Elphie is right - I absolutely LOVED this show. The fates decided we weren't meant to get student rush tickets (alarms not going off + subways not running = being about 20 minutes shy of getting tickets), so I decided to splurge and go for cancellation. Finally, a little before 1pm, the box office gods smiled upon us, and elphie and I were in possession of third row center of the mezzanine.
The show was amazing. I knew going into it that I would enjoy it, but I didn't expect it to be as good as it was. The book was absolutely incredible - funny, heartwarming, and just fantastic drama. The cast are all so ridiculously talented, and I was just so blown away by how good and solid this show is.
Going into it, all I knew was that elphie loved it, and what I saw on the Tonys - Christian is the most adorable man and won a Tony, haha, JLY won a Tony, they won Best Musical, and I knew their musical performance from the show. So basically, I was only familiar with JLY's voice...can I just say how floored I was by Daniel Reichard? That kid is
amazing. Cry For Me was SO beautiful...I was SO impressed by him, and I cannot wait to see him grow and flourish as an actor. He's amazing.
Also, Christian as Tommy is just...ridiculously sexy. Heh. I
adore him.
So I absolutely loved this show so much, and I am so glad that I got to see it when I did. And I'm SO HAPPY I got to see it with my darling popular_elphie!! I wouldn't want to have seen it for the first time with anyone else.