after so many years and the message was important. Be who you are. Just be.
I wanted to see Waitress but there weren't enough slots. But all the messages on the board really convinced me to give it a shot. But Beautiful only had a matinee and Waitress didn't have an evening performance so Kinky Boots was essentially decided for me. But I don't regret it at all.
Thank you all for your opinions.
