On Thursday four of us decided to try to get tickets to Wicked. Each theatre has a lottery a few hours before their night shows in which you place your name -- more like a raffle really. Well, after work D and I met up. If we both won the lottery then we would be able to buy expensive tickets, cheap -- two each, which would be enough for all of us. Well it was early so we had sometime to walk around. We then stopped by the Neil Simon Theatre to see what time the Hairspray lottery was at. We had missed it.... but..... the guy at the ticket booth gave us 4 front row seat for only $25, instead of the typical $110. It was great :)
The show was my first Broadway musical.. well my first Broadway anything... And I loved it. The music was fun, the storyline was fun and intriguing. I truly enjoyed the whole experience. Jere Burns played the dad - he's really not "famous" persay, but he's been in episodes of some of my favorite shows throughout the years. I think he's a fabulous actor. One of the girls from 3LW played a younger girl -- and proved Natalie right when she started singing -- it was wonderful. Plus... Ashley Parker Angel (from O-Town) was the male lead. Hunter definitely laughed at us girls, but Nat, D and I were loving it. We kind of acted like school girls at a concert, but I promise we didn't embarass anyone!
The next morning a group of us met up at 5am and headed into Manhattan. We first stopped at Dean & Deluca (being a Felicity fan... I was excited about that stop) just by the Rockefeller rink, then D, Nat, and I headed to Good Morning America. We were outside for maybe 10 or 15 minutes before the media coordinator came out to tell us that they had decided against filming outside and asked us to join everyone inside. Well of course we said yes! By then we had made friends with a group of girls and their moms from Houston, plus an older mother and daughter from Pennsylvania. Everyone was excited. At first we had to stand in the back, but by the end we were able to meet Diane Sawyer and Robin Roberts. Plus, Charlize Theron was there for an interview with Diane and we were just inches away as she walked past us. She is gorgeous in real life.
It was truly and experience to be at GMA and it's quite possible that you saw us if you watched the show that morning, but I'm not positive.
That night was a fun night of dancing with some friends. Saturday we slept in then a few of us headed over to Ground Zero. It may have been 6years ago, but it's still not an easy thing to see.
The day was ended with a trip to the Tea Lounge -- officially our favorite coffee shop in all of New York... it was study time and a great place to... lounge ;)
Today I went to church.. and now the Superbowl BABY!!! Go Colts!!
i wish you were here to watch lost with me.
ReplyDeletewho's this kid you know from tv?? i don't recognize the name.