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( Jan. 10th, 2010 02:04 pm)

I have RENT TICKETS! I WILL SEE ADAM PASCAL AND ANTHONY RAPP IN A LIVE PERFORMANCE!

Yes, I, a Canadian, who has never, sadly, been to NYC, will be seeing two of the original cast of Rent in a live performance next Saturday.  I firmly plan on screaming and fangirling like a 60s teen at a Beatles concert.  They are seats in aisle AA, just beside the area set aside for the cheap tickets.    As this is only a 12 day engagement in Toronto, both AP and AR are expected to perform in every show. 

This will be my 10th time seeing the show. 

My Mom arranged the tickets for me, and is coming along as my companion, as I do get so tired so quickly as of late.  I wanted to go, but knew I couldn't without company because of all my still-continuing health issues.  This makes me a little sad (that I couldn't just do it on my own, as I've seen the show 6 times without a companion) but at least the person I'm going with understands my undying love of this musical.
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I still loved SyFy's Alice. Yesterday, I enjoyed the concept (although, I could've done without the psychedelic stuff, since that was all due to Jefferson flipping Airplane) but I really loved the second part.

And, of course, Andrew Lee Potts was now Connor, just with extra kick-ass. It made me smile.
The SyFy modernization of Alice, makes me happy.

Besides the fact Andrew Lee Potts from Primeval is perfectly cast as the modern Mad Hatter (he's just Connor with a bit of extra bastard), the art director clearly studied John Tenniel's original illustrations, as the subtle references are so frequent, and wonderfully integrated.

All right, so the plot is a little forced in bits, to try and fit as much of the original texts (both AAIW and TTLG) as possible, but the obvious reverence for the material and not a cheap gimmick because you're known for being wacky (I'm looking at you, Tim Burton), and the amusement at spotting so many elements that are included, makes up for it. Not that the original plot was known for being overly sensible either.

Other awesome bits: Jack being in trouble for stealing something. Oh, Jack of Hearts who stole the tarts, you amuse me. Also, Wanda, from Corner Gas as the Dormouse is hilarious. Finally, they get the whole underlying darkness in the original texts. They deserve serious props for working in the poetry the way they do.

As the Mad Hatter says: "Does this look like a kid's story to you?"

I think I need to make icons from this.
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( Jan. 31st, 2009 06:55 pm)
For those of you who didn't read the saga of who I thought should've won How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? you may do so here.  Actually, I whine about it a few times last July an August, so seeing the play today was a bit of a problem for me.

You see, I think Janna got royally shafted.  Sure, Elicia's had a tonne of good press about the role, and good for her for rising to the challenge that I never thought she could meet, but secretly, no matter how many times I told myself seeing Elicia would be fine, my heart has always been set on seeing Janna.  Unfortunately, as the alternate, she only plays 2 of the 8 shows a week.  I wasn't holding out too much hope.  

When I got to the Princess of Wales theatre, I spent the entire time being antsy to get to my seat.  They didn't have a board up for "In This Performance" so until I got a hold of the program, I wasn't going to know who my Maria should be.

I mus say, the people sitting around me must've thought I was way too enthusiastic about seeing the alternate.  Yes, I did get to see Janna.  I even let out a big squee when I saw her name on the printed list for the performance. 

Just so everyone is clear on where I fall on the Janna versus Elicia debate: Janna was spectacularly awesome, just as I expected her to be!

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( Oct. 3rd, 2008 11:13 pm)
I just got called a BNF.  I've never been called a BNF before.
SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!

Numb3rs is on my tv right now, along with my two all-time favourite guest stars.

I refuse to type anything else for fear of spoiling.

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( May. 12th, 2008 09:03 pm)
I'm going.  My fictional Welsh boyfriend will be there.  I found this out through a squee-worthy phone call from my BFF, and now, we have a room, have submitted for panels and plotted the best way to stare at him, and all this in less than 9 hours.

I will though, sink into my chair and deny any part of the fandom if people ask him about is slash.

We are fangirls.  Hey, [personal profile] elysium1996and [personal profile] bubbleslayer, want to meet up and geek out?
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I just popped over to youtube to approve a comment about the video I made 4 months ago for an FT special content thing.  1200 people have watched it.  1200?  Who are these 1200 people watching my silly little video?
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