We eat ham and jam and Spam a lot…
Spamalot was amazing. I don't know that I've ever enjoyed a show so much. And our seats were fantastic! We were in the first row center of the mezzanine, and frankly, it was probably better than house seats.
Joycelyn, Rueben and Corrie were all supposed to come, but Cor had to work, so she couldn't make it. Thankfully, Rueben had a friend who lives in the city, Elennie, who is, as he put it, a big Broadway hag. So he invited her along for the extra ticket, and I was glad cause it was very clear she really appreciated it.
The show… oh god, it was just so good. Seeing Tim Curry on stage was just unbelievable. Hank Azaria was amazing and David Hyde Pierce… well, I really just don't have words for how good he was. Frankly, I was suprised at how good he was, and I expected him to be good. Just not that good. And Sara Ramirez was hilarious. That girl has a real knack for comedy. But the whole cast was just marvelous. And the songs were brilliant and there was a great mix of classic Monty Python songs ("Knights of the Round Table", "Brave Sir Robin" and even "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life") and original songs for the show (high points in "The Song That Goes Like This" and especially "You Won't Succeed on Broadway").
Go see this show. I'm not fucking kidding. I don't care how much it costs or if you have to fly twelve hours, whatever. Go see it right now.
After the show, Elennie had to go to her rehearsal, but Joss, Rueben and I met up with Aarne (my mother's second husband who got me the tickets), and we went to dinner at this Italian place that I'm not going to remember the name of but has the most amazing food. Also, Aarne's brother John (who I probably haven't seen in ten years) and his friend Joe (who, as he put it, hasn't seen me in 25 years) joined us and it was very nice. Joss and Rueben just loved hearing all the theatre stories. Then, John had to get back to work, but Aarne asked if we could come see the set. He's working on Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, which is playing now with Kathleen Turner and Bill Irwin. The set was amazing. I've been on a lot of musical sets before, but never one for a straight play and it was just so fantastic and intricate.
And then, after that, we were walking back with Aarne cause he had to go back to work at Mamma Mia and the train was that way, and he was like, "Do you guys want to come see the set real quick?" And Joss and Rueben were just like, "Uh, yeah." And of course, I'd seen the set before (more than once actually), but it was so cool cause the two of them were just in so much awe over the whole thing.
It was a freaking awesome day.
And now for pictures:
Joycelyn while we wait in line to get into the theatre.
Spamalot.
Joycelyn, me and Rueben on the couch on the set of Virginia Woolf.
Me and Aarne at Virginia Woolf.
The Virginia Woolf set. You can see out that door, there was a little porch built there.
Rueben going to serve some drinks on the Virginia Woolf set.
Rueben, me and Joycelyn on the Virginia Woolf stage in front of the audience. So you know we're not just in a room.
Joycelyn on the Mamma Mia set.
Joycelyn, me and Rueben on the Mamma Mia set.
Me and Aarne on the Mamma Mia set.
Aarne explaining something to Joss and Rueben on the Mamma Mia set.
Joycelyn looking down into the pit. Brave girl. That stage is on a downward slant.
Rueben's look of awe. Clearly he's posing here, but I kid you not, that was literally the look on his face the whole time.
Joycelyn, Rueben and Corrie were all supposed to come, but Cor had to work, so she couldn't make it. Thankfully, Rueben had a friend who lives in the city, Elennie, who is, as he put it, a big Broadway hag. So he invited her along for the extra ticket, and I was glad cause it was very clear she really appreciated it.
The show… oh god, it was just so good. Seeing Tim Curry on stage was just unbelievable. Hank Azaria was amazing and David Hyde Pierce… well, I really just don't have words for how good he was. Frankly, I was suprised at how good he was, and I expected him to be good. Just not that good. And Sara Ramirez was hilarious. That girl has a real knack for comedy. But the whole cast was just marvelous. And the songs were brilliant and there was a great mix of classic Monty Python songs ("Knights of the Round Table", "Brave Sir Robin" and even "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life") and original songs for the show (high points in "The Song That Goes Like This" and especially "You Won't Succeed on Broadway").
Go see this show. I'm not fucking kidding. I don't care how much it costs or if you have to fly twelve hours, whatever. Go see it right now.
After the show, Elennie had to go to her rehearsal, but Joss, Rueben and I met up with Aarne (my mother's second husband who got me the tickets), and we went to dinner at this Italian place that I'm not going to remember the name of but has the most amazing food. Also, Aarne's brother John (who I probably haven't seen in ten years) and his friend Joe (who, as he put it, hasn't seen me in 25 years) joined us and it was very nice. Joss and Rueben just loved hearing all the theatre stories. Then, John had to get back to work, but Aarne asked if we could come see the set. He's working on Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, which is playing now with Kathleen Turner and Bill Irwin. The set was amazing. I've been on a lot of musical sets before, but never one for a straight play and it was just so fantastic and intricate.
And then, after that, we were walking back with Aarne cause he had to go back to work at Mamma Mia and the train was that way, and he was like, "Do you guys want to come see the set real quick?" And Joss and Rueben were just like, "Uh, yeah." And of course, I'd seen the set before (more than once actually), but it was so cool cause the two of them were just in so much awe over the whole thing.
It was a freaking awesome day.
And now for pictures:
Joycelyn while we wait in line to get into the theatre.
Spamalot.
Joycelyn, me and Rueben on the couch on the set of Virginia Woolf.
Me and Aarne at Virginia Woolf.
The Virginia Woolf set. You can see out that door, there was a little porch built there.
Rueben going to serve some drinks on the Virginia Woolf set.
Rueben, me and Joycelyn on the Virginia Woolf stage in front of the audience. So you know we're not just in a room.
Joycelyn on the Mamma Mia set.
Joycelyn, me and Rueben on the Mamma Mia set.
Me and Aarne on the Mamma Mia set.
Aarne explaining something to Joss and Rueben on the Mamma Mia set.
Joycelyn looking down into the pit. Brave girl. That stage is on a downward slant.
Rueben's look of awe. Clearly he's posing here, but I kid you not, that was literally the look on his face the whole time.