Oh What a Night

For Christmas I gave my mom tickets to see "Jersey Boys" in Charlotte. You may be thinking that this was a little self-serving with my love for musicals and all, but she had always said she wanted to see the show and we had never seen it on Broadway.

It just so happened that The Wonderful World of Wicked was in the Northlake Mall, so I meet up with my parents in Charlotte and we set out to the mall. The Wicked set up included Galinda and Elphaba's costumes, a spot to take photos and a card to get stamped at various stores where you could get discounts and then drop off for a chance to win tickets. I'm not going to lie, it was really exciting, although I had seen most of the costumes from the Behind the Emerald Curtain tour.

After a fun trek around the mall, we headed back to chill out before going for dinner and then the show. I really love the Belk Auditorium. Whoever designed it actually understood how to design a theater where you can actually see from your seats (what an idea). I know a lot of the music from the show, but really had no expectations for it. The music and cast were infectious and I thoroughly enjoyed the show. Some of the audience members were annoying though. One woman proceeded to yell out during parts of the show, the woman beside my mom sang the show and the guy behind when (when his cell phone wasn't going off) was telling the people beside him what was going on (like we weren't all seeing the same thing). Sometimes I wonder if these people didn't come straight out of a barn!

If you are in the Charlotte area, I highly recommend you check out the shows and especially next season. The Blumenthal Broadway series will have "9to5," "Shrek," "Young Frankenstein," "White Christmas," "Billy Elliot," "In the Heights" and "Next to Normal." Amazing shows - go see them!