Hedwig and the Angry Inch

My oh my, what a great night of theater we encountered when we went to see Hedwig. I wasn't really sure what to expect except that a lot of my weirder friends liked this show. (weirder meaning the ones that really grab onto a trend and run with it till the end of time, even after the fad is over)

Michael C Hall had taken over the role 1 week prior. We went with my father in law (he picked it) and while he didn't like it, both me and my husband DID like it. We could see how the role would be very different with a different performer. (Neil Patrick Harris and Andrew Rannells probably were better as they have better voices and are gay whereas Michael is more of a tv actor and doesn't sing all the time, and is straight) I found his performance impressive and the scrim work in the show to be superb!

We had 1st row mezzanine. I couldn't see the stuff upstage right! But mostly everything happened center stage!

This is how the show ended. Yummy! We were all a little confused as to what the ending of the show really meant, or what the whole show even meant, except the underlying message which was to accept yourself as you are.

Pageant the Musical

I won 2 free tickets to Pageant the Musical which had great reviews from people I know, as well as Seth Rudetsky. (Actually, I paid $20 and won 3 sets of 2 tickets for shows, so technically, these seats were $3 each) I knew I wanted to laugh, and I did a great deal. Some of it was a little flat, and I think the fact that an understudy was on stage, plus two swings made a big difference in the performance. 

 They sang and dance, showed us talent, bathing suit and fitness, and even gave spokesmodel ad bits. (We laughed a lot when the beauty queen literally threw a bunch of baby powder on her face and shouted 'whoopsidoodle') Towards the beginning of the show, they select judges from the audience and towards the end of the show, said judges must vote on who should win Miss Glamouresse. I thought it was hilarious that these "Miss" titles were so varied and out there, but that there was a "Miss Texas" on stage. Very beauty pageant!

 We arrived for our free tickets which were very difficult to secure(the voucher people were not the easiest to get response from) and when I showed up with my confirmation email in hand, I was treated a little rudely. Finally, they "dealt" with me by giving me 2 tickets in the last row of the mezzanine which was standing room. They had chairs and I was able to move mine forward. The Davenport theater is super narrow so there aren't bad sight lines. All in all, it was definitely worth what I paid and it was a short show so if you didn't like it, it was only an hour and a half of your life.