happiness meme
So I was lazy and haven't done this for the past few days, so here are some things that made me happy on days two through five.
1. The main thing (that I've been happy about since day two) is that on Friday I WENT TO SEE WICKED. It was the first time I saw Wicked and the second ever professional theatre production that I've ever seen (the first being The Lion King two years ago).
Besides the fact that I got to see Wicked period, I was really excited that I got to see Eden Espinosa and Megan Hilty as Elphaba and Glinda. Eden Espinosa was the second-ever person to play Glinda on Broadway (she was Idina Menzel's standby), and she and Megan Hilty were part of the cast when Wicked first came to Los Angeles two years ago. However, both of them left the cast last December (hyper_r_us, did you see Eden as Maureen when you went to Rent in NY last June?), and so with all the delays it took for me to actually get my tickets, I was expecting to just see some random people I'd never heard of in the cast. But apparently both of them returned back in November, to finish out Wicked's Los Angeles run (as it closes on January 11). So that made me REALLY happy.
As for the actual show itself, I loved it sfm. Before I went, I had seen some some videos of Eden, and tbh I didn't like her voice very much, but now...idek, I think I might like her more than Idina Menzel, which is saying something for me. For example, I've listened to the OBC cast recording tons of times (Defying Gravity is at the top of my iTunes top 25), but I was never that enthusiastic about the song The Wizard and I. However, I was absolutely blown away when I saw it live.
Defying Gravity and No Good Deed were AMAZING as well. Unfortunately some stupid teenagers near me kept singing/talking/horsing around during Defying Gravity, and almost ruined it for me, but I tried as best I could to block them out, and for the most part it worked. tbh, I could have been a bit more impressed with Defying Gravity vocally (there were a few parts where I didn't like her interpretation of it, such as "if you care to find me"), but I still loved it. And I think No Good Deed has become my favorite song from Wicked atm. I've been listening to it all weekend. For Good, while beautiful, didn't actually make me cry. I cry at YouTube videos of it, so I was quite surprised, but I guess the fact that we were so far back (our seats were up in the second mezzazine were part of the reason.
There are no recent videos of that to be found rn, so here is a recent video of Defying Gravity (not from my show, but was taken just a few days before it, so I would consider it a good representation of what I saw) and a somewhat old one of No Good Deed (I believe it is from her last LA show last December).
As for the other cast members, they were pretty good. Megan Hilty annoyed me at times, particularly during Popular, because she was being so over-the-top ditzy and somewhat incoherent with the lyrics that I thought it was kind of ridiculous. It's interesting though, because now when I listen to stuff with Kristen Chenoweth, it sort of seems that she's not ditzy/bubbly *enough*. There definitely could be a happy medium between them though.
The actor who played Fiyero kind of annoyed me (his voice was a bit too high for my tastes), as did the actress who played Madame Morrible, who was using this weird accent, but as a whole, I was impressed.
I'll end this review with a video with clips of that episode of Ugly Betty where they went to see Wicked. The show filmed at the Pantages, and with the exception of the actor who plays Fiyero, this is the cast I saw. There are snippets of Popular, I'm Not That Girl, and Defying Gravity.
2. In a very, very close second is the fact that on Saturday, I bought tickets for RENT!! As in, on March 5, 2009, I WILL BE SEEING ADAM PASCAL AND ANTHONY RAPP when the tour comes to Los Angeles!!! To say that I am excited...is a huge understatement. I was really sad when Rent closed on Broadway, because it meant that I would never be able to see it, but this is even better than seeing it in New York. Gah, I love Adam Pascal.
3. They have this special super-savings packages for season tickets for the Pantages, so in addition to Rent, I'm also going to see Phantom of the Opera, Grease, and Legally Blonde! I'm especially excited for Phantom, because normally it isn't performed here on the West Coast b/c of the Las Vegas version, but apparently they made an exception for this tour. The only semi-bad thing about the package is that the seats to choose from are extreme stage left and right, but hey, they're still orchestra section, so I'm not going to complain. ;)
5. Considering how it's been like six months and I still haven't found a job yet (grrr!), my parents decided that if I do extra chores and stuff (mostly sweeping the living room/dining room/kitchen), I can start getting an allowance again! Nothing major, just $10 a week, but at least I can start saving up money.
5. Then there's just a bunch of food-related things that made me happy these past few days. LOL. We had my favorite dinner (tacos w/ flour tortillas), my mom made my favorite kind of muffins (cornbread with Polska Kielbasa sausage) for me, on Sunday, I made a huge batch of chocolate covered pretzels. Mmmm. I'm definitely going to do more baking before Christmas.
Well that's all I can think of right now. Hopefully I won't be lazy later and I can do this for today.
1. The main thing (that I've been happy about since day two) is that on Friday I WENT TO SEE WICKED. It was the first time I saw Wicked and the second ever professional theatre production that I've ever seen (the first being The Lion King two years ago).
Besides the fact that I got to see Wicked period, I was really excited that I got to see Eden Espinosa and Megan Hilty as Elphaba and Glinda. Eden Espinosa was the second-ever person to play Glinda on Broadway (she was Idina Menzel's standby), and she and Megan Hilty were part of the cast when Wicked first came to Los Angeles two years ago. However, both of them left the cast last December (hyper_r_us, did you see Eden as Maureen when you went to Rent in NY last June?), and so with all the delays it took for me to actually get my tickets, I was expecting to just see some random people I'd never heard of in the cast. But apparently both of them returned back in November, to finish out Wicked's Los Angeles run (as it closes on January 11). So that made me REALLY happy.
As for the actual show itself, I loved it sfm. Before I went, I had seen some some videos of Eden, and tbh I didn't like her voice very much, but now...idek, I think I might like her more than Idina Menzel, which is saying something for me. For example, I've listened to the OBC cast recording tons of times (Defying Gravity is at the top of my iTunes top 25), but I was never that enthusiastic about the song The Wizard and I. However, I was absolutely blown away when I saw it live.
Defying Gravity and No Good Deed were AMAZING as well. Unfortunately some stupid teenagers near me kept singing/talking/horsing around during Defying Gravity, and almost ruined it for me, but I tried as best I could to block them out, and for the most part it worked. tbh, I could have been a bit more impressed with Defying Gravity vocally (there were a few parts where I didn't like her interpretation of it, such as "if you care to find me"), but I still loved it. And I think No Good Deed has become my favorite song from Wicked atm. I've been listening to it all weekend. For Good, while beautiful, didn't actually make me cry. I cry at YouTube videos of it, so I was quite surprised, but I guess the fact that we were so far back (our seats were up in the second mezzazine were part of the reason.
There are no recent videos of that to be found rn, so here is a recent video of Defying Gravity (not from my show, but was taken just a few days before it, so I would consider it a good representation of what I saw) and a somewhat old one of No Good Deed (I believe it is from her last LA show last December).
Click to viewAs for the other cast members, they were pretty good. Megan Hilty annoyed me at times, particularly during Popular, because she was being so over-the-top ditzy and somewhat incoherent with the lyrics that I thought it was kind of ridiculous. It's interesting though, because now when I listen to stuff with Kristen Chenoweth, it sort of seems that she's not ditzy/bubbly *enough*. There definitely could be a happy medium between them though.
The actor who played Fiyero kind of annoyed me (his voice was a bit too high for my tastes), as did the actress who played Madame Morrible, who was using this weird accent, but as a whole, I was impressed.
I'll end this review with a video with clips of that episode of Ugly Betty where they went to see Wicked. The show filmed at the Pantages, and with the exception of the actor who plays Fiyero, this is the cast I saw. There are snippets of Popular, I'm Not That Girl, and Defying Gravity.
2. In a very, very close second is the fact that on Saturday, I bought tickets for RENT!! As in, on March 5, 2009, I WILL BE SEEING ADAM PASCAL AND ANTHONY RAPP when the tour comes to Los Angeles!!! To say that I am excited...is a huge understatement. I was really sad when Rent closed on Broadway, because it meant that I would never be able to see it, but this is even better than seeing it in New York. Gah, I love Adam Pascal.
3. They have this special super-savings packages for season tickets for the Pantages, so in addition to Rent, I'm also going to see Phantom of the Opera, Grease, and Legally Blonde! I'm especially excited for Phantom, because normally it isn't performed here on the West Coast b/c of the Las Vegas version, but apparently they made an exception for this tour. The only semi-bad thing about the package is that the seats to choose from are extreme stage left and right, but hey, they're still orchestra section, so I'm not going to complain. ;)
5. Considering how it's been like six months and I still haven't found a job yet (grrr!), my parents decided that if I do extra chores and stuff (mostly sweeping the living room/dining room/kitchen), I can start getting an allowance again! Nothing major, just $10 a week, but at least I can start saving up money.
5. Then there's just a bunch of food-related things that made me happy these past few days. LOL. We had my favorite dinner (tacos w/ flour tortillas), my mom made my favorite kind of muffins (cornbread with Polska Kielbasa sausage) for me, on Sunday, I made a huge batch of chocolate covered pretzels. Mmmm. I'm definitely going to do more baking before Christmas.
Well that's all I can think of right now. Hopefully I won't be lazy later and I can do this for today.