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#1

Magics heading to Spamalot!

Posted: 1/2/05 at 5:27pm

Just wanted to brag/exult for a moment, but I just got one ticket to Spamalot in Chicago on January 5th! And, randomly, because the person who hooked me up rules, the ticket is Orchestra center, row A. Whee! I can't wait to see the show, and I'll post a review, I promise:) I'm going to be in the area apartment searching, and I was planning to see All Shook Up, but I really wanted to see Spamalot, so yay!

Okay, I'm done! Bye!

There's always room for pathos - and jazz hands.

#2

re: Magics heading to Spamalot!

Posted: 1/2/05 at 5:33pm

YAY!

David walked into the valley With a stone clutched in his hand He was only a boy But he knew someone must take a stand There will always be a valley Always mountains one must scale There will always be perilous waters Which someone must sail -Into the Fire Scarlet Pimpernel

#3

re: Magics heading to Spamalot!

Posted: 1/2/05 at 5:39pm

The part of me that is obsessed with Hank Azaria is in absolute freakout mode right now:)

There's always room for pathos - and jazz hands.

#4

re: Magics heading to Spamalot!

Posted: 1/2/05 at 5:42pm

if ur Hank Azaria obsessed rent the movie The Cradle Will Rock. it's sooo good and it;s about Bway. You lucky SOB!!!!!!!! make a bootleg and give it too me!!

just kidding

actually no, i'm not

"Picture "The View," with the wisecracking, sympathetic sweethearts of that ABC television show replaced by a panel of embittered, suffering or enraged Arab women" -the Times review of Black Eyed

#5

re: Magics heading to Spamalot!

Posted: 1/2/05 at 5:53pm

I love "The Cradle will Rock," but my all-time favorite performance of his is in "The Birdcage." The first time I saw the movie was in the theater when it first opened, and I literally fell out of my chair when he burst in the door singing "I could have danced all night." I've been a die-hard ever since.

Bootleg? What's a bootleg? (wink!)Actually, I so don't have the technology for that.

Wow, I just hope Hank's understudy isn't on during that performance. I would be so sad.

However, I will live either way. (double wink!)

There's always room for pathos - and jazz hands.

#6

re: Magics heading to Spamalot!

Posted: 1/2/05 at 5:55pm

tee-hee! hEy, you can ALWAYS buy me a ticket to see the show!! *winky wink wink*. have muey fun

"Picture "The View," with the wisecracking, sympathetic sweethearts of that ABC television show replaced by a panel of embittered, suffering or enraged Arab women" -the Times review of Black Eyed

#7

re: Magics heading to Spamalot!

Posted: 1/2/05 at 6:32pm

Magic, the night before I saw Spamalot, "The Birdcage" was on TV. Twice. Guess what I spent my night watching..

I LOVE that movie (and Hank!). Have an awesome time!!

#8

re: Magics heading to Spamalot!

Posted: 1/2/05 at 6:35pm

Hehe. That SO sounds like me. I own "Birdcage" on both a really old VHS and the DVD, but whenever it comes on TV - usually Bravo - I end up watching it. And they run it a lot.

The funniest part of the TV editing of the movie, for me, is the addition of the orange shorts while Agador is cleaning the pool, in the background of the "Can't we hire a straight maid?" scene. It looks like some 10 year old with the paint program painted those shorts on him. Having lived with a graphic designer for a year, I notice these things now.

Sigh. I love me some Hank Azaria. Hopefully, fingers crossed, I will get to see him and not his understudy (nothing against understudies...I happen to love them...but he's one of the main reasons I'm going!) and then I will get an encounter at the stage door.

There's always room for pathos - and jazz hands.

Updated On: 1/2/05 at 06:35 PM

#9

re: Magics heading to Spamalot!

Posted: 1/2/05 at 6:39pm

Just wondering--are you seat A1?

#10

re: Magics heading to Spamalot!

Posted: 1/2/05 at 6:41pm

My seat is: ORCH-C, row A, seat 101

Just curious why you asked? Are you going the same day? :) That could be fun!

There's always room for pathos - and jazz hands.

Updated On: 1/2/05 at 06:41 PM

#11

re: Magics heading to Spamalot!

Posted: 1/2/05 at 6:53pm

ARE YOU FREAKIN' KIDDING ME???

You really have seat A-101????

All I can say is, dress well, make sure you pee at intermission, and don't be nervous!

#12

re: Magics heading to Spamalot!

Posted: 1/2/05 at 6:57pm

Uh....hehe. Nervous laugh. Is there any particular reason I should do those three things, or is that just general theatrical viewing advice:)?

Hehe. Memories of the "Rock and Roll Party Queen" sequence from Grease flood back to me....as does getting covered in water at a staging of "Rocky Horror."

Don't leave me hangin', honey!

There's always room for pathos - and jazz hands.

Updated On: 1/2/05 at 06:57 PM

#13

re: Magics heading to Spamalot!

Posted: 1/2/05 at 7:03pm

Well, the night I saw the show, the person in seat A-101 had a very important function.

Of course, they could use different seats on different nights, but that would require different pieces of sceney, different lines, etc.

without giving it away completely, let me just say that at a point in the show, a large piece of carved stone bearing the cryptic message "AIOI" is discovered. Eventually, the knights figure out what this message means.

#14

re: Magics heading to Spamalot!

Posted: 1/2/05 at 7:06pm

Oh Good Lord. Care to share any more details, so I won't be absolutely mortified on Wednesday? (Not that I'll mind!) PM me if you don't want to ruin it for the rest of the board.

Did you like the show when you saw it?

There's always room for pathos - and jazz hands.

#15

re: Magics heading to Spamalot!

Posted: 1/2/05 at 7:06pm

Yay!

#16

re: Magics heading to Spamalot!

Posted: 1/2/05 at 7:10pm

....and visions of Spamalot dance in my head. :)

This is making my day even cooler than it became when I found out I had the ticket. (I've got the golden ticket?)

There's always room for pathos - and jazz hands.

#17

re: Magics heading to Spamalot!

Posted: 1/2/05 at 7:39pm

OMG YOU HAVE A-101!

You are totally kidding--right????

I was so sure that person was a plant! Have loads of fun, take pictures and I AM SO FREAKIN' JEALOUS. I saw it today, and...it's amazing...but I would have killed to be in A-101

And no, it doesn't change. M'dear, you are the envy of this board!

#18

re: Magics heading to Spamalot!

Posted: 1/2/05 at 7:46pm

Magic, you are going to have an amazing time at the show. I'm so jealous!

#19

re: Magics heading to Spamalot!

Posted: 1/2/05 at 7:56pm

hey magic, wanna drive to the suburbs and pick me up? lol you have awesome seats!!!!! TAKE ME!

"Chicago is it's own incredible theater town right there smack down in the middle of the heartland. What a great city! I can see why Oprah likes to live there!" - Dee Hoty :-D

#20

re: Magics heading to Spamalot!

Posted: 1/2/05 at 8:56pm

Oh my gosh. I'm so excited right now, you guys have no idea. I'd love to find a way to get pictures, but I'm going by myself, which is how I was able to score the one single ticket in front.

Oh Lord, I hope Hank Azaria is performing at the matinee:) Fingers crossed. Fingers crossed. Fingers crossed.

There's always room for pathos - and jazz hands.

#21

re: Magics heading to Spamalot!

Posted: 1/2/05 at 9:40pm

Magic, I think since it's previews, he pretty much has to be there unless he falls deathly ill. If it helps, I was at the day after Christmas matinee and he was there, so I don't see why he wouldn't be there for your show.

(I am so excited for you!! If you wanted to smuggle someone in to get pictures, I could be free that day..

I promise, I'm quiet and can fit under a seat without anyone noticing!)

#22

re: Magics heading to Spamalot!

Posted: 1/2/05 at 9:48pm

OMG!!! You've GOT to be kidding about that seat, right?!?!?!?!

If you really do have it (sorry for being suspicious, but I'm cynical, lol), that's cool. NOBODY TELL HER WHAT HAPPENS! NOBODY!!!!!! (Its SO much better when its a surprise.)

And, yes, it was that seat when I saw it and when a family friend saw it. So, at least as of now, they're not changing it.

Hank Azaria will be in unless he falls deathly ill, as someone else said. When a show is in previews, you don't skip matinees for anything but a really, really good reason. You should enjoy him, he's hilarious. Have a blast!

But now we have come almost to the end. One last step. And then, when I take power, they will be pulled down and ground into dirt for what they did to you. And what they did in so contemptuously underestimating me.

#23

re: Magics heading to Spamalot!

Posted: 1/2/05 at 10:11pm

WhereamIgoingto and commasplice, thanks for the assurances that he would be there. I hadn't thought about it being previews and the likelihood that he'd be there - so thanks.

WhereamIgoingto, I'm pretty sure I have the seat. At least, its what my ticketmaster print out thing says. :) Hopefully, I have it, right?

commasplice, my purse is pretty large and all, but I don't think it could fit a person. Dang, I wish I had a family member or something with me to take pics....because no one is going to believe this if I don't get pics:)

Yikes. I can't wait til the 5th now!

There's always room for pathos - and jazz hands.

#24

re: Magics heading to Spamalot!

Posted: 1/2/05 at 10:14pm

Just in case I'm wrong about the picture, bring a camera and befriend the person sitting next to you during intermission.

#25

re: Magics heading to Spamalot!

Posted: 1/2/05 at 10:16pm

Good plan. Will do. Good call.

...Magic flips out a little bit more.:)

You guys rock, I'm so excited!

Oh my gosh! What should I wear?:)

There's always room for pathos - and jazz hands.

Updated On: 1/2/05 at 10:16 PM

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