Was anyone at Laura Bell's last show?

How was it?

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Was it a matinee or evening performance?

Surprised there wasn't a thread already!

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I was there. It was amazing. The crowd was electric and Laura went out with a bang. She got a huge standing ovation when she first came on. Lot of love for her, Natalie Joy Johnson and Andy Karl.


She accidentally called Asmeret, Dequina at one point before "What You Want"

Updated On: 7/20/08 at 10:35 PM

Dequina was the name of the original Pilar.

Best of luck to the wonderful Laura Bell in her upcoming workshops and possible tour :)

i was there =D
HUGE applause when she first came on.
She mouthed a thank you and the applause continued
Then some tears came and she took a tissue from like her foot or shoe, wiped her tears, and stuffed it in her bra. lol

Yeah she said Dequina instead of Pilar. Asmeret brought on the little Legally Blonde program I believe and so Laura showed the inside to the audience then said "It's going to take more than Legally Blonde to bring me back from my shame spiral" or something like that.

And OMIGOD Christian's bend and snap was sooooo funny. You couldn't hear the "and your boyfriends name?" "carlos" but that doesn't matter cause the bend and snap was hysterical.

No speech at the end, just flowers.

I wanted to say congrats and stuff at Stage Door but the crowd was HUGE and we were in a rush anyways.

Also, the theater was full. I was in the front mezz and i went up to the balcony during intermission and it was packed.

So sad she's gone =[[ I'm going to see the show probably one more time with the winner of the reality tv show...well...depending on who wins actually...

Since the show is going to the UK...I hope she takes it.

She didn't accidentally call Asmeret "Dequina" - Dequina had a very specific line delivery for the "Town & Country" line, which Asmeret did tonight. Laura Bell jokingly called her Dequina because of that.

And yes, Kevin adlibbed the "Yes, stretch it out, Miss Woods!" bit.

Also, I don't know if she's done this before, but Laura Bell put something on her face because when she first arrives at Harvard the dog kept on licking her face and she kissed him too.

And she's going to need a lot of rest on that voice. I heard it had gotten bad but not this bad. I thought everyone was exaggerating. She still did extremely well for the condition she was in though. She was pretty hoarse but then sang So Much Better really well (it was in the lower key). Then after intermission her voice seemed to have gotten much better until somewhere near the end where it got hoarse again. A lot of notes that should have been held out she cut short and she did some rifting (is that the right word...?) to make up for not holding out those notes.

OH OH one more thing. Nikki Snelson was in the audience!! She was in the box on the right and people were in line to get autographs and stuff before the show started. I bumped into her in the lobby (she was wearing a bright pink dress) and was going to ask for a picture when she started kissing her boyfriend (er husband, I don't know her relationship status) so I decided not to bother her.
During 'Whipped Into Shape' I looked over to her from time to time and she was bobbing her head and was really enjoying the number.

Awww! Wish I'd been there

had no idea it was natalie & andy's last shows too...guess natalie had to get ready for the tour.

i heard the rush tickets were sold at full price a long time ago er something like that

she got a standin govation at her entrance?


oh and its nice to know LBB can't remember character names or tell people of color apart.