Anniversary in Chicago...

How to make bec happy:
Take her to dinner with the cast of Wicked and give her great seats for the Chicago show :)

Kev and i are in Chicago celebrating our 10th anniversary with a very mini-trip (2 nights) before i have to go back home and keep freaking out about VBS. Part of his anniversary gift to me was tickets to see Wicked again and to have dinner with the cast. We ate with 5 members of the cast and had a lovely time. Pictures of our evening are here. Dinner was delicious and i managed to NOT screw up my diet that much :) We chatted with the cast members, took pictures, and got to know other Wicked fans. It was really a neat experience for us and a real treat for me.

The show was very good. It's a very different show than the first time we saw it 2 years ago at the beginning of its run here in Chicago. It's less of a "clone" of the original broadway cast and more of its own show now, which i think speaks highly of the show itself as well as the cast. We really liked Elphaba, the Galinda was quite different from the one we saw last time, and the Fyero was REALLY different, but overall Hubby hit the nail on the head when he said the last time we saw it it was "polished" and this time it was more heartfelt. I cried during Defying Gravity AND For Good. I'm such a sucker for broadway.

There was some weirdness though. About 20 minutes to the end of the show, this woman screamed and clapped her hands up over her head (during the love scene no less) and there was big commotion and confusion as she and 3 of her friends got up and left the theatre. I give the cast all the credit in the world because they didn't even flinch...just kept singing. What was odd though was that as the show was ending, a couple of police officers came in with the ones who had left, and they pointed out a guy and he was led out from the theatre. All of this was going on during the curtain call.

As we left the theatre, i was very bothered that people were talking more about the commotion than they were about the EXCELLENT performance, and i said so to kev. This woman turned around and said, "well, i've seen it six times so its not that big of a deal." And i said to her directly, "not all of us are that fortunate". I just don't understand why some stupid commotion was more noteworthy than some truly amazing perfomances and talent.

It was a magical evening for me...having such an intimate broadway moment...the dinner...paired with watching those characters performing made tonight very special.

Today marks the day we have been married 10 years. I don't really know how i feel about it to be honest (10 years seems like a long time), but on the day after our wedding our first part of the honeymoon was to see a broadway show (on tour). We saw the revival of Showboat. I find it fitting that our 10th anniversary celebration also includes a broadway show, as broadway has always been a part of our relationship--even when we were dating.

Tonight we have dinner reservations at the signature room at the Hancock Tower. We are also thinking about the shedd aquarium, and he's taking me to Tiffany's to get my anniversary gift. I'm not even sure what i want from Tiffany's but i'm SURE i'll find something. lol.

We're even having room service for breakfast. How decadent.