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10:45 pm
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Touched by a Cheno, Part II
Ok, picking up where I left off the other day. So Mom and I stopped at the mer-cheno-dise table and bought some goodies. While we were there, Mom got to talking to the girl who was selling stuff, and asked if Kristin would be signing after the conference. And... well, it's no surprise now: she said YES! I think my knees started to give out right then, lol. I had this wave of indescribable excitement and terror wash over me. It was "Ohmigosh, I'm going to meet my favorite person in the entire world!" and "Oh no, I'm meeting my favorite person in the entire world :-O"... I dunno if that makes sense. Never for a second did I not want to meet her, it's just freaky when you know you're going to come face to face with someone you admire so much. Like you're going to fail them somehow. I dunno. Anyway. Mom gets into a discussion with this girl and is telling her about the gifts we have for Kristin, and I could tell by the blank look in her eyes that the girl had no clue what Mom was talking about. And it dawned on me that this girl was probably just some floozy that volunteered and randomly got selected to work the Cheno booth. And that kills me, because Mom and I just missed out on being volunteers... and we probably could've chosen to work at that booth. *dies* 'Course we would've had to be selling stuff during Kristin's autograph session, but I bet we still would've gotten to meet her - and it might've been after everybody else was out of the way too. And then later when I meet her again or whatever, I could always be "the girl who worked for her at the Women of Faith conference in Ohio." Damn it! Note to self: Get your butt on the ball and find out about these events waaaaaaaaaaaay in advance! But yeah, the girl didn't even know anything about Kristin. She proceeded to tell Mom and I that some people had been telling her Kristin was really big on Broadway and had like "5 movies coming up," and I got all giddy and said very emphatically "Seven [movies]!" And the girl pretended to be impressed, lol.
After that we wandered around till we found our seats, which were in section FL8, Row R, seats 9 & 10. I think I sat in 9 and Mom sat in 10. They were fairly decent seats, but not quite as close to the stage as I hoped. When I looked at the seating chart online, I think I must've forgotten that it's not actual size, lol. But they ended up being good seats, 'cause pretty much all the seats beside us and the row in front of us were empty. We only had a few not so pleasant moments with excited shrill women gabbing behind us & some woman with a baby that had a massive Pebbles Flintsone hair thing happening coming and trying to sit in a very distracting spot for a while. But then she went back where she was supposed to be and it was all good. I'm getting ahead of myself, though. So we're in our seats... or at least somewhat. I could barely sit still in mine. Seriously, I've never been quite that giddy and fidgety, I don't think. At least not since I was, like, 5 years old. I just kept thinking I get to meet her, I get to meet Kristin, Kristi Dawn, Cheno, Kristin Chenoweth, Little Wow, my girl... I get to meet her! And my body was reacting to it apparently, 'cause I was practically bouncing up and down, lol. Mom took out her York Peppermint Pattie and ate it, but I couldn't even think about food right then. I did eventually end up eating it, but only because I wanted to have it out of the way before Kristin came on stage. I can have no distractions whatsoever when Kristin is anywhere in the vicinity. At one point there was an usher who walked by - my mom stopped him and asked from which directions the speakers/singers would be coming to get on stage. LOL, good ol' Mom. I came close to saying, "Are we going to accost Kristin?" but I thought better of it. After the guy stomped on our hopes by saying that the people'd be coming from the opposite side of the arena, Mom said to me, "I was going to say 'we want to nab Kristin as she goes by', but I thought he might not think it's funny"... lol. That made me laugh. I've turned her into as much a Kristin junkie as I am. Or, I guess Kristin has.
They had a camera on a crane-doohikey that kept moving right over top our heads. It got really low at times. And get this. The shrill ladies, you know the ones that were behind us for a bit and nearly made our ears bleed?? The camera was set up where their seats were supposed to be, so they got to have seats way up at the front of the section, like right beside the freakin' stage! Double damn! So, what, you gotta be shrill and clueless to get anything in this world?? sigh.
Other useless facts: the arena was mighty, mighty chilly. I ran into one of the ladies who was in the group with the woman who sold us our tickets, and she said to me, "Did you get cold [during the conference]?" and I said yes, and she's like, "I bet. We came here last year and froze, so I brought a blanket this time." Lota good that does me now, honey bunch! But still, I was so dang hyper, the cold really didn't sink into my brain enough to bother me.///Each chair had a PINK bag attached to it. Now I know that's probably just a thing they do, but I still took it as a shout out to Miss Kristi Dawn. (Oh sweet Oz, this just dawned on me. I'm so slow on the uptake. Kristin's gonna be in Pink Panther the movie. How did I not think of that before. *does the Loser sign to self* Sheesh. That's so awesome though. Even the titles of her movies have pink in them.) There were like little booklets and things in the bags, and the one book had the "As I Am" cover pic in it. And they actually managed to spell Kristin's name right in all the info sections. Props to the WOF people!///One of the things they sell at the WOF meetings are these tiaras with fluffy pink boa type stuff on them, and I think they lit up too. Well, again it wasn't Kristin specific (there was this whole monologue thing one of the WOF ladies did & it was about being a princess and having this little tiara), but in my mind it was all about her. I was having "Glitter and Be Gay" flashes. ("If I'm not pure, at least my jewels are!")
(btw, the reason my smiley is "sore" is because of WOF. My whole back and shoulders and everything have been incredibly sore since that night. But it was totally worth it.)
Current Mood:  sore
Current Music: "Taylor, the Latte Boy" - Kristin Chenoweth
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01:17 pm
[Link] | Yesterday was the best day of my entire 23 years on this earth. I can now mark off one of the biggest dreams on my list of things to do before I die... 'CAUSE I FREAKIN' MET KRISTIN CHENOWETH!!! Of course, if I'm being technical, on my list it says "Become friends with Kristin Chenoweth," so I still have some work to do on that. But being her friend starts with meeting her, so I feel like I'm on my way. And heck, the minute I met her, we became friends anyway. Ok, this is gonna be long, so I will just jump right in with the story.
April 15, 2005: I woke up around 9:30AM and dragged myself (unwillingly) out of bed for my &#^% math class. Pretty much wearing the same clothes I slept in, I went off to school and made it through the first exam for that class. It actually wasn't as bad as I thought it'd be, but maybe that's just because I kept thinking, "As soon as this is done, I can get ready to go see Kristin!" I think I did pretty well on it, but we'll see. If I didn't, then... oh well, Kristin isn't good at math either, so it'll just be something she and I can have in common! Hee.
(Geez, why am I yacking about math?! I met Kristin!) So I got out of class and my mom and I went to the store for some stuff we needed. That took a little while, 'cause my mom ended up stopping in to get her hair cut. I don't think she was crazy about the style she got, but I really like it. It looks something like Harriet Harris's style on Desperate Housewives. And that's awesome. Anyway, we had some other stuff to do, but I needed to take a shower and get all Galindafied for Kristin, so we just came home instead. Me getting ready was kind of like the sequence from Miss Congeniality, where they're making Sandy (aka Gracie) over. Except when I came walking out of my room, "Mustang Sally" didn't start playing. But that would've been cool. And I didn't look nearly as pretty as Sandy, but I actually liked how my hair and ensemble and all that turned out, so that was something. I bought a new outfit to wear to the conference, and normally when I get something I loved at the store, when I put it on at home I'm like, Oh this was a mistake. But surprise, surprise, I still loved the outfit when I wore it yesterday. Well, I didn't love the sandals so much after walking in them, but they did get me a compliment - I guess it's true what they say about beauty being pain, or whatever. The outfit consisted of a breezy little bright pink skirt (yes, I wore a skirt! *faints*), which I HOPE was not completely see-thru in certain lighting, a black t-shirt with a white cartoon kitty cat & tiny pink polka dots, and black flip-flops with these jewel-things on them. And I had a sparkly pink toe ring on and this pink cord thingy wrapped around my ankle. My hair was actually blow-dried and there was some hairspray and lots of other ingredients involved (I'm only saying, 'cause normally I'd walk out of the house with my hair in a ponytail that isn't exactly tidy. So all the work on it was a big deal), and I pulled it back on the side with some clear hairclips. I even wore make-up! Nobody can bring out my inner girly girl like Kristin. So, I was all dressy-dressed and I actually was able to walk around in my skirt without feeling completely naked, 'cause it wasn't so short that I had to keep tugging it down. I did get a bit freaked when I was outside and it was windy, but thankfully I didn't do a Seven Year Itch reenactment or anything.
My mom wore a dress too. And what happens when we get to the arena for the conference? NO ONE else is dressed up! Everyone was wearing jeans and stuff like that. lol, whoops. But I honestly didn't care. You wouldn't go meeting the queen in your street clothes, and I certainly wasn't going to meet Kristin in mine.
The drive to Columbus seemed to go pretty quick. "As I Am" was blasting in the CD player the entire ride - and you know what I love? When we're listening to that, my mom reaches for the volume knob to turn it up just as often as I do. That's just awesome - and I wrote my letter to Kristin on the way. One of these days I'm going to wisen up and write her a letter before I'm on my way to see her. I wrote my last letter to her while I was in the van too... she probably thinks my writing is crap, 'cause it's so sloppy, lol. But hey, at least I remembered to bring an envelope for this letter - and everything was written in pink, so yay for me writing in Kristin's color! The letter was pretty much line after line of me gushing about how much I love her. I told her I'd like to hear her sing her own versions of "Fancy," "Independence Day," and "Blue Bayou"... and I told her I hope she'll do a Wicked movie, 'cause I would never recover if someone else was in it, lol. And I told her about how I first found out about her and became a fan. (Short version: I saw her and the Charlie Brown cast on the Rosie show, Rosie raved about how awesome Kristin was; I was intrigued, bought the cast recording, listened to "My New Philosophy" about 50,000 times in a row, and the rest is history.) I said a lot of other dorky stuff too. Hee, I'd like to think the letter'll make her smile.
Well, finally we got to the arena. Parking was crazy, but we found a spot and had to do some walking, which was not fun in the flip-flops. I came close to taking them off and walking barefoot a few times, but I didn't want the bottom of my feet to be groddy. 'Cause you never know, Kristin might have glanced down at some point and seen my feet and been all "Ew" and then I'd be mortified, lol. Anyway, we got up to the arena and got in right away - lots of people there though. Pretty much everybody was friendly, but you know how it is as stuff like that. Packed and busy and people aren't paying attention, so it can be aggravating. Mom and I kinda buzzed around looking for the lady we were gonna give our extra tickets to, but we couldn't find her, so we just went to the booth where Kristin's stuff was set up. Number 119. There was a big ol' banner of her up on the wall - it was the pic from the cover of "As I Am" - and a merchandise table. They were selling "As I Am" and "Let Yourself Go," the Elmo's World Wild Wild West video, white rubber wristband thingys with blue lettering that said "As I Am," white visors with "As I Am" in blue lettering, and those backstage-pass-looking things that you wear around your neck - the strap is blue and has "Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others. 1 Peter 4:10" on it, and the picture is this one - ![]() http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v684/galinda_upland/backstagepass.jpg Gorgeous, no? I bought that, the visor, and two of the wristbands. I wanted to buy another copy of "As I Am," 'cause I want two or three of them anyway, especially since I was planning on getting one signed (I can't be dragging that one everywhere with me and chancing it geting lost or damaged), but I didn't get one. I'm still gonna go to the store later and get one though.
Current Mood:  ecstatic
Current Music: "The Song Remembers When" - CHENO
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02:38 am
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"Wheere aaart thou dooog?"
Woooooooo! I just watched the full Bewitched (the movie) trailer for the very first time. I'm so excited. Kristin was in it and everything. And the scene they showed was her walking along beside Nicole... bahaha! And she was wearing my favorite color: purple. And the movie looks so funny. I can't wait till June 24! *tries to hit Kristin's high note* Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Current Mood: excited
Current Music: "Jimmy" - Kristin
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02:31 am
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"Hot? Sweet? Sweet? Hot? Angelina? Jennifer? Jennifer? Angelina?"
Just took a Wicked quiz; here's my results.
Ruler of Oz!
Rejoicify! You got 86%! |
| CONGRATULOTIONS! You rule Oz! You can be Glinda's second in command (and maybe try to figure out a way to make the people of Oz love Elphie so she can come back)! You did an OZsome job :) |
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My test tracked 1 variable How you compared to other people your age and gender:
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You scored higher than 99% on ozpoints |
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I love that pic of Kristin & Idina. And it just occured to me that Glinda's wearing her Shiz dress there, but it's when she and Elphie are singing "Defying Gravity"... and Glinda's wearing a differnet dress during that song. Which had me totally confusified for a moment, until I realized it's a pic from the Tonys, lol. Anyhoo. Looky there, I get to be Glinda's second in command. Woo!!
Current Mood: itchy
Current Music: Should I Be Sweet? - Kristin Chenoweth
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12:18 am
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*Southern accent* "Sandy, put up yer dukes!"
It's like a day since spring break started and I'm sitting here bored to death. That is not a good sign. I should be writing a story or something, but it ain't happening right now. So I'll talk about Kristin and all the things I think she should've been in. Like the original Annie movie. Now, I love Aileen Quinn and all, but come on... Kristin at 10 playing Annie?? That would literally be, like, the cutest thing, ever. And she would've been working with the likes of Ann Reinking, Carlo (yes, Carlo) Burnett and, albeit briefly, Bernadette Peters. And she would've been singing and dancing. And she would've been ten years old. And I could've been a fan of hers since I was six or seven, instead of having to wait till I was seven-freakin'-teen. Who says Annie couldn't be southern and prissy?? She's an orphan, for crying out loud, maybe her parents were southern and maybe her mom was prissy. And maybe they were far away, or maybe real nearby. Maybe he was pouring her coffee and she was straightening his tie... oops. Focus, Jennifer. But yeah, it would've worked. And if they didn't pick her to play Annie, they could at least have put her in there as one of the orphans. She could've been Oh My Goodness Duffy. And it would've been a great connection to Wicked and the whole Glinda the Good & "Thank Goodness" thing. sigh. Plus, it would've been filmed around the time I was born, so I'd get to see what Kristin looked like when I was just coming into the world.
Anyone who reads this and hasn't seen the Seth's Chatterbox interview where Kristin talks about auditioning for the 80's Annie movie and making it down to the final 7 or 8 girls, is gonna think I'm a fruitcake.
She should have been in Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood too. She would've been perfect to play young adult Teensy. 'Cause how did Teensy get her nickname? By being teensy-tiny. And is Kristin not the teensiest of the tiny? Plus, she's southern, so she'd have the accent (ha, take that Annie!). And I would love to have seen her in scenes with Miss Ashley. How sad would Kristin have been in the scene when they find out Teensy's brother is dead?? I think they could have pulled it off and kept Fionnula Flannagan as older Teensy. Which would be cool, 'cause I love Fionnula. But they also coulda used Debbie Reynolds or Jane Powell, both of whom I've always thought would've been great in the movie (also: Joanne Woodward. Not as Teensy, but she'd still be awesome in it). Jane'd be a real good one, 'cause when she was younger, she reminds me of Kristin a bit.
And now that we're on to Jane Powell... Kristin totally should be in a remake of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and play Millie. It has to happen. There is no other option. It's too perfect for those crazy Hollywood peeps to let it slip by. Kristin would sing the heck out of Jane's songs and she'd be so funny trying to put up with all those big, burly guys. I'd love to see her do the scene when Millie whacks the one brother with a spoon and then turns the breakfast table over. Bahaha. Getting to hear her sing "Goin' Courtin'" is reason enough for a remake of it.
Ok, I'm getting tired now. And I might have to get up early. And really I'm just rambling aimlessly, so I'll stop for a while, then come back when I have a story to tell. (But I'm not finished casting Kristin in movie roles either!)
Current Mood: bored
Current Music: Der Hölle Rache - Cheno (in my head)
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03:43 am
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Kristi Poppins: Practically Perfect in Every Way
Been a little while since I updated. School's keeping me busy. I have a paper due in Brit lit on Tuesday. BLAH. But anyway, I decided to just write a short entry about my latest Kristin dream. I had it last night, or I guess it was yesterday morning, 'cause I woke up right after I had it and the sun was shining. Anyhoo. I don't remember a lot about it, but I do know Kristin was in a lot of it. The part I do remember is that we were at the park, sitting on the swings, and some guy came over to us and was being kind of annoying and asking a bunch of questions. Kristin got irked with him, but then she was telling him that she had been my nanny when I was little. Then she put a Kleenex up to my nose and told me to blow. And she called me "Parakatunus", 'cause apparently that's her nickname for me... I have no idea what that dream means, but I love it.
Just call me Parakatunus from now on. Hee.
Current Mood: amused
Current Music: "Someone to Watch Over Me" - Cheno
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02:38 am
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He does exist!
Just remembered my dream from last night. It made me laugh. I dreamed that I was reading the Sunday paper and found an article about Kristin and the rest of the You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown cast. It said they'd had a little reunion and decided to write to Santa Claus and a bunch of other mythical people (including "Charlie Brown") to prove they were real. Well, they ended up receiving a letter from Santa Claus and the article had little quotes from them talking about how excited they were that he really existed. And get this - in my dream, it was Santa Claus who delivered the paper. He was in the chimney and I saw his gloved hand reach in and put the paper (which was gigantic) on the hearth. And it was a dream where you know you're dreamin, so I was thinking to myself, I have to remember this so I can tell Dorothy and Rene and the people at the Glitter forum about it. lol
Also, a couple nights ago I dreamed that I was watching American Idol and there was a guy auditioning with a Wicked song ("Defying Gravity" maybe?) He wasn't very good, but he was trying really hard and he had told this sad story about how his dad hated him and didn't believe he could do anything. Then while he was singing he started to get all upset 'cause he knew he sucked, so he was on the verge of tears and it was very pathetic. But I woke up before Simon or Paula or Randy could comment.
Ok, since I'm journaling Kristin related dreams, I gotta do the other ones that I've had. Back during January's ice age that knocked out Ohio's power, when my family and I were living a hotel room, I had my CD player with me and my Kristin CDs to cheer me up. So one night I fell asleep listening to her Let Yourself Go CD and I dreamed that I was looking through an old magazine and found an ad for Kristin's TV show "Kristin". I was thrilled, of course, and showed it to Dorothy and we were just so happy and we talked about how the show should still be on.
Then in another just a few weeks ago... I dreamed that I was at the mall by myself and went to get some ice cream. Ok, I never go to the mall by myself, so don't know where that came from, but I get ice cream at the mall whenever possible. Only the dream ice cream was orange sherbert, which is insane, 'cause I never eat that. Anyway, I had my little dish of ice cream and I was happy and went to sit in the food court outside (which does not exist). And who should just happen to be giving a free concert there? Kristin! She had a microphone and she was singing to the people at the tables, including me. But I was about the only person who seemed to know who she was. And I was thrilled. But since she's so damn awesome, a crowd began to gather and listen to her. Still, they were all people who had no clue who she was, so they kept doing dumb stuff like clapping when they thought her songs where over, even though they really weren't. I was just sitting there rolling my eyes like, "Idiots!" And Kristin noticed and kept giving me looks like, "I'm glad someone here is a fan." Then it became a little silent joke between us and she'd look over and grin at me every time the people clapped at the wrong time. By now, the place was packed, but Kristin started to mingle with the audience and ask them questions. I had a feeling she was going to talk to me, since we had an in-joke already, so I was all nervous and hoping she wouldn't put me on the spot, but also dying for her to talk to me. So she's getting closer and I'm getting really anxious, but she doesn't come right up to me - she stops by this group of girls first and starts asking them questions. It's so crowded, though, and some guy kinda pushes his way through the crowd and Kristin has to step back to avoid getting squished... and she bumps right into me and practically sits in my lap! So I'm all, eeeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhh! And I kinda helped her stand back up, but what happened RIGHT BEFORE she turned around to apologize?? I woke up. sigh.
And here's the last Kristin dream I can remember having. It was a week or two ago. I dreamed Dorothy came to visit me and we were out cruising around the oh-so-exciting town of Lima. We ended up driving past a Blockbuster video store that I didn't remember ever seeing before, so I was all, "Hey, when did they put that in?" But we stopped at a different store instead. I was walking around for a while with my mom, then I suddenly realized I had no clue where Dorothy was. So I go looking for her and I find her back at Blockbuster. I'm all, "Dorothy, what are you doing in Blockbuster without me?!" And we laughed and I kept giving her a hard time about it. Then we went into this room and there was Kristin stuff everywhere. CDs, posters, movies ('cause apparently by this time she's been in so many movies there's enough to fill an entire room at Blockbuster. Woo! That's my kinda world), etc. So Dorothy and I are flipping out. And then I realize that they're playing Kristin music on the speakers in the store. The song is from A New Brain, which I know Dorothy hasn't heard, so I start telling her all about it and how awesome it is. And that's about it. I woke up around then.
There'll be more later, I'm sure.
Current Mood: amused
Current Music: "I'm Falling in Love with Someone" - Miss Dorothy&TrevorG
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12:24 am
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"Ah! Sweet mystery of life, at last I've found thee!"
So, today I saw Thoroughly Modern Millie on stage at the Palace Theatre in Columbus, Ohio. (Actually it was yesterday, now that it's past midnight, but whatever.) One word: awesome. I've liked the show since it opened nearly 3 years ago (April 18, 2002), and I've been especially interested in it lately because of my Kristin obsession and the fact that she was originally going to play Millie, but I think I'm an even bigger fan of it now. Here's how it went:
I didn't have tickets. My mom kept putting off buying any, so we ended up going to the venue and purchasing tickets there. I'm always nervous about doing that; afraid we'll get there and not be able to get in. And for some reason we always arrive at the very last minute. Millie was no exception. We got to the theatre with maybe 5 minutes to spare. Fortunately, there were still tickets available... for $62 apiece. Good ol' Mom, she bought them and we got some really nice seats in Mezzanine E, row AA1, seats 201 & 203. I've always got it in my mind that I want Orchestra seats, since they're closer, but the mezzanine was actually nice. No tall people sitting in front of me and bobbing their heads back and forth, a nice view, if not nearest to the stage. But will I ever prefer the balcony or mezzanine to the orchestra? Probably not.
Ok, the show. It was gorgeous. The costumes were very, very impressive, for one thing. So colorful and bright. I was really lovin' Miss Dorothy's and Muzzy's clothes. Muzzy had this one sparkly purple dress that I'm in love with. I could marry that dress. And Miss Dorothy wore lots and lots of pink, which of course made me think of the Cheno and how she was almost Miss Dorothy. And I definitely could see her in that role. Definitely. Miss Dorothy's so funny and spoiled, a lot like Galinda, and there's the whole high, prissy voice that Kristin would do so well. Plus, there's a part where Millie and Miss Dorothy dance together, and I was thinking how hilarious it would've been to see Kristin and Sutton dancing together, 'cause of the difference in their height. The Millie I saw was not a tiny girl, either. Most of the time she was the tallest one on the stage. Her name is Darcie Roberts. But she was great, did justice to the songs. And she had a speaking voice like the girl that plays Little Red Ridinghood in the Bernadette Peters' version of Into the Woods. With her Millie wig on, Darcie reminded me a teensy bit of Catherine Zeta-Jones in Chicago, at least when she was dancing.
Ah, the dancing. The DANCING! I. loved. it. I've never been to a show that had tap dancing in it like this one did. And I was in Heaven. During "Forget About the Boy" when they get to the part of the song where the tap starts - I had goose bumps, I was so thrilled. Of course, I was thinking of Kristin during all the dancing... 'cause I gotta see her dance. I mean, I've seen her dance before, but I actually need to see her do a full routine or something. She always seems to get interrupted or gets stuck with some crappy partner like Matthew Broderick. [shudder] I want her on stage by herself tapping up a storm. No one actually danced alone much in Millie, but still. Anyway, getting sidetracked here. Miss Dorothy and Trevor Graydon's dance was also quite enjoyable. They do a little waltz, then a sort of playful tango, and then some impressive stuff like lifts and a cartwheel thingy. The whole scene is amusing, especially when they first see each other and break into song: "Ah! Sweet mystery of life, at last I've found thee..."
I thought Act II was funnier than Act I. Both were great, but it just felt like there was a lot more energy in the second half and the jokes/scenes were crazy-hilarious. My favorite was when Millie was trying to seduce Trevor and she was acting all sexy and sprawling herself all over her desk, but then her legs got stuck, so she was squirming to get them unstuck and ended up with them on top of the desk, which made her slip and fall and get stuck under the desk. Oh my, I laughed and laughed. Darcie did a wonderful job there. For a minute, I really thought she'd accidentally fallen and gotten stuck. The whole desk thing was a great prop too - the way it rolled and how the actors roll across the stage in their desks. I noticed that Darcie's legs were so long that she had to find places for her feet when the desk was being rolled by someone else, so her legs were kinda in a rather unladylike position, lol. It was amusing, but it also went on my list as a reason Kristin would've been a perfect Millie: she's so little her legs would've had plenty of room under the desk. And my Lord, she would have been freakin' hysterical getting stuck under the desk. I love that as tiny as she is, her physical comedy is impeccable (usually it's the taller, gawkier people who make that form of comedy funny, I think). And yet, she can turn right around and be nothing but graceful. Don't believe me? Watch The Music Man. Not a single wasted movement from that girl.
Wow, way off topic again. Let's see... another funny scene was when Millie and the girls were all lookin' for some liquor. They happen across Jimmy and he takes 'em to a speakeasy where they proceed to, in turn, take swigs from a flask and then start some crazy dancin' after they swallow. Darcie/Millie took a drink and started flapping her legs in a highly amusing way. They end up getting arrested and when they're getting their mugshots taken, it's funny how they all kinda pose and stuff. One girl takes her numbers and starts doing this seductive type move, then the two girls at the end forget their numbers altogether and stand cheek to cheek like they're high school girls hamming it up for the camera. Hee.
I gotta give props to the girl that played Miss Dorothy too, 'cause she was very good. Cute and funny. And I loved the parts when she stopped using the squeaky voice and growled instead. (Even though I was totally picturing Kristin doing that, lol.) Ching Ho and Bun Foo were good too. I liked Mrs. Meers, but Harriet Harris ruined it for me - I can only hear her voice singing those songs, and the lady I saw playing Meersy just wasn't up to snuff.
Oh, I met Millie. Well, ok... it was actually the old lady usher who was on restroom duty. But her name was Millie, said so on her nametag. I thought that was funny. I was like, wow, I didn't know the actual real Millie was here! She was telling me about her knee injury and how she couldn't walk people to their seats. I kept thinking, I bet it's an old dance injury. Yeah, I'm a bad person. But then she was telling me about the show, and so I said something about having the CD and how much I liked it. She looked at me like I had two heads. Does she not know there's a whole musical that tells her life story, and you can buy the album and everything?? Silly Millie.
Yeah, I didn't get to meet any of the actors. I wanted to go to the stage door, but it was cold outside and everyone was in a hurry to get to the car. sigh. I would've at least liked to get Darcie and Anne Warren's (Miss Dorothy) autographs.
Alright, in honor of seeing the show, I'm gonna list my favorites from the show. There's really no need, but I'm going to do it anyway.
Favorite character: Millie Dillmount (Miss Dorothy is a close 2nd.)
Favorite song: "How the Other Half Lives" ("Jimmy" when it's Kristin singing for Millie)
Favorite scene: Millie trying to be sexy and winding up stuck under her desk.
Favorite dance: the tap dance during "Forget About the Boy"
I did watch the Oscars too. Wasn't too impressed. Chris Rock was more obnoxious than anything. I don't know why they just don't have Steve Martin host - he's the funniest host they've had. And what was up with friggin' Beyonce singing all the original song nominees? Who died and made her Minnie Driver?? If anyone's gonna sing "Learn to Be Lonely", it should be the ORIGINAL PERFORMER, who is very much alive and very capable of singing the song. Bah! I'm not even gonna go into all the attention that was bestowed on Her Skankiness, Halle Berry... blech. But the show wasn't all bad, I guess. I was happy Cate Blanchett won best supporting actress, Jamie Foxx's speech was very moving, my man Morgan Freeman won, and it was cool to see Sean Penn stick up for Jude Law. I just wish Kate Winslet would've won for best actress. I like Hillary Swank and all, but Kate's been nominated 4 times and deserves it so much... why won't they just give it to her? This all comes back to Halle Berry somehow, I'm sure of it. Things have been out of whack since she won. Her Oscar should have been confiscated after Catwoman. Thank God Miss Ashley had sense enough to do something else.
Current Mood: happy
Current Music: "Forget About the Boy" - Kristin Chenoweth
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"Well, why are you telling me?!"
Hmmm. Let's see how well I keep up with my LJ this time. Now that it's all Chenofied, I might actually take the time to add to it and make it interesting. But for now I'm just writing to see how it all looks when there's stuff on it. 'Cause it's like 2am and I have nothing important to say. Well, I guess I could talk a little bit about Kristin Chenoweth. Because she's all there is at the moment. As of February 3, 2005, I've been a fan of hers for 6 years. And after seeing her in concert for the first time on January 16, 2005, I've been especially obsessed. That's well over a month of complete and utter crazed-for-Kristiness. I've barely listened to any other music besides hers. I've watched something with her in it almost every day since then. Hello, my name is Jennifer and I'm a Chenoholic...
Hee. Ok, yeah, I'm really just babbling. I'm supposed to go see Thoroughly Modern Millie on stage later today, so I'm sure I'll actually have a story to tell after that.
Current Mood:  tired
Current Music: "My New Philosophy" - Kristin Chenoweth
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