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Only one more sleep 'til Christmas...
Dec. 24th, 2008 03:49 pmSo yesterday we went to see Wicked again, bringing along the wee hobbit this time as well. We left at 3, since the roads were slushy and tricky, but managed to get to the city by 4, so we still had an hour to kill before the 'sneak peek' event, Behind the Emerald Curtain. We ended up spending it wandering around Macy's.
The sneak peek thing was pretty cool, if a bit different from what I'd expected. I'd been thinking of an actual "backstage" experience, but this was mostly just little details. They had a few costumes and some props and little displays out in the lobby for us to browse, and then two of the actors in more minor roles/understudies talked to us about the making of the set and the costumes and a few pieces of trivia. I did sneak a couple pictures of the stage set while we were in there talking, mostly because the one actor didn't bother to tell us not to take pictures until nearly the end of the talk. Hehehe. I'll get those up a bit later.
We went back to Macy's and ate dinner-- we were hoping to get in to the Walnut Room with the big shiny Christmas tree, but alas, we had no such luck. Instead we went to the food court and got some very tasty quesadillas and pizza.
When we went back out it was still snowing-- in fact, it basically snowed all evening, which was in itself pretty cool. Rather neat to see the city all alight in the middle of the snow. Of course, the streets were also full of slush, and it was difficult to dodge the puddles at the curbs because they were half frozen over and looked almost solid because of it.
Anyway we went and saw the show again, and it was excellent of course. This time we had the official actress playing Elphaba, and it was interesting to see the differences between the two performances because of it, even if the ones I noticed were really very minor. Of course, I was also never sure sometimes if the inflections I was remembering were from the previous performance or the soundtrack with the original Broadway cast. I have to say generally there aren't a lot of differences between the two (although I'm no music master, so my ear's not that tuned anyway) but the actresses playing Elphaba tended to sing a bit more deeply and hit some lower notes than the Broadway cast, and I rather like the Chicago Fiyero (Kristoffer...something) better.
By the time we got out it had changed from snow to rain... which made the drive a bit easier, but compacted a lot of the snow we'd gotten (and we got a good 4-6 inches). So today it is half snow and half slush, with pockets of ice underneath it all. Lovely! It's supposed to rain/snow today, and maybe freeze tonight. There are rumors that it will hit 50 on Friday and melt everything, but the way Indiana weather goes who knows what will happen.
Later there will be church, and then... sitting around and relaxing, probably, while the hobbits bounce off the walls. While I continue downloading Adobe CS4*.
*Totally legally, this time. IUPUI is offering up downloads of Adobe Software for free, including the CS4 Design Premium package (which includes Fireworks and Dreamweaver). How sweet izzat? I'll be sad to lose Photoshop CS2, but the rest is awesome. :D
The sneak peek thing was pretty cool, if a bit different from what I'd expected. I'd been thinking of an actual "backstage" experience, but this was mostly just little details. They had a few costumes and some props and little displays out in the lobby for us to browse, and then two of the actors in more minor roles/understudies talked to us about the making of the set and the costumes and a few pieces of trivia. I did sneak a couple pictures of the stage set while we were in there talking, mostly because the one actor didn't bother to tell us not to take pictures until nearly the end of the talk. Hehehe. I'll get those up a bit later.
We went back to Macy's and ate dinner-- we were hoping to get in to the Walnut Room with the big shiny Christmas tree, but alas, we had no such luck. Instead we went to the food court and got some very tasty quesadillas and pizza.
When we went back out it was still snowing-- in fact, it basically snowed all evening, which was in itself pretty cool. Rather neat to see the city all alight in the middle of the snow. Of course, the streets were also full of slush, and it was difficult to dodge the puddles at the curbs because they were half frozen over and looked almost solid because of it.
Anyway we went and saw the show again, and it was excellent of course. This time we had the official actress playing Elphaba, and it was interesting to see the differences between the two performances because of it, even if the ones I noticed were really very minor. Of course, I was also never sure sometimes if the inflections I was remembering were from the previous performance or the soundtrack with the original Broadway cast. I have to say generally there aren't a lot of differences between the two (although I'm no music master, so my ear's not that tuned anyway) but the actresses playing Elphaba tended to sing a bit more deeply and hit some lower notes than the Broadway cast, and I rather like the Chicago Fiyero (Kristoffer...something) better.
By the time we got out it had changed from snow to rain... which made the drive a bit easier, but compacted a lot of the snow we'd gotten (and we got a good 4-6 inches). So today it is half snow and half slush, with pockets of ice underneath it all. Lovely! It's supposed to rain/snow today, and maybe freeze tonight. There are rumors that it will hit 50 on Friday and melt everything, but the way Indiana weather goes who knows what will happen.
Later there will be church, and then... sitting around and relaxing, probably, while the hobbits bounce off the walls. While I continue downloading Adobe CS4*.
*Totally legally, this time. IUPUI is offering up downloads of Adobe Software for free, including the CS4 Design Premium package (which includes Fireworks and Dreamweaver). How sweet izzat? I'll be sad to lose Photoshop CS2, but the rest is awesome. :D
