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Posted: 4/10/05 at 3:16pm
It was my first time. Ohh my god. The experiance just makes me see how much Michigan really does suck. Mind you, these were my first six shows I had ever seen.
I saw six shows, total.
Forbidden Broadway, an off-broadway show was first. I loved it. It was in the Douglas Fairbanks Theatre which is quite small... making it feel so much more personal. The jokes making fun of other shows were hilarious, at least... the ones that I understood. I just wish I knew more shows so I could've understood all of the jokes. Cheap tickets, too, got great seats the day of the performance.
Next was Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. I was SO glad I saw this... Norbert Leo Butz and Sherie Rene Scott together, I loved it. The lyrics were horrible... but I enjoyed myself. When we got the tickets, they told us we were going to be far away in the Imperial Theatre... but we were pretty high up with a great view. I guess it was just my opinion.
After that, we saw Democracy, a play. I found it boring. It didn't interest me at all... and I just got annoyed whenever the main role lit up to smoke. Also, too long. Ohh well, I guess you can't like everything you see, when you go in almost blindly. My friend and I were basically the only two people under the age of 20. In fact, I'm probably correct by assuming we were the only ones under the age of 30. Definately an older audiance show. The audiance of the Brooks Atkinson was pretty bare, also... I'm guessing it's not a popular show.
Take Democracy's complete opposite, and you'll have Altar Boyz. I went in only knowing that it was in Dodger Stages... the same place BARE was. Because I loved BARE, I had high hopes... and they were met instantly. I was laughing the whole time. It was an intimate audiance, and the five wonderfully talented performers worked the stage like no show I had ever seen. On top of that, the guy who played Mark, I SWEAR I saw earlier in the streets of NY. I loved it. A blast!
The next day we went to Nederlander Theatre to enter the raffle for RENT front two row tickets. My friend's mom won the two tickets, and so my friend and I were in the front row center seats for RENT... for only 20 bucks. Talk about a deal. Great show, even though I didn't really like Roger. Collins was excellent, same with Angel. I almost cried twice. Not to say the beginning I thought was shakey... but it came together greatly.
Our last show was Hairspray. The audiance... dear lord. I could tell it was a bunch of schools on Spring Break or something. They would laugh or clap at anything. Stupid things. But the show was cute. It had it's moments. Not to say it was anything great... but I had fun.
From favorite to least favorite:
Altar Boyz
RENT
Forbidden Broadway
Hairspray
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Democracy
I saw six shows, total.
Forbidden Broadway, an off-broadway show was first. I loved it. It was in the Douglas Fairbanks Theatre which is quite small... making it feel so much more personal. The jokes making fun of other shows were hilarious, at least... the ones that I understood. I just wish I knew more shows so I could've understood all of the jokes. Cheap tickets, too, got great seats the day of the performance.
Next was Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. I was SO glad I saw this... Norbert Leo Butz and Sherie Rene Scott together, I loved it. The lyrics were horrible... but I enjoyed myself. When we got the tickets, they told us we were going to be far away in the Imperial Theatre... but we were pretty high up with a great view. I guess it was just my opinion.
After that, we saw Democracy, a play. I found it boring. It didn't interest me at all... and I just got annoyed whenever the main role lit up to smoke. Also, too long. Ohh well, I guess you can't like everything you see, when you go in almost blindly. My friend and I were basically the only two people under the age of 20. In fact, I'm probably correct by assuming we were the only ones under the age of 30. Definately an older audiance show. The audiance of the Brooks Atkinson was pretty bare, also... I'm guessing it's not a popular show.
Take Democracy's complete opposite, and you'll have Altar Boyz. I went in only knowing that it was in Dodger Stages... the same place BARE was. Because I loved BARE, I had high hopes... and they were met instantly. I was laughing the whole time. It was an intimate audiance, and the five wonderfully talented performers worked the stage like no show I had ever seen. On top of that, the guy who played Mark, I SWEAR I saw earlier in the streets of NY. I loved it. A blast!
The next day we went to Nederlander Theatre to enter the raffle for RENT front two row tickets. My friend's mom won the two tickets, and so my friend and I were in the front row center seats for RENT... for only 20 bucks. Talk about a deal. Great show, even though I didn't really like Roger. Collins was excellent, same with Angel. I almost cried twice. Not to say the beginning I thought was shakey... but it came together greatly.
Our last show was Hairspray. The audiance... dear lord. I could tell it was a bunch of schools on Spring Break or something. They would laugh or clap at anything. Stupid things. But the show was cute. It had it's moments. Not to say it was anything great... but I had fun.
From favorite to least favorite:
Altar Boyz
RENT
Forbidden Broadway
Hairspray
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Democracy
Silence seemed the only way.
Now I understand it's cost.
Updated On: 4/11/05 at 03:16 PM
