OH MY FLAIL. SKIPLEY IN NYC IN JUNE.

[ellixian]

THIS TRIP IS TURNING OUT TO BE THE MOST PERFECT THING EVER. BECAUSE GUESS WHAT I JUST REALISED?! I. CAN. SEE. SKIPLEY. LIVE.

So I received this via Google Alert a couple of hours ago, and obviously it's all, yay! Julia is the hardest-working person ever because she's doing another concert on her day off in May, right after previews start for

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The show should be great. Common thought is Emily and Alice will do '"Pretty Women" but really, who knows. Odds are they'll do something together...but those shows are always a toss up. Should be amazing no matter what. (I've heard a few other possibilities as of yet unannounced...we'll see what happens.)

Since I can't tell if you really know what Broadway By The Year shows are like, BBTY includes a ton of performers...the last one had 16. They all do different songs, some solo, some in groups. But it is NOT just Alice and Emily. Just so you understand going in. It is NOT Alice and Emily alone. They won't even do the majority of the songs. The most anyone had at the last one was 4 (counting solos and group numbers). Out of a two act show.

Alice and Emily are both super mega nice. :) Much love for both of them.

[ellixian]

Hi there! :) You're a real sweetheart for popping by and educating me about BBTY and all the Skipley goodness - I'm a relatively new fan to all this, so any pointers are totally appreciated. ;) Have you heard other possibilities about the show that night? Awesome! Any chance of sharing? I won't treat it as gospel truth, no worries there. ;)

I'd really REALLY love it if they sang Pretty Women live. It's one of my favourites from their albums!! :)

And BBTY > I know enough about it through Julia Murney's frequent performances at these shows, no worries. I know they won't get starring roles per se, but hey, four songs or so is good enough by me. I just can't believe I'll get to see them live, however few songs they perform! And I can't wait to see the rest of the line-up too! ♥

Will you be going?

I'm SUCH a new fan of Alice and Emily, I haven't even started reading up about them yet. I'm SO glad to hear they're mega nice! :):) Have you met them both?

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You're welcome! :) I have heard Beth Leavel...we'll see.

Yeah. I've had my ticket for a while...but it was still rear balcony. It's not bad...I've sat there before.

I have met them both. Alice...15 times now? Something like that. And Emily a couple of times. I'm on my way to Nashville, but if you want to friend me, I'll add you when I get there and you can read about it. (Tags = Alice, Emily, Alice and Emily, and Next to Normal.)

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Beth Leavel, awesome! I love her in The Drowsy Chaperone! It'd be fab if she were there. ♥

I'll be rear balcony too. Row K. :( Perhaps we'll meet each other there! I guess they must have sold out the orchestra before opening it up to the public or something??

Oh, I'd LOVE to friend another fan of the Skipley goodness! :) Long as you can stand a LOT of Julia Murney flail. ;) I need to be educated, will read all the tags when you're in Nashville! :) All I know right now is their albums, and I listened to Side Show for the first time today and LOVED it. ♥ I've got Next To Normal and I've listened to the first act. Shall pay closer attention next time.

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She's not confirmed...but my friends run her website and she said she "thinks" she's doing one of them...and June is the only one available for her. LOL. So we'll see.

I don't think it was an open to the public thing...I think BBTY is always open to the public. Just some people get them as soon as they're on sale for the season or something. Yeah... I'm in K-1. :)

Cool. I tend to refer to them separately ~ they are two different people. I've never gotten into the whole "find a nickname by crashing two names together" thing. Plus they're SOOO different! :) But it's all good. I do tend to refer to Emily as Ems simply because my evil assistant principal from hell is also named Emily and I don't want to link the two names. :P

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Oh but that should be lots of fun, if Beth can do the show too. ♥ Shall look forward to more cast info being released over the next few weeks.

K1! SWEET. We are in the same ROW. I think I'm... K104 or something like that?

As for Skipley > duly noted. ;) I use it as a shorthand when I'm speaking of their duets, really, and as an LJ tag to flail about one or the other of them. I love that they're so different, though I do have to admit - somewhat ashamedly - that I'm not very good at differentiating their voices yet when they duet, especially on their recorded albums. Raw is fine. But the duets album confuses me occasionally. I shall work it out by listening to them A LOT. Only way to learn, evidently! ;)

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Yep! It should be fun to see who all DOES get confirmed. From the article, Scott seemed excited and he's not all that excitable.

Yeah...I think you'll be in the center section and I'm in the first one to the left as you look at the stage.

I just did a tag of "alice and emily" :) It's not always easy...especially when they're singing more standard stuff. So it's all good.