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watching wicked with co-workers is not as cool as watching it with family or friends.

It's hard to get excited about something if you know you are going to get mocked for it or if you know no one else will share your excitement. some of my co-workers were practically falling asleep. can you believe that?

tidbit - deedee magno - who is now deedee magno hall and of mmc and the party - was nessarose. she played kim in miss saigon for a while. fiyero was played by her husband, who apparently played chris in said production of miss saigon. just thought it was neat, since I practically grew up watching the new mmc and still listen to some of the stuff by the party... probably more for nostalgia sake, but also because I'm a dork.

don't judge me.

anyhow, afterwards, the cast members were collecting donations for some local charities and for a $60 donation you could have gotten a signed poster of the cast. I almost did it, but then decided against it. I was probably going to do it more for getting the signed poster instead of for whatever the cause was - which I have since forgotten. I probably would have done it if I saw deedee just to get a picture, but I didn't and I figured I didn't really need a signed cast poster of wicked. I definitely would have done it if it were idina menzel or kristin chenoweth, but it wasn't. although the cast did have crazy pipes, and they were full out on all of the songs, which was not the case the first time I saw it and it was a little disappointing given the first time watching it...

my favorite thing about watching musicals over and over is the fact that it's always a different experience - the cast changes, the songs might change a little, blocking, some lines, little extras that each person brings to their roles...

next time, I will definitely vie for closer seats.

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then I got lost on the way back to the hotel.

the end.