Your best feeling leaving a show — Page 2

I left Grey Gardens in tears, very powerful.
I left A Chorus Line in awe after the finale.
At the end of Legally Blonde and Mamma-Mia I walked out very happy.
Wicked took me to a different place which was nice.

There have only been a few times in my life where I leave a theater that with that "holy crap, what was that" feeling. It's a state of shock that you can't get over, and usually I just can't talk. That is... exactly what I adore about theater. Whether the show emotionally beat you up or made you absolutely giddy, there’s something there that’s beyond words.

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These shows all stayed with me for days:

After GG I was devestated
After Caroline or Change I was very depressed
After Laugh Whore I hurt from laughing so hard
After Piazza and Spelling Bee I was enchanted
After Spamalot I thought what a waste. (and I love the Python)

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from the first number to the last, the producers made me want to be an ensemble member of a broadway show.

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Well, after I saw "Wicked" I felt amazing! I was so excited to see it! Although, I was very sad because it was over.

Also, after "The Appl Tree" because I had just seen Kristin Chenoweth perfrom live and I got to meet her, too! I felt like the happiest person!

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Leaving shows reminds me of "concert highs". At concerts I always get so excited that once I leave I am in a very good mood for atleast a day afterwards. Seeing shows sort of gives me the same feelings, not because the show made me particularly excited, but because I love theatrical performances and it just puts me in such a great mood.

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After a Les Miz matinee with one of my best friends, a month ago and it had just started to get warm out. It was a sad show obviously, but brilliant and I remember walking out of the dark theatre into the beautiful warm sunlight, it was such a nice feeling.

Then when I saw Patti LuPone's AIDS benefit concert Lady With the Torch last May at the Vivian Beaumont, I had wanted to meet Patti LuPone forever and was so in awe of her, so when I went to the after party I talked to Michael Cerveris, John Doyle and Monoel Felciano who actually introduced me to Patti. I remember walking out around midnight, with the fountains going up in Lincoln Center and I was still shaking from meeting her. I took off my high heels jumped up on the side of the fountain and just like started dancing haha!! my friend was so embarassed but I had waited the longest time to meet her and it finally happened in the best of cirumstances. It was s great moment

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Journey's End made me a complete shaking, crying mess...but I left there in aww of what I just saw. One of the most memorable nights in theater.

The first preview performance of the Chorus Line revival - I'll never forget the energy in the Schoenfeld that night and how I was finally seeing this show on Broadway. I left with the hugest smile on my face and couldn't wait to see the show again.

Hairspray always leaves me with a smile on my face. And the first time I saw Spring Awakening in previews on Broadway, I left thinking how special and different that show was.

A Chorus Line. I was absolutely in awe, and in love with the show. I wanted to see it again right away.

The Wedding Singer. It was jsut so much FUN.

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Light in the Piazza left me: weeping, shaken, euphroic.


I have never been happier leaving a show than when I saw 110 in the Shade. That finale left me shaking with glee. And it was my first seeing Audra McDonald. And I got 7th row center tickets from TKTS, so it was a gift from the theatre gods.

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After watching Jersey Boys, the moment I got up from my seat to leave, my thoughts were "I need to come back again SOON".

Coram Boy left me speechless....even after the 2nd time watching it with a friend; he was speechless as well, as was I. After the ending, all he could say was "Wow".

Journey's End crept up on me about a week later, when I realized I kept on thinking about the characters...and seeped into my psyche very slowly. Now it has completely taken over and I am trying to figure out when I can get there asap to watch it again :)

One of my more prouder moments was ordering tickets/cd for THE WEDDING SINGER after seeing the performance on the Tony's. The smartest choice I ever made, and it brought me back to Broadway in a big way (music-wise). I have never found myself making so many 3 1/2 hour trips to get to the Hirschfeld to see Tina Maddigan/Laura Benati sing "RIGHT ON TIME."

Since then all the shows I have seen (w/ the exception of High Fidelity) have all been so depressing i.e Grey Gardens, Company, Spring Awakening...nothing has really filled the void of THE WEDDING SINGER.

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And one more:

I may have had the most fun I will ever have at THE WEDDING SINGER, however COMPANY was probably the one that really got me in my gut. The show was acted so perfectly and it just spoke to the audience in a big way (well at least me). When I left the theatre, I knew that it was something special....even if half the seats were empty. Shame that the theatre was half empty.

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