Legally Blonde

I'd already decided that I was going to do a post on Legally Blonde, which I saw on Saturday night (September 22nd, 2012), but it's taken me longer than expected to get around to actually writing it (the lack of sleep- it's a long story).

Anyway, so on Saturday night, six of us saw Legally Blonde the musical at the Sydney Lyric theatre. We'd been looking forward to this for months, and I was really excited to see the show. I love the movie, and I knew how awesome the cast was, because I'd watched Erika on It Takes Two and I knew Lucy, Rob and David from Wicked. 

 So I knew I was going to love the show, because I do love the movie and I am a fan of so many of the cast; but I wasn't expecting to love it as much as I did. Seriously, it's taken the #2 spot on my list of favourite musicals (#1 is still Wicked, LOL- just in case you were wondering).

It's such a fun show, it has such a great energy to it, and there's not a slow moment in the whole show. And it's hilarious. And the cast was just... incredible. The casting was just done perfectly.

Lucy is phenomenal as Elle, Rob is Warner (in the best possible way, haha) and David is the perfect Emmett! Helen is hilarious as Paulette, Cameron was so good as Professor Callahan and Erika... seriously, "Whipped into shape" says it all. I'd heard from David's blog how hard that routine was, but to actually see it... wow. You have to be seriously fit to do that. (Which I am not, as was proved to me when I woke up this morning after spending all weekend walking around Sydney. "Ouch" about sums it up).

I don't know if I could pick a singular favourite song from the show... so I'll pick 3, lol (in no particular order).
1. "Ohmigod you guys" is just so much fun, and gets stuck in your head so easily- we were singing it all the way as we walked back to our hotel after the show, haha. Yes, we got some strange looks from people on the street).
2. "So much better" was one of the few songs I'd heard before I saw the show, from the media launch and such; but it was really great to see in the context of the show. Lucy does such a great job of singing this, and as it closes the first act, you really end on a great note.
3. "Chip on my shoulder" I loved this song. I don't even know if I could tell you why, but it's just a great tune and the lyrics are really great. It's been in my head all day, so I thought that was a problem easily solved by listening to the song from the soundtrack. It kind of helped, but I spent half the song thinking, "David sings this so much better", haha.

We've got plans to see the show again in November, but I'm not sure I can wait that long, LOL!

We had some really cute moments in the show too- like when Bruiser wouldn't come on stage at the beginning, haha. But he's so cute no-one minded! The dogs are simply gorgeous!
And it's really funny, I loved how they had little pop culture references, like to Glee and Lord of the Rings and it doesn't matter if you've seen the movie or not.

After the show, we went to the Stage Door to meet the cast, which has become one of my favourite things about going to the theatre. The cast are all such lovely people, and it's really great just to be able to meet them.
Unfortunately, we missed meeting Erika (we did see her, but just didn't get a chance to say "hi"- so we'll have to grab her next time!)

So if anyone's in Sydney (or near enough) I really recommend Legally Blonde! It's such a great show, and cast, and you'll have a great night!

I wish I could go again sooner, but that's the downside of teaching out in the country- it's just a tad difficult to get to the city. Hurry up, November!

Fiyero the duck

So, last week, I got a duckling. He was absolutely gorgeous and I named him Fiyero.

And this morning, I was devastated to wake up and find that he'd died during the night. I'm not sure what happened, but I'm just crushed.

He was the cutest little duck ever. He like peas and cuddles, and only pooped on me twice.

RIP Fiyero.

Australian Wicked Closing Anniversary

So, today is September 11.

And of course, that day is forever remembered as the day that changed the world forever, with the bombing of the World Trade Centre- even though with the time difference, it was actually September 12th.

Today is also the birthday of one of my close friend, so the day has a bright side amidst all the tragedy.

But it was a year ago today that Wicked closed in Perth, finishing off their Australian run. And although the show was going to Asia, it was our original Glinda, Lucy Durack's last show (or so we thought, but that's a different story).

Lucy was a fantastic Glinda, but I'm really excited to see her as Elle Woods in Legally Blonde in 11 days!! 

I remember being on twitter and talking with my Australian twitter friends, and we were all severely depressed, LOL. It was a fun night, haha. Especially when we had friends who were at the last show... ugh, it was just torture.

But bring on Legally Blonde! 

Holiday plans

We have 2 weeks until school holidays!

I'm super excited, mostly because I get to go home. I haven't seen my family all term, and I really miss my parents and siblings.

This is the first holidays this year that I'm not travelling anywhere, but I'm still planning to do heaps.

The first weekend I'm having an entire musical weekend! We're seeing Legally Blonde the musical on Saturday night, and then on Sunday we're seeing a local performance of Beauty and the Beast the musical!

And the second weekend is my cousin's wedding. The guy she's marrying is lovely, and she's my oldest female cousin, so I'm really excited and happy for her. Plus, it means I get to see the rest of my family, which I don't get to do too often. This will be the first time I've seen my cousins and aunts and uncles since my grandfather's funeral in February, which hopefully won't be too sad.

Other than that, I'm just looking forward to relaxing and catching up with friends. I've already got plans for a day with Nerrida :)

I always say I'm going to do heaps of writing in the holidays... and I never get as much done as I hope to. But we'll see! It would be nice to make some headway on 40 weeks; I've kind of stalled lately due to lack of time and motivation. Plus, it's slow moving until I get to a certain point.