So, what's everyone seeing on June 9th? — Page 2

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Did anything interesting happen at any of the shows?

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I'm with adamgreer and steven22 on their feelings!!! I cannot wait to be in that audience tonight!! Today is going to DRAG so badly!!

And wickedrocks...for someone who really doesn't appear to care for the show (as evidenced by all your posts of the "with fans like this who needs haters" ilk), why do you keep going back? I'm really curious...

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<< I'll be at Billy Elliot on Tony Tuesday too, and boy-oh-boy am I excited! >>

I am SOOOOOO ready !! Wonder who is going on as Billy tonight?

I think both "BE" and "N2N" are going to be insane tonight !!

<< ("ITH" was so amazing last year! ...day after the Tony Awards)
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I thought the ushers were going to get entrance applause at that show !!! It was amazing !!! Exact same reason why I decided to do same this year ! (and only have to wait another day for "N2N")

I'll be seeing N2N Friday (2nd row, center) , HAIR Saturday mat, and N2N again Saturday evening! So excited!

ouch that totally sucks if it's true..

Updated On: 6/9/09 at 02:49 PM

jordangirl, I love the show. I've been following it for a few years now and it's the best new musical of the year in my mind.

I just love BILLY as well. And my posts about the show are honestly just objective and attempts at being realistic without letting my personal opinions of the piece cloud my judgement. I don't think they're mean or degrading to the show (not that you said that but still...).

I just try not to let my personal thoughts on a show cloud my judgement. I try to be realistic and honest...and that's how I respond to N2N. Just like any other show.

Updated On: 6/9/09 at 03:24 PM

I wouldn't be surprised if they put Trent on as Billy, seeing as though they've been favoring him. Looking forward to finding out who it is. Have a great time, wish I could be there!

I saw Up! In 3D!

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Well, compared to Next to Normal and West Side Story apparently Hair was a little uneventful for the first post-Tonys show. Nicole Lewis was on for Saycon, otherwise no understudies.

Longer/louder applause than usual after the big numbers (I Got Life, Hair, of course Aquarius, etc.) In his "so you can call me..." dialogue after Aquarius Will started off with "Revival Berger," and so of course someone in the house yelled out "Tony Berger." Gavin needed a restart to his dialogue before Manchester, England that was hilarious, and I swear he slid more than halfway across the stage at the end of Hair in order to hit his mark next to Will. Characters who usually don't get 'entrance applause' got it tonight (off the top of my head, when they reveal Mother/Dad.), great crowd.

Can anyone who was dancing onstage at the end and who saw it tell me what the banner that was being held up in the mezz said? I swear it said 'God,' and I couldn't figure out if there was another part to it that I had missed, or if someone was just sitting at the revival of Hair, holding up a sign that said God.

David Alvarez was Billy tonight, and he was breathtaking.

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I grabbed a last-minute ticket to Hair as well...didn't see any of those people there, oh well. Maybe the cast messed up Heather's hair and she got pissed?

While it may not have had the same excitement as WSS or N2N, I still thought it was a really exciting performance. We all screamed as soon as the lights went out, and then at the beginning of Berger's monologue, someone in the mezz screamed out "Tony winners!" and everybody cheered, and the cast loved it, and the applause after "Hair" definitely lasted longer than usual.

Re: Gavin's monologue...I think he accidentally started with "my name is" instead of "I am a human being..." but then one of the tribe called something out after he said "My name is..." did anyone there hear what he said? Claude? Gavin? Whatever it was, Gavin & the cast & the audience cracked up, and then he started over.

And I got an added bonus of Will completely groping my hair, so that added to my excitement level.

But the cast was adorable at the stage door -- some of them said they still couldn't believe it, others were like "We danced with LIZA!," you could tell how much they loved performing and winning.

It was a great night, and a special performance (my first post-Tony performance, so I have nothing to compare it to, but I still thought it rocked).

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Hahaha...that's funny, thanks for clarifying.

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