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Posted: 7/31/05 at 10:40pm
So today 7/31 was the last day for Wicked here at the Pantages in L.A. Matinee show only, no evening show. What does one do when one wants to see the very last show, but does not have tickets? One gets in the cancellation line at 5am, for the 1pm show, of course.
We'd originally talked about getting in line at 4:30am, but decided that was just obnoxious and 5am would be fine. You know who is on the streets of Hollywood Blvd at 5am on a Sunday? Drunk/stoned/other people just leaving the clubs, rambling homeless people, and two women waiting (ok- starting) the cancellation line at the (opens at 10am) Pantages box office. We weren't too early, though, as the next family was in line by 5:10am. And then it was just us until 6am, when all the people who are a-scared of being in the dark on Hollywood Blvd started to show up.
We tried the lotto, but no luck there, so at least we had our front of the cancellation line spots.
The three of us got in, and the family (of three) behind us got in, other than that I have no idea how many cancellation tix the Pantages had today. But it was nowhere near as crowded as I'd expected it to be- (I've decided to delete this part :))
Last show: so amazing! No big technical problems- the bubble was fine (although the bubble producing machines on the side were not working, only one was on, and it was producing bubbles sl-ooo-w-ly), Elphaba was able to Defy Gravity no problem, all was good. Stephanie and Kendra were both in, and they started crying during "For Good"! Ok, so the first time I saw Wicked was in NY, and I cried during "For Good," and was a little embarrassed that I cried during "For Good." I was in ORCH row B tonight and I could see tears from Kendra and Steph had tear tracks through her green makeup- I almost cried again. It was really moving.
Did the stage door after the show. I have never done the stage door before, I come from a tv background which discourages that whole speaking to the celebrities thing, so the stage door process in theatre, whereby 'the public' is encouraged to line up at the door, in fact is pointed to the door, that the celebs use? Fascinating to me!
So through the line came Logan Lipton- so friendly, talking about how excited he is for San Fran as he has never been there before, how adorable is that? Kendra Kassebaum came through the line, which I've heard from quite a few other people who have done the stage door that she never does that, so that was surprising. She doesn't really seem to enjoy the whole stage door to-do at all, which is a little sad. Like I actually felt bad for her having to sign stuff and take photos and speak with people, she just looked so unhappy. Although she did get the hell out of the line the quickest out of anyone, so maybe that was the goal. Anyway, David Garrison and Derrick Williams also totally friendly. Derrick Williams also totally hot- I don't care what most of the other people who post on a certain website say about him- the man is hot and totally great as Fiyero. (ok, BTW- where are all these performers *walking* to after the show? After they make their way down the stage door line they walk away, don't they know that nobody walks in L.A.? :)) No Carol Kane (who I have also heard never does the stage door), but also no Jenna Leigh Green, which I was a little disappointed by as I really did enjoy her as Elphaba a couple of weeks back and would have liked to be able to tell her so.
Then after about an hour Stephanie J. Block came out, and she is so incredibly awesome. The woman loves her some In N Out (get your minds out of the gutters, I am talking hamburgers people! It was all Popular's doing. heh.), she is hysterical! And her boyfriend is adorable too. Anyone who enters her own name into the lotto of the show that she is freakin' STARRING in, just to get friends/neighbors/etc into the show, is already awesome to begin with, and Stephanie is just so incredibly nice in person, it was a good stage door experience.
After this is all said and done and I make the drive over the hill back to the valley, it is about 6pm. 13 hours and $89 have been taken from my Sunday- and it was soooooo worth it!!
In conclusion, between June 18 and July 31 I saw Wicked seven times at the Pantages:
Stephanie J. Block/ Katie Adams (house seats- agency contact)
Maria Eberline/ Kendra Kassebaum (free house seats- for my birthday)
Stephanie J. Block/ Kendra Kassebaum (lotto win)
Stephanie J. Block/ Kendra Kassebaum (lotto win)
Stephanie J. Block/ Katie Adams (cancellation line)
Jenna Leigh Green/ Kendra Kassebaum (lotto win)
Stephanie J. Block/ Kendra Kassebaum (cancellation line)
and so now I have to find a new, preferably cheaper, hobby.
I do have a job interview scheduled for tomorrow afternoon, I guess that's a start. :)
(as posted to http://www.livejournal.com/users/anakela21/2005/07/31/)
We'd originally talked about getting in line at 4:30am, but decided that was just obnoxious and 5am would be fine. You know who is on the streets of Hollywood Blvd at 5am on a Sunday? Drunk/stoned/other people just leaving the clubs, rambling homeless people, and two women waiting (ok- starting) the cancellation line at the (opens at 10am) Pantages box office. We weren't too early, though, as the next family was in line by 5:10am. And then it was just us until 6am, when all the people who are a-scared of being in the dark on Hollywood Blvd started to show up.
We tried the lotto, but no luck there, so at least we had our front of the cancellation line spots.
The three of us got in, and the family (of three) behind us got in, other than that I have no idea how many cancellation tix the Pantages had today. But it was nowhere near as crowded as I'd expected it to be- (I've decided to delete this part :))
Last show: so amazing! No big technical problems- the bubble was fine (although the bubble producing machines on the side were not working, only one was on, and it was producing bubbles sl-ooo-w-ly), Elphaba was able to Defy Gravity no problem, all was good. Stephanie and Kendra were both in, and they started crying during "For Good"! Ok, so the first time I saw Wicked was in NY, and I cried during "For Good," and was a little embarrassed that I cried during "For Good." I was in ORCH row B tonight and I could see tears from Kendra and Steph had tear tracks through her green makeup- I almost cried again. It was really moving.
Did the stage door after the show. I have never done the stage door before, I come from a tv background which discourages that whole speaking to the celebrities thing, so the stage door process in theatre, whereby 'the public' is encouraged to line up at the door, in fact is pointed to the door, that the celebs use? Fascinating to me!
So through the line came Logan Lipton- so friendly, talking about how excited he is for San Fran as he has never been there before, how adorable is that? Kendra Kassebaum came through the line, which I've heard from quite a few other people who have done the stage door that she never does that, so that was surprising. She doesn't really seem to enjoy the whole stage door to-do at all, which is a little sad. Like I actually felt bad for her having to sign stuff and take photos and speak with people, she just looked so unhappy. Although she did get the hell out of the line the quickest out of anyone, so maybe that was the goal. Anyway, David Garrison and Derrick Williams also totally friendly. Derrick Williams also totally hot- I don't care what most of the other people who post on a certain website say about him- the man is hot and totally great as Fiyero. (ok, BTW- where are all these performers *walking* to after the show? After they make their way down the stage door line they walk away, don't they know that nobody walks in L.A.? :)) No Carol Kane (who I have also heard never does the stage door), but also no Jenna Leigh Green, which I was a little disappointed by as I really did enjoy her as Elphaba a couple of weeks back and would have liked to be able to tell her so.
Then after about an hour Stephanie J. Block came out, and she is so incredibly awesome. The woman loves her some In N Out (get your minds out of the gutters, I am talking hamburgers people! It was all Popular's doing. heh.), she is hysterical! And her boyfriend is adorable too. Anyone who enters her own name into the lotto of the show that she is freakin' STARRING in, just to get friends/neighbors/etc into the show, is already awesome to begin with, and Stephanie is just so incredibly nice in person, it was a good stage door experience.
After this is all said and done and I make the drive over the hill back to the valley, it is about 6pm. 13 hours and $89 have been taken from my Sunday- and it was soooooo worth it!!
In conclusion, between June 18 and July 31 I saw Wicked seven times at the Pantages:
Stephanie J. Block/ Katie Adams (house seats- agency contact)
Maria Eberline/ Kendra Kassebaum (free house seats- for my birthday)
Stephanie J. Block/ Kendra Kassebaum (lotto win)
Stephanie J. Block/ Kendra Kassebaum (lotto win)
Stephanie J. Block/ Katie Adams (cancellation line)
Jenna Leigh Green/ Kendra Kassebaum (lotto win)
Stephanie J. Block/ Kendra Kassebaum (cancellation line)
and so now I have to find a new, preferably cheaper, hobby.
I do have a job interview scheduled for tomorrow afternoon, I guess that's a start. :)
(as posted to http://www.livejournal.com/users/anakela21/2005/07/31/)
Updated On: 8/1/05 at 10:40 PM
