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Thanks for the review! Another good night down for A&A!

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did adam and anthony come out of the front doors of the theater???

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I'm pretty sure that all Mimis do that ... it's part of the choreoraphy.

broadwaycat3113 - They came out the stage door.

Nederlander has a stage door?

Thanks. I don't remember that from the last time, but I may have just forgotten.

Jimny, that's the wrong Daphne for Rent

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How was the lottery? I'm assuming more than normal, but was it completely out of hand?

I plan on getting out of work a few minutes early every day until I get tickets...

did they have barricades?

They didn't come out the lobby door. They came out a door that is located behind the mural of the OBC. I'm guessing it is the Stage Door that they just don't normally use.

Just got home. Performance was better than I could have expected, and I was sitting in the last freakin row of the Mezz (still not bad seats actually). Anthony was as if he never left how many years ago. Perfect! I really think the time has helped, because Adam was better than ever! Just, ughhhh, don't even know the words to describe, he sounded, looked, and performed incredible (yay plaid pants!). He really got into the character finally. Yes I am biased, but I would also be one of the first to criticize him as well. I really like Tamyra, she was the best voiced Mimi I have heard so far. I wasn't really for her look, but she sounded great. Merle was fantastic, beyond words! Only week links for me was Maureen. A little too wacky for my taste, but she still did a good job. I could go on forever.

Yes, we were on broadway/7th ave snaked around the corner waiting on line to get in. But once the doors opened, it went fast. I walked by around 5 pm and people were already lining up for lotto. After, like the person said above, they had the barricades but it was still insane. No one could drive down 41st street because the street was blocked from people. We stayed off the the side and just observed. Anthony and then Adam came out in like 15 minutes or so, not long at all. The crowd was going nuts, but they seemed to be signing and happy. Once the girls started crying, we gracefully made out exit.

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At least a few people got autographs. Last night was chaos. I was near some lady who was frantically screaming and telling everyone to "back the F**** up .. my daughter is getting smothered!!" It was pretty scary.


I don't know why a parent would bring her six year old little girl into a huge mob of over-zealous Rentheads anyway ... but whatever.

I'm glad they put up barricades though ... maybe that will help get it a little more under control.

The audience wasn't terrible last night .. just very enthusiastic. I AM glad that the clapping during La Vie Boheme died out after a few measures though .... I would've been ticked off.

After a couple weeks, I'm sure the crazy crowds will die down a little, but I'm sure this whole week will be crazy.

It was nuts out there. Girls were begging the guys to stand on their bike/taxi things so they could get pictures. People were on peoples shoulders. I was hearing people saying "they better not ask me to move, because I AM NOT moving" type of stuff. At one point we walked to the corner of 41st and 7th because we weren't going to wait, but then you hear massive screams (Anthony came out) and I swear everyone walking on 7th stopped and was so confused over what was going on.

I tried to take pictures of the overall stage door scene. Once I load them onto the PC I'll see how they came out.

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Updated On: 8/1/07 at 01:34 AM

Em, if you don't plan on actually trying to get their autograph or picture, it is fine. You can still stand off to the side and observe (and see their head bobbing above the crowd, lol).

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