Went to the Wicked box office today....

it will have MORE hype!!!

I KNOW i missed cheno's last show 2...i was soooooooo upset and stressed out that i couldnt get ix...but now for jan 9th i got 4th row!!!!! yes!

what happened closing night of aida?? lol sorry i don't know

If you're familiar with the show, you'll know the part at the end where Radames and Aida are buried in the tomb, and the "walls" are closing in on them. Apparently a few camera flashes went off and it started to snowball with a lot of people taking pictures during what is the emotional highpoint of the show. And Adam, always lovely and professional, broke character, stared into the audience (or as I choose to think, gave The Evil Death Glare a la Sam in The Apprentice) and shook his head, causing Deborah to actually have to pull his face back into the moment. Apparently he was pissed enough that people thought he might actually say something.

It ain't gonna happen for Wicked, folks. Idina looks pretty buff too. She'd probably take someone out if it happens on Jan. 9th. (Hey, without provocation she has no qualms slamming doors at people and kicking puppies on sidewalks, so it's really not out of the realm of possibility.)

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Will people yell at you for taking pictures at Idina's last show as long as you don't use the flash???

And please kids, learn your lesson from closing night in Aida: No moment whatsoever, including the highlights of the show, justify the use of flash photography. It's dangerous for the actors, and more dangerous for you once I pick you out and kick your ass.

Well, you better stretch that ass-kicking leg, because if the frenzied picture taking at KC's last show is any indication, you'll be running around that theatre the last 20 minutes of the show laying the beat on!

Ugh, it was embarrassing.

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Updated On: 9/18/04 at 08:08 PM

I actually won't be at the Jan 9 show, so I suppose my ass kicking leg is really more...umm...karma. But don't you think there won't be other people there with the same violent tendencies as me!

Photography in general is bad enough (copyright, distracting to audience members, etc.), but at least if you're going to be all overzealous, turn off the flash so poor Deenee doesn't topple off that platform. (She can't ACTUALLY defy gravity, you know.)

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I am angry. I just found out that my mom had tickets reserved for January 9th but gave them back to the theater because Idina's last show was supposed to be the 2nd.

Stupid karma

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Plus, I am sure there will be pics on the B'way webisites. Although, there were none of "Boy from Oz"'s final night on Theatremania.com or Broadway.com, which really baffled me! (I don't think Playbill.com had any either. I could be wrong.)

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Updated On: 9/19/04 at 12:28 AM

Well, considering picture-taking is illegal, I wouldn't tell anyone to take as many as they want. But if you don't care about laws, then don't do it because it could seriously harm the actors. ESPECIALLY in a show like 42nd Street with tap-dancing on staircases. Hopefully, the theatre will keep extra ushers on hand for these potentially enthusiastic evenings to either confiscate cameras they see in the audience or throw out audience members who don't care about anyone but themselves.

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the pictures weren't that bad 7/18...until curtian call. When flashes were going off at high points of the show it pissed me off but it didn't really bother me at curtian call...

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More than anything, people, you SHOULDN'T take pictures Jan 9th out of RESPECT to Idina!!

It's her last show, yes, but let's give her a chance to play the role the way she has done it since the show opened - undisturbed by the photo taking.
You have the souvenir programs, it has photos.

Do you want to remember that performance as 'the show where Idina frowned to the audience' or 'that show where she interrupted the scene and asked the audience to stop taking photos'?

Let Idina have her night - let her shine one more time as Elphaba, let her 'work her magic' one more time - you guys just sit back and enjoy it!