Stephanie J. Block in Chicago May 19th for launch of Pirate Queen ticket sales!

"Hey all! I want to pass the word that I will be in Chicago for the launch of ticket sales for THE PIRATE QUEEN. There will be an opportunity for autographs and photos in front of the Cadillac Theatre on Friday, May 19th from 8-11am...not to mention...GET YOUR TICKETS NOW!!!!

I hope to see all my mid-westerners there!

Much joy,
Stephanie J."
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Oh gosh - do I condone ditching school? The dilemma!! HA HA

If you go, let us know how it was (but then get your butt straight back to school!) 8am is mighty early... I hope she has tons of people there to greet her and buy tickets!

Did the actual theatre make an announcement of this yet somewhere?

Well then there's your answer Gilmore... go and blame it on IssaMe!

I would go...but stupid school.

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Have a GREAT time!!

Hey! I didn't realize you were back either, Stephaniethestar!

Welcome back and have fun tomorrow.

For all of you going, please let us know how it wentonce you get back. It should be interesting... I can't remember the last time I heard of something like this happening to launch the first day of ticket sales. VERY cool! :)

I would've thought that stephaniethestar's post about leaving at 5am would've answered your question already... but ok, I'll humor you.

People will be there to get tickets. Whether they are there to see her or not depends on more than just her name, but also on how well they have advertised the fact that she will be there. And being that I haven't seen anything other than just her personal post about it, it's hard to say who will be coming JUST for her.

Even if she's not as big of a name a Liza, I think it's smart for her to be there. She's a very warm and likable person and the people buying tickets will remember that when they come back to see her. They may not know who she is when they get there but they wont forget her when they leave.

Apparantly this was in the Chicago Tribune - huge 2 page ad!
CAN ANYONE SCAN???

"From the creators of Les Miserables and Miss Saigon
and the Producers of Riverdance

The Pirate Queen is base on the real-life story of the legendary Irish pirate chieftain, Grace O'Mally, who led an extraordinary lfe as a pirate, chieftain, lover and mother in 16th Century Ireland.

Box Office Pre-Sale Event!

This Friday, May 19
From 8AM-10AM

Join us at the Cadillac Palace Box Office this Friday beginning at 8AM and be one of the first to get seats to what Chicago Tribune calls:
"THE BIGGEST CHICAGO THEATRE EVENT OF 2006!"

1000 of the best seats available will be held only for tickets purchased at the box office on Friday, May 19 beginning at 8a.m.

Recieve a limited edition poster signed by The Pirate Queen creators and stars at 9 am

Enter to with the trip of a lifetime to "The Herione" Grace O'Malley's Ireland and visit her castle above the windswept moors at Clew Bay

Enter to win an exciting trip to New York to see The Pirate Queen "set sail" on Broadway after its Chicago World Premiere

Free Irish bakery fare provided by Galway Bakers and coffee courtesy of Caribou Coffee"

Kind of random, but this is relevant too. My drama club has always gone into Chicago (we're like 45 minutes away from the city) at the end of the year to see a musical. Last night we went to go see Spamalot and our director announced that we were going to see a show in the fall next year instead of the spring. We're going to see Pirate Queen! Now I'm really excited to go see it!

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Very impressive showing. Stephanie is gorgeous. They gave me a poster signed by Stephanie and even the writers!!!! I think I saw StephanieStar there!

Popular, I have a little crush on Ms. Block.

brdlwyr - That's adorable :) Did you get a chance to talk to her?

Hey!!

so here's my quick overview:

Got there at 6:40 (I drive fast), and there were only 3 people there! Then they moved us to a different door, and some stupid old guy got infront of us, and the girl infront of us (who I became friends with). Anyways, the wait didn't seem long, and at about 10 minutes to 8 Stephanie came walking down the street towards us. She caught me by suprise (she looked SOO beautiful, black dress with a full skirt, ballet flats, and her hair up and pretty), so I was like "WOw there's steph!" and I think she heard me so she waved to me. lol. THen she went inside.

I got my tickets, Row A Center orchestra for Octeber 8th (evening, first weekend of previews)!!! So happy about that. Then I went to talk to Stephanie. I told her I saw her in Wicked, blah blah. At the time she was personalizing posters so I asked her to make it out to Stephanie (same spelling, we had a laugh), and she wrote : "To Stephanie, GREAT NAME! much joy Stephanie J. Block" (adorable! lol). My mom was with me, her's says "To Carol, From Green to Queen! much joy Stephanie J. Block". THat woman rocks.

I entered the drawing to win the trip to Ireland, or Ny (which is what I wanted..) sadly didn't win either, but I talked to a few of the producers while I was over there. So cool. And met two more new friends. Fun times.

Bought student rush tickets to Spamalot, then, said bye to Stephanie and went to waste the 7 hours till THAT show. LOL.

that's my story.

Hope everyone had a blast!!

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