PRISCILLA!!
Mar. 9th, 2011 01:25 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wwcitizenI haven't posted in a while - for real. Yeah, I've posted the odd thing about political activism or other minor things, but I haven't been posting about what I've been doing, really, since Christmas. Supposing, in a way, that my life has become somewhat mundane, boring, typical, or rote. But most of my connections here in LJ or on FB are not from the NY/NJ area. My guess is that hearing about the shows we've been hitting lately (LOTS!!!) or the restaurants we've been enjoying (LOTS!!) or the friends with whom we've been spending time (not as many as we'd've liked) might all be interesting.
Last night we very grateful to get last-minute tickets to Priscilla! While they weren't the best seats, they were well worth it - just for the exposure. It was a partially obstructed view and we missed the "immersion" into the show. But we got to see the entire stage and most all the action.
I was terribly apprehensive. Apprehensive simply because Priscilla Queen of the Desert is by far my favorite movie. I know almost all the lines and, to Matt's dismay (and other friends' chagrin who've seen the movie in my vicinity), recite them in my best Australian accent. It gets annoying. Yes, I couldn't contain myself last night, either. And Matt kept pointing at me...
Priscilla, by far, was the most Broadway fun I've ever had. Hands down. And I've been to quite a few shows over the last 10 years. I'd have to say in a "slow" year, it was 3-5 shows; in a "good" year, it was about 8-10. A couple of shows I've seen twice (e.g. Phantom and Rent). One or two shows, I have a love/hate relationship with (e.g. Next To Normal, Spiderman).
Priscilla is what La Cage aux Folles should have been. Extreme and gorgeous costumes. Great stage usage and stage direction. Fabulous sets (the bus is amazing!!! I want one for Christmas!). Awesome music selections (no, no Abba - because of Mama Mia - they forbade Priscilla from using Abba songs to steal away their audiences). One or two plot threads bothered Matt and me (1: the dead-beat dad storyline, which was not true to the original storyline and gives gay dads a bad wrap and 2: the missing details of the drag queens' lives, which provided a welcome degree of character depth - not always welcome on Broadway, though).
We're definitely going to see this show again - maybe twice more. In fact, I bought my first ever Broadway t-shirt there because I loved it so much. Loved it.
Here's us at the show and a couple of pictures from the theater (I know - wrong to do!):
Last night we very grateful to get last-minute tickets to Priscilla! While they weren't the best seats, they were well worth it - just for the exposure. It was a partially obstructed view and we missed the "immersion" into the show. But we got to see the entire stage and most all the action.
I was terribly apprehensive. Apprehensive simply because Priscilla Queen of the Desert is by far my favorite movie. I know almost all the lines and, to Matt's dismay (and other friends' chagrin who've seen the movie in my vicinity), recite them in my best Australian accent. It gets annoying. Yes, I couldn't contain myself last night, either. And Matt kept pointing at me...
Priscilla, by far, was the most Broadway fun I've ever had. Hands down. And I've been to quite a few shows over the last 10 years. I'd have to say in a "slow" year, it was 3-5 shows; in a "good" year, it was about 8-10. A couple of shows I've seen twice (e.g. Phantom and Rent). One or two shows, I have a love/hate relationship with (e.g. Next To Normal, Spiderman).
Priscilla is what La Cage aux Folles should have been. Extreme and gorgeous costumes. Great stage usage and stage direction. Fabulous sets (the bus is amazing!!! I want one for Christmas!). Awesome music selections (no, no Abba - because of Mama Mia - they forbade Priscilla from using Abba songs to steal away their audiences). One or two plot threads bothered Matt and me (1: the dead-beat dad storyline, which was not true to the original storyline and gives gay dads a bad wrap and 2: the missing details of the drag queens' lives, which provided a welcome degree of character depth - not always welcome on Broadway, though).
We're definitely going to see this show again - maybe twice more. In fact, I bought my first ever Broadway t-shirt there because I loved it so much. Loved it.
Here's us at the show and a couple of pictures from the theater (I know - wrong to do!):
