Official Goodbye Thread for "Beauty and the Beast" — Page 3

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You are VERY welcome !!! From hangin at the "110" stage door, to basically running over to see "Beauty", it was a great day !

Glad that we got the chance to experience the last for both shows.

I will NEVER forget last night at "BATB" !!

My review from the show is on one of these threads. Just thought it was an amazing evening. I loved Osmond's Gaston.

Thought he hammed it up very well, and Anneliese sang the heck out of "A Change in Me". It was the best I have heard anyone sing that song ! Literally, sent chills down my spine.

The one thing that I really noticed last night (dont know why it took me so long) was the beauty of the sets !!!

Just gorgeous !

I'll remember BOTH shows! So amazing!!

I didn't mind Donny ~ just his fans. LOL.

As for the woman...she threw her bag in the aisle seat in the partly empty row in front of her at the start of intermission and stomped off somewhere...and never came back, even at the end of the show. So she may have been escorted off property. I don't know. She should have been. She started in the seat next to the one in front of me and proceeded to lean forward so the woman next to me couldn't see. When she very politely asked the woman if she could possibly sit back, she huffed and flopped into the seat in front of me. I don't know what was up her butt, but she definitely didn't let herself get lost in the magic. GRRR! I just ignored her. I wasn't going to let her ruin MY night.

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Yep! That's what I did. :) I just said "Today is a once in a lifetime event, the likes of which you'll never have a chance to see again. Just relaz and enjoy."

Though honestly I was glad Audra got out the 110 stage door when she did because I would have been VERY pouty if I hadn't gotten to talk with her. :P As testing said, we bolted from there to the Lunt. We had a few minutes to spare, but still.

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Yeah. And I needed to tell her what I did. I'm working on putting it in a letter in a more articulate fashion...but I'll have to figure out where to send it.

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lol yay :)
at least you got talk + get a signaturee!
:)

I was there last night too! Rear Orchestra, so it was fun to point out who was walking in. First off, VERY gay audience, it was pretty fascinating what we termed all the power gays in the audience. Many we recongized as Disney folks. We were a couple of rows back from John Tartaglia (who did standing ovations for everyone that got introduced at the end), as well as Andrea McArdle, Jacob Young (with a ridiculous outfit), Ashley Brown (smashing), Nicholas Rodriguez (haaawt!) and Joanne Worley (that outfit was very bright in person). Also noticed was AMC's John James, ABC's Deborah Roberts. Also noticed was Craig from BWW sitting up front and Rob Diamond further back.

BSoBW2, LOVED the "Beast Defying Gravity" moment. We were like, "is it always that way"? It was nice to see all the prolonged ovations. The title song got so much applause, you could tell that the actress was very moved. I will say Steve Blanchard gives Donny Osmond a run for the money in the ham dept, but it was very sweet. In all, a very nice performance, and a sweet evening.

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testing...maybe the less diverse crowd was among the invited peeps with the bigwigs. LOL. Not the commoners. :P

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belle_lover, I'm pretty much in agreement. Singing she's great. But she just played Belle too...I'm going to say serious, but that's not quite right. Yes, Belle is supposed to be serious, but she does also have fun. I guess I just didn't get any joy at all coming from Anneliese. If that makes sense.

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Did the beat fly through the air? Cause I'm confused about the whole defying gravity thing.

ready2defy ~ I think they're refering to the Beast's transformation. He's suspended in air and twists and turns and then poof he's a human. It's magical.

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We gave Kerry a framed Playbill from the last performance.

Hope she liked it (despite my poor framing job) --

ashley brown was there and so was gavin lee.
merle dandridge was there....i did see her in a pic.

I'm glad I got to see the show a couple of years ago, it was so good! I wanted to see it again before it closed, but I never got a chance too. So sad.

I am seeing The Little Mermaid in December though.

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