Tonight's Post-Tony Wicked - A Classy/Teary Act

Tonight's performance was incredible. A class act..

Idina was perfect. A real pep in her step. She added facial expressions and body movements I have never seen before and I have seen this show ALOT. She was on the money acting wise, vocally,etc.

Needless to say when Idina came out the audience went wild. She had to pause until the noise died down as you couldn't hear her lines.

The best part was when Kristin and Idina were performing "Popular"
and they are on Glindas bed. Glinda holds up the mirror and says "Look at you Elphie, you're beautiful". She then kept the mirror there and said "It looks like a Tony". The audience went nuts and applauded and screamed. Idina was so moved that she hugged Kristin and they hugged for quite some time. Idina couldn't get her composure to go on with her line "I have to go". She and Kristin were both emotional as the audience kept applauding. Idina finally giggled a little and got herself back on track. Needless to say, the tears were rolling down my cheeks and the cheeks of the women sitting next to me. A classy act.

They were both very emotional after that as they had to wipe away tears on several ocassions. When they did "For Good" you could see the sincerity in both of them. They were very physical. Again, more waterworks for me and the folks in my row(and I have never cried at this show!)

It was an incredible night that I will never forget.

Real classy way for Kristin to thank Idina for saying "I love you" at the Tony's.

They both came out and signed at the stage door afterward. We waited a long time for Idina because there were a number of celebs(Mandy Moore, her boyfriend from Counting Crows, etc) who went to see Idina backstage.

What a night!

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Aww...that sounds incredible. I wish I could have seen it...

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Awww that sounds so cute!

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aww yay! I was hoping someone would tell us about the performance!


thanks!!
always,
~m~

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That is so incredibly adorable that it's insane. I was so happy when she was thanking Kristin and they were both crying. They are so cute, I Love Kristin and Idina so much. But I mean really, if they were like this, after the Tony Awards, like that emotional as described, imagine how it will be the night Kristin leaves.

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Namo - your point is taken - and i'm sure somewhere, theatre veterans are cursing their progency and the dead are rolling in their graves. BUT, it doesn't seem to me that they dedicated the evenings entire performance to a celebration - it was the two actressess that everybody knows have been through this, and so they took the opportunity to acknowledge what everybody was thinking about anyway. The audience - by report, anyway - ate it up. So, pure theatrical action? No. Excusable - even enjoyable, for those with the capacity? Absolutely.

Namo:
Thank you for your account of the night after A Chorus Line won.
It is THOSE kind of posts that are so infrequent, but I enjoy reading most!!
:)
DT.

Mmmmmmm... now you're stretching it!

But I'll take it anyway!

I made the whole thing up. Michael Bennett would have SHOT any actor who tried such a stunt.

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Probably not.

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Then you'ld love hearing about how Ann Miller accidentally pulled Mickey Rooney's wig off during SUGAR BABIES one night - except I wouldn't want to offend anyone with tales of their unprofessional laughter and moment of spontenaity with the audience. Zeigfield would have SHOT them.

And WICKED is what, grand opera? Good god, it's not like Jefferson Mays had Charlotte turn to the audience and say, "I hid the Tony in my privates - the nazis will never find it there!"

Well, whatever you all say. I heard that Idina is leaving TD for Kristin.....

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