Wicked - Sat 18 Oct matinee
Oct. 20th, 2008 01:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tattooedsirenSo my sister and I finally managed to have a weekend free in order to try for the Wicked lottery (for those not in the know, basically you turn up, put your name in a barrel and they draw out names to buy tickets in the front row for $30). And OMG we totally got tickets.
The whole day was awesome. The lottery was actually quite exciting. There was a young gay kid (probably no older than 17 - and his name turned out to be Barnaby) with a friend who also went in the lottery and during the half hour between putting your name in and having the draw, E and I decided to go to Starbucks a few shops away to kill time and they were there. We were totally laughing and joking with each other, trying to psych each other out, calling each other the competition etc. So funny.
When the lottery draw happened, my name was called out about 4th. There was another Rachel there with a similar sounding surname and she thought it was her and got all excited only to be shot down. So I went forward to get the tickets and Barnaby's reaction was awesome. The shock and 'annoyance' and what not. After all my details were sorted I told him that now we had tickets I was rooting for him.
The next name to come out of the draw was the other Rachel. And then the next person was Barnaby. The reaction of Barnaby and his friend was absolutely priceless. They began jumping and screaming and dancing around with excitement. Even the Wicked guy doing the lottery said he had never seen anything like it. LOL. So because we all got our names pulled out one after the other we were sitting together.
So, the show. We were sitting in front row centre. It was freaking awesome. The detail you see up that close is awesome. Because all us lottery people were sitting together we were all chatting beforehand, which was kinda fun. There was even someone from the lottery who wasnt sitting right with us but he came down the row to chat with us during intermission.
The understudy was on for Elphaba - she was good, had a good voice, but I think I prefer Amanda. I think there is just something more interesting about Amanda and she and Rob have amazing chemistry. Seeing an new Wizard of Oz after Rob was weird - and when he first came on stage for a split second I thought it was Rob coz they actually look quite similar in the face.
I definitely recommend giving the lottery a go. Obviously there is no guarantee, but if you do manage to get tickets its totally awesome.
On an unrealted note, work is totally sucking today and I think it will be like this for the next week or two. :O(
The whole day was awesome. The lottery was actually quite exciting. There was a young gay kid (probably no older than 17 - and his name turned out to be Barnaby) with a friend who also went in the lottery and during the half hour between putting your name in and having the draw, E and I decided to go to Starbucks a few shops away to kill time and they were there. We were totally laughing and joking with each other, trying to psych each other out, calling each other the competition etc. So funny.
When the lottery draw happened, my name was called out about 4th. There was another Rachel there with a similar sounding surname and she thought it was her and got all excited only to be shot down. So I went forward to get the tickets and Barnaby's reaction was awesome. The shock and 'annoyance' and what not. After all my details were sorted I told him that now we had tickets I was rooting for him.
The next name to come out of the draw was the other Rachel. And then the next person was Barnaby. The reaction of Barnaby and his friend was absolutely priceless. They began jumping and screaming and dancing around with excitement. Even the Wicked guy doing the lottery said he had never seen anything like it. LOL. So because we all got our names pulled out one after the other we were sitting together.
So, the show. We were sitting in front row centre. It was freaking awesome. The detail you see up that close is awesome. Because all us lottery people were sitting together we were all chatting beforehand, which was kinda fun. There was even someone from the lottery who wasnt sitting right with us but he came down the row to chat with us during intermission.
The understudy was on for Elphaba - she was good, had a good voice, but I think I prefer Amanda. I think there is just something more interesting about Amanda and she and Rob have amazing chemistry. Seeing an new Wizard of Oz after Rob was weird - and when he first came on stage for a split second I thought it was Rob coz they actually look quite similar in the face.
I definitely recommend giving the lottery a go. Obviously there is no guarantee, but if you do manage to get tickets its totally awesome.
On an unrealted note, work is totally sucking today and I think it will be like this for the next week or two. :O(
