.Christie Brinkley The New Roxie Hart

Watch out Velma, there's a new Roxie in town. Tonight was Christie Brinkley's first performance as Roxie Hart in Chicago. Now I've seen Chicago 3 times, and all 3 times were fantastic. I have yet to be disappointed in this show. I'm very curious to see how she lives up to the role. The role was orginated by none other than a broadway great: Bebe Neuwirth. The last time I saw Chicago the role of Roxie was played by Bianca Marroquin, who has by far been my favorite. I might just have to see it again to see how Brinkley puts her own twist to it! Was anyone able to see her debut tonight? How was she?! Let me know your thoughts!

Here's a link from broadway.com to watach a video of Christie showing off her dance moves on Good Morning America.

Christie Brinkley Shows Off Her Chicago Dance Moves on Good Morning America

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Bye Bye Bebe

Bebe Neuwirth will be leaving The Addams Family June 28th. Her replacement? Brooke Shields. Now, having seen the play with the original cast, it's hard for me to imagine anyone else playing Morticia besides Bebe. She is Morticia. She has the look and the sound. Not to say that Brooke won't do the role justice, but in my opinion, she has some pretty big shoes to fill.

Check out this article from broadway.com to read more about it!

Brooke Shields to Succeed Bebe Neuwirth as Morticia in The Addams Family

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When You're An Addams

 

For awhile my dad had been saying that he wanted to see The Addams Family. At first I thought "yeah, I'm not seeing that." But with spring break coming up, I figured we could do a father daughter day in the city and see the show. So that's what we did.

I went into the city a few days earlier and bought the tickets at the box office of the theatre (Lunt-Fontanne Theatre) and got front row seats! However, after purchasing my tickets I heard the guy at the box office tell the people online that that Sunday would be Nathan Lane's last show. Of course I bought tickets for the next week. So I went back and asked if I could switch my tickets to see his last show. Thankfully the guy was super nice and gladly exchanged the tickets. We still got great seats: second row..not to shabby.

I was beyond excited that I was going to be so close to two huge broadway stars: Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth. Who knows when I'd ever be able to see those two ever again! The play started with the classic Addams Family theme song and the audience went nuts. The story line is that Wednesday Addams falls in love with a "normal" boy and she wants to have his family over for dinner at their house. Of course, this concerned her entire family. One of the songs is called "One Normal Night", where she begs her family to try to be a little more "normal". The as the show goes on, things of course don't go as planned. I won't spoil the whole story, because it's really funny. You'll just have to go see it yourself!

The entire cast was absolutely amazing. The actor who played Lurch did a great job! Jackie Hoffman who played grandma was hilarious! Then there was the set. One word: Awesome. They had all sorts of moving sets, and parts of the set were animated. The combination of the acting and set put the show over the top.

We actually picked a perfect night to see the play. Not only was it Nathan's last show, but it was also the last performance for 6 of the original cast members. At the end the directors, producers and the cast gave speeches. I'm really glad that we switched our tickets to see their last performances. Even though the cast has changed, it is totally worth seeing



The Original Cast of The Addam Family



Left to Right:  Adam Riegler (Pugsley), Krysta Rodriguez (Wednesday), Zachary James (Lurch), Kevin Chamberlin (Uncle Fester), Bebe Neuwirth (Morticia), Nathan Lane (Gomez), Jackie Hoffman (Grandma)

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Audience Choice Awards

Check out this link from broadway.com about the first ever broadway.com audience choice awards ceremony!

Audience Choice Awards

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Whoopie Sneaks A Peak During Sister Act Rehearsal

Check out this video from broadway.com!

In Rehearsal With The Stars of Sister Act

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Patina Miller of Sister Act

Check out this video from broadway.com! It's the star of Sister Act on Broadway Patina Miller talking about her experiences with the show!

Show People: Patina Miller of Sister Act

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Sister Act? Amen!

Last weekend I did something I've never done before: rush for tickets. Ever since I heard Sister Act was coming to Broadway I knew I had to see it. Both movies are some of my all time favorites. Previews for the show started March 24th and it officially opens on April 20th.

For this blog I have also created a twitter account (@AllThingsBway) and one of the first people I followed was @SisterActBway. One thing I really like about following them on twitter is that they actually talk to their audience! They interact with everyone and it makes it that much more fun to follow them. They @ mention their fans and retweet things. Also, by following them, I heard about their rush tickets. If you show up at the theatre (Broadway Theatre) at 10am the day of the show, you can get front row orchestra seats for $26.50! Yes, $26.50! I had to do a double take myself when I first read it. So far they say there is no end date for the rush tickets. They also raffle off free tickets (I believe on Friday's) via twitter. All you do is follow them on twitter, then @ mention them with a good deed you've done that week ending the tweet with #gooddeed. You'll then be in the running to win free tickets!

So I told my friend about it and she agreed that we should rush. So I woke up at 6am (Yuck! I haven't seen 6am since high school!), and I got on the train to head into the city to get these awesome tickets. I got to the theatre at about 9:30am and there were about 12 people ahead of me in line. I was shocked. It was a Friday morning, and crappy outside, and I didn't think there would be that many people in line. So the doors open up at 10am on the dot. I go inside with my fellow theatre goers and with 3 people ahead of me I was told that the rush tickets were sold out. SOLD OUT?! I couldn't believe it! Normally they have about 20 something tickets, and they only had 15! I was pissed needless to say, but my friend and I had planned on seeing the show anyway. So I bought 2 orchestra seats for the 8pm show.

Can I just say that this show is Faboulous Baby! The main plot is practically the same as the movie. Deloris (Whoopie's character in the movie) was played by Patina Miller. Boy can she saaanngg! The story continues about how she witnesses a murder and has to stay in a rectory with the nuns. At first when I read the playbill I was disappointed that none of the songs from the movie were in the show. But as the show went on, I didn't even care. I found myself tapping my foot along to every song. The entire cast was amazing. There was not one single weak link. Marla Mindelle, the actress who plays Sister Roberts, (the very shy nun) couldn't have played the part any better!

There are a few suprises in the show, which I won't spoil...you'll just have to see it for yourselves! I totally recommend seeing this play!

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