I'm notoriously difficult to shop for, thus my mother consistently buys me musical tickets, this year we finally went to see Wicked which I was waiting to see for around three years, and as we would say in New England it was wicked pisser.
So on Sunday we made the trek down to Boston and by some odd miracle found parking for only ten dollars within a block of the Boston Opera House. (which by the way is absolutely gorgeous when it doesn't have 100 people crammed in there like sardines)
And to top off what should have been a fantastically perfect day we had the perfect seats for people as vertically challenged as my mother and I, right here:
Ah yes It was to a truly stupendous day full of the songs that I had been listening to on my Ipod for three years, live and by professionals. It was like that too.... Until defying gravity. For those of you that don't know defying gravity is in my opinion the most powerful piece in the play and my personal favorite. Just then a small voice two rows back starts to sing along... and I could feel my eye start to twitch.
In my mind I was constantly shooting this little brat who insisted on singing along with a long bow, over and over and over (yes, in my mind I DO look like Kiera Knightley) Unfortunately I did not a) have a long bow b) look like Keira Knightley or c) have the ability to shoot said girl without being removed from the opera house and miss the rest of the play anyway.
So I sat through the rest of the play plus one singer that the play neither wanted nor needed. The actors were great, the set and costumes beautiful, and the intended singers super talented. However should you ever be attending a musical and someone in your party decides to sing along do us all a favor and tell them to shut the hell up. Because next time.... I will have that longbow.
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Ugh, I HATE when people sing along at stuff like this! When they re-released Grease as a sing along in the theaters, my eye started twitching at the sight of the previews!
I would have asked that girl to STFU!!! That's just rude. I'm not above telling a girl to be freakin' quiet and respectful. Wicked is a great musical, and I paid to listen to the professionals on stage sing, not the wanna be in the back.
Ugh, I tried to find the little brat but I'm guessing she was as short as I and I couldn't find her to get her to shut up without blocking the people behind me, thus making me the annoying distraction.
Ugh, that's so annoying! I can't believe whoever was sitting next to her didn't kick her or something. People just don't do that. I was at an amateur production of Guys and Dolls a few months ago, and there was this guy behind me who was saying, quite loudly, things like "Oh my God!" whenever one of the singers didn't sound so good (it was an amateur production, so it happens). Particularly this old guy, whose voice was a little rusty, but at least on key. It was so rude, I mean, what if that old guy was my grandfather? I guess I expect less of people in the audience of a local amateur musical than at a professional performance of Wicked, but anyway, people who make themselves heard at the theater (other than involuntary laughing along with the audience, etc.) should be shot. With a longbow.
Anyway... I LOVE Wicked. I was lucky to see it on Broadway a number of years ago. Unfortunately a bunch of the original cast members had left, but Idina Menzel was still in it, and she was awesome. I love singing along with those songs--you're right, Defying Gravity is a very powerful song. But only in the privacy of my home, or my car. I'm glad you otherwise seem to have had a good time.
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I sing like I breath and even I have enough self control to keep my mouth shut in a show/concert. Definitely start carrying a longbow with you from now on.
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