I'm dying to see Rock of Ages after watching the Tony's tonight.

I was too excited about Rock of Ages after tonight, but Next to Normal is on my MUST see list now...

I've decided to go see Wicked on Bway for my birthday! I'm so excited. I had long ago decided not to go because, after seeing Idina Menzel sing "Defying Gravity" live, I just couldn't imagine someone else in the role. But a woman at my internship convinced me to go and I'm super geeked. :)

ETA: I just saw the Idina chat a couple pages back and I agree with all of the above! I traveled 4+ hours to see her TWICE. I had a blast both times and I'd so do it again. Her concerts are AWESOME to the nth degree!

Me too. I was pretty ho-hum about some of the performances tonight, and just Broadway this year in general (a lot of revivals and movies-turned-into-musicals), but that kid in the Billy Elliot number was amazing.

I saw Wicked the first time with Shoshana Bean as Elpheba and Meg Hilty as G(a)linda, and I can tell you there were people in the theatre that thought they were better than Idina/Kristin. Give others a chance.

I should also add that I thought the Hair performance on the Tonys was excellent: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1GzYCsoVv4

I also saw Megan Hilty & Shoshana Bean in Wicked and they were both incredible! The second time I saw it with Eden Espinoza and Megan and again, incredible! :)

This just may be Broadway blasphemy, but I really don't like Shoshana Bean's voice. I just watched a youtube of her singing "I'd Give it All For You" (one of my very favorite songs) with Jason Robert Brown, and I actually liked him better, even though he's not a very strong singer. But, hey, when you can write music like JRB, you don't NEED to be a strong singer to be amazing!!!

I haven't posted or moderated anything here in almost a year, but have lurked every couple of weeks, and saw some posts on this forum a while ago, so thought I'd add this. You don't have to tell anyone else I was here.

Had a great weekend in New York visiting with the son. Not a lot to report on him, (doing a lot of regional work, and auditioning a lot and has a couple of good prospects, but it's tough in this economy) but we did see three shows in two days.

"Rock of Ages" was really fun. Not being of an 80's rock fan, I wasn't looking for too much, but it was very good. Great voices and some pretty funny stuff. I liked it a lot.

I was really excited about seeing "Hair" (being a child of the 60's), but while it was good, I wasn't all that happy with it. Good voices, etc., but I guess after seeing it originally in the early 70's, I expected the same excitement. Maybe it's just that we aren't in the middle of Vietnam, The Civil Rights Movement, etc. The stuff on the Tony's this year was good. The understudy for Claude, who worked with the son in regional theatre came up to say hello at intermission, which was fun.

The best part of the weekend (theatre-wise) was seeing "In The Heights." Again, not being much of a rap fan, I was not expecting much. It was outstanding! Best thing I've seen in quite a while. Again, one of the chorus members and understudies who worked with the son in regional came out to see us, and a couple of his friends from OU happened to be at the same performance, so that was fun, too. I'd highly recommend the show. It's no wonder it won the Tony last year.

I bought "the cheap seats" online for Hair, did the lottery for Rock of Ages, and some slightly obstructed seats for In the Heights (after not being selected in the lottery), so saw all three for just over $100 for each of us.

Seeing "Osage County" next weekend here in Denver.

Glad to see you back, DA!

I've got tickets for "In The Heights" in Atlanta this November, so I'm excited to hear that you recommend it so highly. When it comes to shows, I always pay attention to what you, AlphaFrog, and MysticCat have to say. I'll be sure to report back after I've seen it!

Ahem. Would that be Ohio, Oglethorpe or Oklahoma?

Sorry, couldn't resist. :p

All of the above, TS. Don't want to be specific. Trying to protect the innocent.

Thanks for the kind words, Sydney -- but I'm not really "back," just checking in on a few threads every now and then, and still getting a few private messages. Hope you enjoy the show.

Take care, everyone.

Know that you're missed...

Thanks, but I doubt that a lot of the other moderators would concur.

Back in a month or so. Well, probably.

I was just surfing through you tube and I found the sweetest video from The View. A little girl with CF was on and Rosie surprised her with the cast of Rent. Here's the link...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ndOf...eature=related