My feet hurt..

Today was the first day since before christmas that i finally got to wear my black boots again! Yay :-D

Up at 8am, showered and dressed by 9.. dropped into maccas for a quick bite to eat on the way to the theatre. did you know they deliver here? so jealous.. home delivered maccas haha

10am was when the emerald curtain tour started. This concept is such a great idea. Gives you a good insight into the production, how it operates and who is involved. They told us a lot about how the costumes are made, how the backstage area (inc. lighting and sound) is run, what type of maintenance is required on props, etc (so much was said.. too much to talk about on here). Being able to hear anthony and sean's stories about the industry (esp. about this show) as well was an eye opener. Gave me a better insight into the industry in the US.
Took a stack of photos of the costumes and props they had on display, especially of the mini set they created in the beginning to see what the set would look like.

After the tour, i headed up to FAO Schwarz. This toy store is amazing! I think it would be one of the funnest places to work at. Depending on what department you were placed in depended on your uniform. The poor guy who got stuck in the harry potter area had to dress like a hogwarts student :-P
I decided to make my muppet whatnot today.. and had a blast doing so. Took me forever to decide what i wanted to do.. was hoping to make a black haired green muppet so that i could make an elphie costume.. but they sold out of long black hair! Grr.. not cool. Decided to try and make a version of me as a puppet. So i was green, red and white eyes, purple nose, blonde hair and a red hoodie. Bonus was i got to keep my creator kit.. full of reusable stickers and puppet outlines.

Then headed to the Apple store near central park.. next door to FAO Schwarz. The coolest thing is the entire apple store is underground! You walk into a glass box, down a clear stairway and you're there.

Started to walk back to the hostel and came across all the big label stores which was cool. Passed Trump Towers, Rockafella Centre, Radio City Hall, NBC studios, barnes and nobel.. the list goes on!

Got back to the hostel and relaxed for a bit.. my legs were so sore. Then got ready to head back to the theatre to see the evening performance of Wicked.

Th production of Wicked here is so well done. Haven't watched a bootleg of the latest cast (09 before change) in a while, so it was like i was seeing the show for the first time again. The way in which they do some of the scenes is amazing, should be done the same way around the world if in a permanent theatre. And flying monkeys again!! I love seeing them.. makes me miss them even more.
Katie Rose Clarke is a goddess.. her glinda is out of this world! Her and carmen are still one of my favourite (maybe even my favourite) elphie/glinda combinations. It was only her 3rd day on stage with that production.. so she was so hyper and into her character ;-) I still cannot believe i got to see her! Her popular was totally wack.. jumping everywhere, flicking her leg wild, slamming herself onto the beds when things didn't go her way, loosing the lipstick and giggling the whole time watching it roll away into the orchestra pit.. nuts i tell you! Nuts!
I also got to see about 10 new costumes that night.. many were swing costumes.. fabulous as ever! 2 new mob outfits, 3 school outfits, 4 OSD outfits, new ballroom gown.. i think emma delmenico is right.. the swings have the best costumes ever ;-)
Overall, i think i saw maybe 35 new costumes (50 all up if you count variations of current designs) during my trip.

After the show, headed to stage door. Before i left i was told to watch out for the stage door being busy.. for a sat night, it was nothing! there were maybe about 5 people tops there.. i think the busiest wicked stage door i've been to on my trip was stuttgart, but the busiest overall would have to be melbourne.
Got my poster signed (as much as i could) and got photos when it was possible. Everyone was so nice, were willing to stick around for a chat.

Then decided to head home. Walked back to the hostel, jumped into bed as i had a big day planned the next morning..

(there is still a stack to add to this.. but i will be late to a concert tonight if i stick around)