[Title of Show] Closing Performance

So I just got back from an amazing night! I had seen the show before so this was my second time. I had a Balcony seat Row B and it was an amazing view. Anyway the cast was incredible and the crowd loved it.

So Larry came out and the crowd went wild, it was a good nice long applause, so it went through to the announcement about cell phones and cameras and candy and stuff, so we couldn't hear it but then the applause stopped and we heard, "suck it" It was amazing.

Then Hunter and Jeff came out and they got a standing ovation. It took awhile to start the first song and when they did people could barley hear it because of applause and stuff. They when the girls came out they got a huge applause. Anyway the crowd cracked up at everything and they absolutely loved it. Before and after ever song they got a huge applause and after "A Way Back To Then" there was a standing ovation.

Susan- Susan is amazing. She has the best line deliveries and she is hilarious. I would love to see her star in a show, she could talk to a wall and still be hilarious.

Hunter- Also amazing, he wrote such a great book. He has such great stage presence and he is hilarious.

Jeff-I love him, he is amazing. Not much more to say but he wrote amazing music.

Heidi- WOW! She is phenomenal. Her voice is so powerful, and so great. I can't wait to see her in greater things.

The applause at the end went on for a good 5 plus minutes. And the cast each gave speeches and they were hilarious. They were crying and it was very emotional. At the end before "Nine People's Favorite Thing" it was pretty silent and you could hear people crying and sniffling. It was amazing. One of the best theater experiences of my life.

MOST AMAZING NIGHT OF THEATRE EVVVVER

i cried, i laughed

and stood up three times, those standing ovations were incredible!

<3

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"You can't wait to see her in "greater things"? That seems like an odd word choice for this thread. haha"

Well, more successful things...

I am so sad I saw the show for the first time tonight. I wish so much that I had seen this show earlier. It was incredible.

I have never heard so many sniffles in a theater from the audience before.

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I was in the last row, literally

it was amazing. and I finally met all of them and hugged Hunter and Susan. goodness.


ps - does anyone remember word for word esque what Michael B. said at the end ? if so, please post!

Updated On: 10/12/08 at 11:34 PM

Just got back from the show. It was amazing...huge applause after most jokes and songs and it looked like the entire cast was wiping tears from their eyes for the last half of the show. But they were still awesome, of course! So much energy. Just like the op said, you could hear the audience crying too. The stage door was an insane crowd...Susan actually came out and said "holy f***ing s**t, no way" and went back in for a few seconds. tos will be missed!

I was left, rear mezz. SO high up--such an amazing show. I miss it like crazy and I just became a fan tonight...

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WHY WHY WHY? Am I in Denver...Still?

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The audience response to "Nine People's Favorite Thing" was the longest mid-show standing ovation I have ever witnessed. (Somewhere between three and three-and-a-half minutes, I kid you not).

Beautiful closing show tonight.
~K

But did anyone think it was amazing?

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Funny observation about the woman in front of you. She probably had no idea that the show was closing and totally baffled by the over-reaction!

I've never been to a closing night performance on B'way but have there when several adored actors have had their final performance. I always thing about the folks that are having their first experience at that type of show. I don't think they are able to actually just "enjoy" the show. I would think that a "newbie" could, indeed, be quite overwhelmed with the rock concert atmosphere.

to comment SueleenGay: I'm with you. While I ENJOYED the show VERY much it was not an 'amazing' production. I still believe they would have met with much more success by opening off b'way and having a great, healthy long run. I certainly never felt the desire to see it again.

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Sulleen, it was amazing! And awesome! :)

All Sunday morning and afternoon. I was very melancholy. I was both looking forward to and dreading that last show. It's painful to say goodbye to something that's been so life-altering since the I first saw it at the Vineyard (I never saw it the Festival as it was sold out by the time I tried to get tickets). I (and Wanna Be A Foster) was at the closing performance there too [in front of my seat was a solid row of strawberry blonds and gingers, all relatives of someone in the cast :)]. While that show was tearful and emotionally intense, there were maybe fifteen people bidding the gang goodbye at the dressing room door.

Of course, a lot has happened since then, and like Topsy, [title of show] grew. And grew. The "Nine People" multiplied many times over. Kids who never made it to the Vineyard wore out the CD. The [title of show] show attracted increasing numbers of 'hits' with each new installment [as each episode increased in sophistication and inventiveness, I mused that the next venue of the show would be on cable TV instead of a Broadway stage]. It inspired people of all ages to create and "pull that novel out of that sock drawer." and for the jaded and worn-out to "find a way back to then".

And by last night, what I though would be a wake turned into an exhilerating celebration, pulsating with love and positive energy...a [title of show] life-force, if you will. The cheering and screaming did not drown out everything - the audience was attentive and respectful of the action most times. And during Susan's "Vampire of despair" monologue, the auditorium was silent.

During the show, Hunter kept wiping his eyes. Jeff let free his emotions at the "Aspects of Love mural" and Susan's face was streaming tears of gratitude at the curtain call, but the cast held it together more than I would have expected. After Courtney, Benjamin and Michael were brought onstage, the mood brightened and hearts rose. The mutual love between the performers and the audience - and the fans who couldn't be there that night - was joyful. It felt not like "The End" but rather as the closing lines of one chapter...with the most exciting pages yet to be written.

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Updated On: 10/13/08 at 09:37 AM

Last night was amazing. I'm so sad It's gone. But as Hunter said Tell 9 people and we'll be back. So now the question is will they be tranfering back off-broadway? or will they be doing other shows? I'd be interested to see them in other shows. Would Hedi go back to Mermaid?

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