CHICAGO Night

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Last December 20, after dressing up the first ever Miss Merie bride, I headed to Mall of Asia for my college barkada's musical date. We were not complete that time yet and was rather early for the musical so we had dinner first at Lugang Cafe. I was already feeling a bit under the weather pero tuloy pa rin! Syempre catch-up catch-up with everyone. On a non-musical-related note, I am so proud of what my friends have achieved so far, feeling nanliliit ako in terms of the career we started taking, we took up business courses. There were career-shifts (one thing I am really really praying for which I find it hard at this career stage of mine), promotions, expansions and even setting up charity organizations on top of good business. Clap clap!

So to the musical-related part... It was a first for everyone of us inside The Theatre Solaire. The broadway musicals we've seen were all held in CCP. The Theatre Solaire is something similar to Resorts World only bigger. The place looks untouched, obviously newly opened. The sound system's really good. The stage is nothing like CCP. I guess it won't hold much musical shows. But it's a good venue for other shows like pageants and concerts. 

Of course photo op everywhere! Ang mahal kaya ng ticket sulitin pati ang posters everywhere! Hahaha! Seven out of ten SFF were present! Ang saya! One of our biggest gatherings hahaha! Tin, Jose and Kat have been my musical buddies and this is our second musical for 2014. Glad that Candy, Roma and Kaye were also available this day! 

Now I know why Chicago's the longest running musical show. It was really good and entertaining! The music and the dance moves are to watch out for. Something happened to me halfway through the show so I kind of not completely watch it boo but this musical should be on anyone's list of must-watch musicals.

And now I leave these photos of selfie-podding we got a little crazy somewhere in Solaire's carpark. 'Til our next musical date!

Credits to Tin and Kat for the photos.

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The WICKED Weekend

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Wicked The Untold Story of the Witches of Oz

The Broadway Musical

CCP Main Theater

February 15, 2014

It's another dream come true seeing the "Broadway's biggest blockbuster (NY Times)" in real life! More than a year ago I was also blessed to see the Phantom of the Opera and finally, it was a rather long wait for another internationally big musical!

So what is the story of Wicked:

Long before Dorothy dropped in, two other girls meet in the Land of Oz. One, born with emerald-green skin, is smart, fiery and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very popular. How these two unlikely friends end up as the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good makes for the most spellbinding new musical in years. WICKED, the untold story of the witches of Oz, features music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (Godspell, Pippin, Academy Award® winner for Pocahontas and The Prince of Egypt) and book by Winnie Holzman (My So Called Life, Once And Again and thirtysomething), and is based on the best-selling novel by Gregory Maguire. (Source: www.wickedthemusical.com.ph)

As soon as I came to know that they're bringing this musical here in the Philippines I immediately sent tweets to my musical buddies which are also my college friends. Duh obviously it was a GO! And after some delayed tendencies, this musical got extended and I felt like it was extended for me and my friends' sake! Hahaha!

We bought Balcony 1 seats. Someday we'll seat just in front of the stage or we'll grab the best seats the theater will offer but for now, Balcony 1 sufficed. The best seats were sold really fast.

Come the WICKED WEEKEND and I was just sooooo giddy!!!We met early and had lunch first just like what we did the last time. We had some good chat and tons of laughter in between as usual. We entered CCP just in time for the long queue and we waited to be seated inside their main theater. CCP always always gives me good vibes. If only I have so much money to spare, theatrical and musical plays would be my kind of splurge. I grew up watching them e wala e mahal maging hilig to. Hahaha!

The stage set-up is really amazing. I feel like it was no less than the set-up abroad. I haven't seen any musical abroad YET. I just based it on videos and photos online haha. More than just the stage set-up was the musical play itself. It was soooooooooo amazingly wonderful spectacular I almost cried! I love it, I do! I think we all did! We can't help but clap on wow-ing scenes. GRABE ANG GALING AMAZING! Actually, I can't put into words how I felt about the musical. All I know is I was happy and fulfilled while watching it. Fulfilled talaga?

Meet my college friends/musical buddies. Candy's missing but hopefully next time we could be complete. That's Tin in the middle. Parang tatakbo lang for BnE2008 officer/representative (it's our batch assembly in La Salle) hahaha! I missed them! It was also nice talking to them about their recent trips in Europe and New York. We haven't seen each other in quite a long time. Wait lang, maalala ko wala akong nakuhang pasalubong. Hahaha!

So this is half of my college barkada. And I can't wait for April for us to be complete! And also I can't wait for our next musical to watch. Hmmm, what Broadway big would land the CCP theatre? 

Now this is the obligatory picture with this as our backdrop. Tangkad mo Kat!! 

And that is me writing on behalf of us.

That's all for the Wicked Weekend that we had. If only I could watch it all over again, I STILL WOULD! Kudos to the production and the cast. BUT I suddenly remember, it would be GREAT if I could see Idina Menzel as Elphaba, tapos sabay kanta ng Let It Go. Hahahaha! 

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