April 17, 2003
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Last night i went to see Aida (the broadway one) with my female best friend/lesbian lover. It was SOOO SOOOOOOOO good. It is by FAR my favorite broadway show to date. It blew all the others away. Of course…how can you go wrong with a storyline that’s been around for CENTURIES. I saw Aida the opera when I was younger, so I already knew and loved the storyline. I think it’s THE ULTIMATE love story…even better than Romeo and Juliet. And of course I LOVE the fact that Aida had attitude.
Anyhow, the cast was phenomenal and could sing AND dance really really well. You could totally tell that a lot of them had professional training in classical and ethnic dance. Oh, and the dance choreography was SOOO good. TOTALLY not your typical broadway-do the can can type dance. Since Aida is set in Egypt/Africa, the dancing was totally modern dance mixed with African tribal dancing and a little bit of kung fu style dancing for the guy dancers. SOOOO good. I LOOOOVE that stuff. OH, and ALL the guys had incredible bodies because they were basically topless a lot. SOOO nice. hee hee.
Oh, and the best part, we had paid $55 for first row balcony seats. And when we went to pick up the tix, the lady asked, “do you mind if i move you up closer?” So she gave us second row Mezzanine seats. SOOO good. i LOOVE sitting front mezzanine. so much better than orchestra cuz you can actually see the entire stage w/o getting a crick in your neck. but i TOTALLY recommend Aida….my new favorite broadway show!
