#1
Posted: 7/18/06 at 8:03am
So, I've read nothing but wonderful things about this show. I saw LaChanze and the woman who plays Shug perform on "Broadway on Broadway," and I enjoyed it. I watched the Tony performance, and though I thought LaChanze should have had more to do, I enjoyed that too. So, this past Sunday morning, I decided to wake up at 7 in the morning (on my only day off, mind you) to wait in the Rush ticket line. I got to the theatre a little after 8, to find a line already formed. After a few people said they were there for tickets to the evening show, I felt better knowing I was sure to get a rush seat. However, the word was getting around that LaChanze doesn't do matinee's. At first, this really annoyed me. I mean, I was there to see the show, but I really wanted to see if that Tony was justified. Who the hell am I, I know, but still...
Minutes before they opened the box office, five hours later, a fight broke out over who was in line first, and where were all of these people in the front coming from, and blah, blah, blah. There was someone with a camera filming this, it was just tacky. Anyway, the rush policy was two tickets per person. My boyfriend and I needed three tickets, one for each of us and one for our friend who joined us. The asshole at the box office was such a pri*k that he didn't give us tickets together, although he had them, I SAW them through the window, and he just rushed me out of line saying, "I'm not making my job harder so you can sit with your friends." What exactly would have made his job harder is beyond me, but he's an idiot. The girl right behind us in line was very sweet and switched her tickets with us so we could all sit together.
Wow, this is really long already. Anyway, the show was AMAZING! Everything I read was totally right on, and I just loved every minute of it. The best part was there were about five under-studies that day. All of the under study slips came tumbling out of the program, and I was rushing like a mad person to see if LaChanze was one of them, and she wasn't!!!
Man, oh man, did that little lady ever so deserve that freakin' tony award!! She took my breath away with every scene, every song, she just nailed it, and I LOVED every minute of it. The cast was amazing, and the show is just...there were no words. My boyfriend and our friend, and I were all crying like idiots! It was well worth the 5 hour wait in the heat. I'm going again...soon!
-Vincent
Minutes before they opened the box office, five hours later, a fight broke out over who was in line first, and where were all of these people in the front coming from, and blah, blah, blah. There was someone with a camera filming this, it was just tacky. Anyway, the rush policy was two tickets per person. My boyfriend and I needed three tickets, one for each of us and one for our friend who joined us. The asshole at the box office was such a pri*k that he didn't give us tickets together, although he had them, I SAW them through the window, and he just rushed me out of line saying, "I'm not making my job harder so you can sit with your friends." What exactly would have made his job harder is beyond me, but he's an idiot. The girl right behind us in line was very sweet and switched her tickets with us so we could all sit together.
Wow, this is really long already. Anyway, the show was AMAZING! Everything I read was totally right on, and I just loved every minute of it. The best part was there were about five under-studies that day. All of the under study slips came tumbling out of the program, and I was rushing like a mad person to see if LaChanze was one of them, and she wasn't!!!
Man, oh man, did that little lady ever so deserve that freakin' tony award!! She took my breath away with every scene, every song, she just nailed it, and I LOVED every minute of it. The cast was amazing, and the show is just...there were no words. My boyfriend and our friend, and I were all crying like idiots! It was well worth the 5 hour wait in the heat. I'm going again...soon!
-Vincent
