Defying Gravity

Wow - what a fantastic evening! Met The Girl at the school a little before 5:00, and joined her, a co-worker and the Spanish students for a yummy Chinese dinner. Had some lamb, broccoli beef, kung pao chicken, shrimp in lobster sauce and fried rice. Mmmm. And to make the dinner just that much better, the fortune cookie was dipped in white so-called chocolate. We then all boarded the bus, and were off on our way to the Pantages theatre. Made really good time, so we had an hour or so to hang around before the show started. It was nice for the students, because they were able to sight-see a little and do some shopping.

Our seats weren't the best in the house (last row, and only one seat further left than we were) but we still had a good view of the stage. And what a stage! Of course, we've seen Wicked two times prior to yesterday, but still .... it is AWESOME. There is one point, right at the end of Act I, when I feel that being up higher was an improvement over the great seats we had last year. When Elphaba is "flying high, defying gravity" with all the fog and smoke and lights, it was unbelievable. Words can't describe it, so I won't even try.

Didn't get home until quite late (especially for me, since I'm usually in bed by 10:00) and have been a bit groggy all day today. It was most definitely worth the grogginess, though, and I really, really want to see the show again. Greedy, ain't I?