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On a whim, during lunch, I took a look at the 5th Avenue Theater's ticket page to see what tickets were available for the musical stage adaptation of The Wedding Singer currently playing. It's pre-Broadway, which seems to be a big big deal in Seattle these days, but since I basically moved here literally a month after Hairspray's Seattle pre-Broadway run, I've been trying to go to these. I dragged Carl to see Princesses when it was here back in August. Princesses isn't on Broadway right now, because while it was a sort of neat premise, the musical itself was pretty weak.
The Wedding Singer does not suffer this problem. Infact, it was really awesome, and I believe it's already scheduled to open in New York in March. I highly suggest you go see it, even if you hated the movie. Well, maybe not if you REALLY hated it. There are several jokes that I didn't think fit in the stage adaptation quite right that they kept from the movie, but eh, for the most part there's a lot of new material and it's very different, with a different flow to it. Also a plus is no fucking Adam Sandler, although a minus is no Drew Barrymore. On the other hand, Stephen Lynch, who I'd never heard of before, is pretty good in the lead role.
I think I'll lj-cut this just so I'm blame-free on spoilers from here on in.
( Possible spoilers )
And even cooler, they projected a game of Pong onto the curtains after intermission!
So, yeah. After seeing the musical I caught the 5 bus home. This is not unusual, except -- this morning, I missed the 5 and drove to my "72nd street Park&Ride" and caught the 358 instead. So, the upshot is, my car is still a mile away on the street. Tomorrow I'll catch the 5 from here to downtown for work, and then I guess I'll take the 358 back to 72nd street and hope my car is still there. I'm pretty sure that street is unzoned because I've left my car there for the day with no trouble before, so hopefully overnight won't be a problem and it won't get broken into or anything.
Whee. Also, um, I've been rewatching episodes of the Gokusen dorama. I think I need to see the drama of Hana Yori Dango next, despite never seeing or caring about the manga/anime. It has Matsumoto Jun and Ogori Shun (the guys who play Sawada and Uchiyama in Gokusen) in it! Whee! Though Gokusen 2 would be good too.
The Wedding Singer does not suffer this problem. Infact, it was really awesome, and I believe it's already scheduled to open in New York in March. I highly suggest you go see it, even if you hated the movie. Well, maybe not if you REALLY hated it. There are several jokes that I didn't think fit in the stage adaptation quite right that they kept from the movie, but eh, for the most part there's a lot of new material and it's very different, with a different flow to it. Also a plus is no fucking Adam Sandler, although a minus is no Drew Barrymore. On the other hand, Stephen Lynch, who I'd never heard of before, is pretty good in the lead role.
I think I'll lj-cut this just so I'm blame-free on spoilers from here on in.
( Possible spoilers )
And even cooler, they projected a game of Pong onto the curtains after intermission!
So, yeah. After seeing the musical I caught the 5 bus home. This is not unusual, except -- this morning, I missed the 5 and drove to my "72nd street Park&Ride" and caught the 358 instead. So, the upshot is, my car is still a mile away on the street. Tomorrow I'll catch the 5 from here to downtown for work, and then I guess I'll take the 358 back to 72nd street and hope my car is still there. I'm pretty sure that street is unzoned because I've left my car there for the day with no trouble before, so hopefully overnight won't be a problem and it won't get broken into or anything.
Whee. Also, um, I've been rewatching episodes of the Gokusen dorama. I think I need to see the drama of Hana Yori Dango next, despite never seeing or caring about the manga/anime. It has Matsumoto Jun and Ogori Shun (the guys who play Sawada and Uchiyama in Gokusen) in it! Whee! Though Gokusen 2 would be good too.
