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Still alive! Doing an EXCELLENT job at wasting money! But hey, I am wasting it on stuff I want. Lots of cool stuff. And I'm trying to keep a sketch diary, good me.
WOO, Dr Horrible! Okay, not that I can watch it here, but now I know I'll have it when I get home. ♥
Wicked matinee yesterday:
(Understudies, Nadine Cox - Morrible, Alex Jessop - Boq, David Stoller - Dillamond.)
The new Elphaba was AMAZING! I love her so much! So much better than Kerry, and better than the understudy we had another time too. She could act, she was adorable, and she could belt! Still not too fond of Dianne as Glinda. Still fond of Oliver as Fiyero. The Boq wasn't as adorable, but he was fine. I really liked the Morrible and Dillamond, but not necessarily more than the other ones. I miss the old Nessarose though. And the old Wizard. He was so adorable. I didn't like this one, he sort of.. made annoying th and s sounds, and didn't speak very clearly, and never smiled, and I just wasn't very impressed. BUT, the Elphaba was still amazing, which made the show so much better.
Marguerite:
Audioed this (end of act 1 might have gotten cut off). We had an understudy Pierrot! Keiron Crook. We joked that maybe he would be pretty, since Pierrot is not pretty at all, so if this guy was, the swing band would suddenly be gorgeous. AND HE WAS! And blonde, too, one of the few. It was great, especially when he rubbed his ass up against Armand, I love that part, and now it was pretty. He wasn't as funny though, not as much comic relief. But still great. The eyecandy rate of the show increased by 50%.
They have new programs. Slightly prettier, and with actual in-costume pictures, instead of just rehearsal photos. And they'd started selling the cast recordings already, so we got some, and I'll go and get it all signed later. (For Carina: Both programs, CD, all signed, plus some flyers.) There's suddenly lots of posters for it on the subway too. And it seems to be doing pretty well! This makes me happy.
OH! AND CALLING ANY LONDONERS! If you use the code 'ENLIST' when you buy one of the 3 top priced tickets, you get another one for free! Works until a few days into August or so.
They changed the show a bit too! They added a few explanatory lines (and removed Pierrot's line about Marguerite being a whore, but that might have been the understudy forgetting), like warning Marguerite she'd get beaten and balded, and a few other random stuff.
AND, they added a whole scene, and extended another. Extended: The one where Armand and Marguerite fight, and Armand goes "I thought this was different! I thought we could make it different!" Instead of Margurite leaving, she apologises, and he convinces her to escape to the countryside with him, and try to have a life together, instead of them breaking up, and she agrees. This makes The Letter that much sadder.
Added scene: After Georges throws Marguerite out, there's a conversation between Armand and Lucien. Lucien says they rescued Annette two weeks ago, and she's recovering, and she told them what Lucien now tells Armand: Marguerite only wrote the letter to save Annette and Armand (this we could already deduce from Armand saying "I know now what you did for me", but now it's much more clear). Not only that, but some new information: Marguerite was the one who arranged it so Otto could get killed by the resistance. She gave them Otto. With this information, Armand runs off shouting for Marguerite -- it goes on to the beating scene and then Armand finds her.
This makes the situation that much more tragic (them not breaking up, and her sacrificing her own position), AND much easier to understand the ending (explanation how Armand found out, and how Annette was saved). I very much agree with the changes. I love this show.
Wonder how many times I need to see Ruthie's boobs.
Other than that, we've found some great eating place, we have a private (but tiny) hostel room, and I bought the old Moomin comic books (squee!) and Space Invaders wall paper stickies! Aaaand two awesome belts, and a flowery computer mouse. And some suspenders and earrings. Yeah, having fun wasting money.
Okay, I better go get Line before she dies. I've stayed a bit longer than I should, although all I've done is check email and write this. Seeing Avenue Q in a bit, and I think the seats are very nice, actually...
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