I Finally Saw Newsies

[muscle23ftl]

and I was blown away by the set, the dancing, the talented cast and crew, it was flawless. I think I will dare to say it's the best show on Broadway!

[blaxx]

Ok.

[muscle23ftl]

Oh, I forgot to mention that Salma Hayek was in the audience, and she was so sweet, a true Hollywood diva.

[Kelly2]

I hate when people bother celebrities at shows. Just let them enjoy it, jesus. They don't have to be "on" for you.

Re: Newsies...yeah. It was good.

[muscle23ftl]

She was not "on", I ran into her after the show was over and said hello, and she was quite happy to talk to me about one of her films.

[Rainbowhigh23]

I met Ryan Steele tonight after Matilda and told him how I started buying Schmackary's after seeing the Newsies eating the cookies.

[Jordan Catalano]

I ran into Barbra Streisand at a performance of SCANDALOUS and we chatted for about an hour about her hair.

[Kelly2]

Nevermind, not getting into it.

[Jordan Catalano]

No, she was really happy to talk to me. She said she's pretty lonely and nobody ever talks to her. She gave me her phone number and we started texting a lot. She send me funny pictures of herself doing funny faces and sometimes video of singing tv theme songs (my favorite is when she does WHO'S THE BOSS). Just stuff like that.

[Kelly2]

I'm just impressed you found things to say about her hair for an hour.

[Jordan Catalano]

She was doing most of the talking. She was telling me how she could put it up in a bun, how she could braid it, how sometimes she like to wrap it around her face and pretend she has a beard (she really laughed at herself when she told me that), and how she combs it 15 times a day. I told her she should be on "My Strange Addiction" and she snorted she laughed so hard.

[disneybroadwayfan22]

I'm seeing it in May and I can't wait :)

[CarlosAlberto]

Jordan you are a mess! LMAO!!!

[Patash]

Hate to interrupt a good snark attack, but I finally saw Newsies yesterday too -- hadn't been able to get a decent discount seat anytime I tried, but snagged fifth row center orchestra for $70 at TKTS yesterday for the matinee.

Yes. I was very impressed with the show -- more than I somehow thought I'd be. I guess if I had any major complaint it would be that I wish they could have done age appropriate casting. I mean it IS about child labor after all, and it's kind of hard to get worked about that when the "children" involved are mostly pushing 25 or 30. Sort of like watching Annie with the orphans cast as 20 year olds so they could have stronger voices and more dance finesse.

[mmFan]

Seeing Newsies in April (as per recommendations on here) and really looking forward to it.
Patash, great deal on those tickets. I paid almost 3x as much for same kind of seats.