Not just any night: The History
I have been very excited about seeing West Side Story-Manila unfold in Meraclo Theater this month. And no, it's not just because of Christian Bautista being in it. Okay, fine, maybe partly it was but if you're my friend you'd know better than that. Haha.I wanted to catch the opening night badly because chances are Joanna Ampil will be Maria and for the "thrill" of being there in the opening night and being one of the few who gets to see the much-talked about dance routines. So, about two to three weeks before it opened I was looking for tickets but couldn't get hold of any orchestra seats anymore. I resigned the fact that I will not be able to watch on the opening date. Heck, I was even willing to pay double the ticket price for that special gala performance for BayaniJuan the day before.
Good thing, I didn't.
Luck was on my side when I got Tin and I Orchestra side tickets at the last minute!
Tin texted me 2 days before the night and she said she also wanted to catch the opening night. I told her though that there aren't any orchestra seats left but still she checked with Ticketworld and with Ms. Menchu, nonetheless. Only balcony seats were left so we were settled on not wacthing anymore on that night and was already talking on other show dates.
I felt sad of not being able to catch the show where Joanna Ampil was the confirmed Maria. (Tin has her sources kasi. hehe) So the night before the big day, I decided to ask the showbuyer if "by any chance she still has orchestra tickets" The show was sold-out already BUT there were still tickets to be claimed at the gates and if we were willing to stand by on night itself, we might get lucky. It was settled that Tin and I will be on the top of the list of those who will walk-in. At 11 pm, the showbuyer, Minnie, sent me good news of sure tickets but just as I was about to announce the good news to Tin, the original buyer changed his mind again. We couldn't do anything but keep our hopes high and fingers crossed really hard.
At around 1 pm the next day, we already got confirmed tickets for the night's show. We just have to be there before 7pm to claim our seats and tickets. The show was at 8pm but I left hom as early as 4:30 om and reached Meralco Theater at a little past 6 pm. Of course, gates were still closed and I saw familiar faces from Trumpets/Stags going in and out of the main entrance as well as the backstage's entrance doing last minute prep-ups. At around 6:30, I met the gracious Minnie who was so nice to accodommodate our request at the last minute. Of course, I got hold of our golden tickets to the streets of New York (at least) for the night and secured it well!
A couple of minutes later, I met up with Tin and her friend Jeff. We talked and "people-watched" at the lobby until it was about time to break in to our seats and watch the drama unfold before us. But that is another long story which I will have to include in the album as soon as I get hold of that night's most prizes pictures from Tin.
Until then.
Good thing, I didn't.
Luck was on my side when I got Tin and I Orchestra side tickets at the last minute!
Tin texted me 2 days before the night and she said she also wanted to catch the opening night. I told her though that there aren't any orchestra seats left but still she checked with Ticketworld and with Ms. Menchu, nonetheless. Only balcony seats were left so we were settled on not wacthing anymore on that night and was already talking on other show dates.
I felt sad of not being able to catch the show where Joanna Ampil was the confirmed Maria. (Tin has her sources kasi. hehe) So the night before the big day, I decided to ask the showbuyer if "by any chance she still has orchestra tickets" The show was sold-out already BUT there were still tickets to be claimed at the gates and if we were willing to stand by on night itself, we might get lucky. It was settled that Tin and I will be on the top of the list of those who will walk-in. At 11 pm, the showbuyer, Minnie, sent me good news of sure tickets but just as I was about to announce the good news to Tin, the original buyer changed his mind again. We couldn't do anything but keep our hopes high and fingers crossed really hard.
At around 1 pm the next day, we already got confirmed tickets for the night's show. We just have to be there before 7pm to claim our seats and tickets. The show was at 8pm but I left hom as early as 4:30 om and reached Meralco Theater at a little past 6 pm. Of course, gates were still closed and I saw familiar faces from Trumpets/Stags going in and out of the main entrance as well as the backstage's entrance doing last minute prep-ups. At around 6:30, I met the gracious Minnie who was so nice to accodommodate our request at the last minute. Of course, I got hold of our golden tickets to the streets of New York (at least) for the night and secured it well!
A couple of minutes later, I met up with Tin and her friend Jeff. We talked and "people-watched" at the lobby until it was about time to break in to our seats and watch the drama unfold before us. But that is another long story which I will have to include in the album as soon as I get hold of that night's most prizes pictures from Tin.
Until then.