Ugh, I don't fancy the new Heather at all. At all. I'm so glad I saw the musical on the 9th before all of these changes happened!
Speaking of, OMG, I totally haven't had the chance to tell everyone about my experience seeing the show for the first time! For the very long and detailed version, please to be checkin' out my personal blog, mallorymaloney.com.
For the mostly condensed version; Oh my fucking God, it was amazing, it was BEYOND amazing. As soon as the curtain came up the tears started, and all throughout the first number the tears just kept streaming down my face because I was so fucking happy.
Happy to actually be there watching in the front row of the mezz, ((AWESOME seats, by the by, highly reccomended to anyone wondering where to sit for their first show ... It seemed so freakin' close and I could see everything going on the whole time,)) Happy because the songs make me happy, happy because the show was just whoa whoa WHOA. I can't even describe it without sounding all dramatic and using all caps, it appears, but that's just how strongly I feel about the show. It was perfect.
Plus, I met five different cast members after the show, and they all signed the oversized American Idiot photo book I bought in the St Jimmy! :D AAAAARGHHH!
See see see! Tony, Rebecca, Brian, Leslie, and Van!
I had to run to catch Tony, as he escaped out the Jucymany door without me noticing --- It was my Dad who spotted him, haha. After I caught up with him and waited until all the other girls who had already caught him before me finished getting their pics and autographs, I approached him rather shyly, as he's my favourite cast member, with Rebecca a close second. And for this bit I'll just copy and paste the segment from my blog about meeting him:
'Alright, let's see,' he said, helping me hold the book up and waving a skinny blue marker around. 'This pen isn't permanent, so I'm not sure if ... Does anyone have ...?'
A girl who had just gotten her autograph from him before me spoke up eagerly. 'I have a pen!' she squealed, running over and handing one to him.
'That might work!' He said in a cheerfully doubtful sort of way, but attempted to sign the shiny book's cover, anyway. All it seemed to do was make a bit of an indent in the surface of the book, but before anyone had to do or say anything else, a supporting cast member --- Ben Thompson --- Walked by and silently handed him a Sharpie with a bit of a grin on his face.
'Thank you, Ben!' Tony called after him. 'You saved my life, I owe you one.' He continued, all whilst signing his name with a flourish on the front of my book.
I finally found my voice and decided to use it, although I spoke in not much more than a whisper. 'Thank you so much, Tony ... And that was an amazing performance tonight.'
'Thank you very much!' Tony smiled at me, and I just about melted from the sincere look in his rather gorgeous eyes, while I stuttered something along the lines of 'You're welcome.'
He smiled and started to walk away, then paused, handing me Ben's Sharpie. 'Here, you can have this, sweetheart.'
'Oh, wow, thank you!' I gasped, staring first at the Sharpie, then back at Tony's face, and then back at the Sharpie again, likely with a stupidly adoring look on my own face. He smiled and turned back down the street, while I gazed at the Sharpie for a while longer as if I had just been handed me a handful of precious gems.
And yes, when I met Rebecca she actually COMPLIMENTED MY OUTFIT, oh my fucking God. You guys have no idea how much that meant to be, because I fucking LOVE the kinda stuff she wears onstage and off. And I helped take a photo of her and another fan who was alone and didn't have anyone to take the show, haha!
And Leslie couldn't stop talking about how much she loved a badge I got custom made for my outfit --- The one in the picture below that reads 'Hello, my name is: Whatsername'.
And and and and Van and I talked for awhile and I told him how much I loved his version of Tunny and told him we came from Canada and generally babbled on like a retard the whole time. XD; Oh, but it was so lovely, I feel so blessed to have met them all, as I didn't really expect it would happen.
My only gripe is that I never approached Michael Esper when he was signing autographs! I felt wayyy too intimidated, as he had a police officer close by watching his back the whole time, which was kinda like, 'What the heck?' So I never met him. I did see him close up, though! His hair's even more awesome than it is onstage, to be perfectly honest. The blue is even more vibrant!
Ahh I think I'll end this post here though with some more pictures before I write another four thousand word entry like on my site.
My outfit:
Some of my meetage with the beloved Idiots:
AND YES MY DAD MANAGED TO CATCH LESLIE POINTING AT MY BADGE AND YES I JUST ABOUT SHAT MYSELF WHEN I SAW THE PICTURE AFTERWARD.