After some difficulty, I managed to go watch "Spelling Bee" in Sacramento with my two friends. It was such an awesome trip heading up to the state capital. The two-hour or so drive was quite long, but we spent the time playing the musical ABC game, in which each person names a musical related term or word starting with the letter A and going all the way to Z. Some letters we had trouble with included Q and X.
When we arrived, we grabbed some lunch at Johnny Rockets. Relived some interesting Jersey Boys music by playing 'Walk Like a Man'. Also, we stopped by Rite Aid to get some Slim Jim's and Flamin' Hot Cheetos for Andrew, Vanessa, and Dana. :)
We arrived to the theater a little bit early to find the stage door and hopefully catch a few cast members, but we ended up fleeing back to the theater out of extreme awkwardness after seeing Vanessa and AKB from a good distance. :P In our free time, I signed up to be a guest speller, but didn't make it; all of the spellers chosen were adults and probably sat in the orchestra. We also looked at the classroom posters which included baby photos of most of the cast members. It was quite cute. We found AKB and Dana's baby photos, but we couldn't find Vanessa's. Since we also didn't want to waste time after the show purchasing merch, we bought it then. To my surprise, I luckily purchased the last program which was quite a good decision.
Overall, the show and cast were hilarious. The improv element is quite entertaining, especially Rona's comments about the audience spellers. It brings a fresh take to each performance. However, some of the show was ruined by my YouTube video watching of TV performances and specials, so I already knew many of the words, definitions, and sentences. But I still can't spell any of the words....
I loved the cast and was taken aback by some of the cast member's fantastic performances. Justin was a hilarious Chip. Quite entertaining, especially during Erection. Andrew was a really cute Leaf Coneybear. Dana didn't have such a strong lisp which was good. And her current even was on "Super Hillary" and her recent win during the Democratic primary race. Vanessa was an AMAZING Olive Ostrovsky. I never she could sing like that! It was a really touching performance because she played the character truthfully from the moment she stepped foot on stage. I thought she had the best peformance.
Stage door was the best part getting to meet the cast as well as Andrew, Vanessa, and Dana. Dana had to leave early so we couldn't get to to talk with her long. Andrew and Vanessa came out last, but we chatted for a while talking about the blog among other things. The cool part was also meeting both Justin and Vanessa's families. They were quite nice. This was probably the first time that we actually got the ENTIRE cast of nine to sign our windowcard which was totes awesome. :) It was totally worth making the trip up there. Can't wait for the next show. Spring Awakening maybe?
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