So Jeff and I got to go see Wicked on Thursday the 23rd. It was awesome!!! I enjoyed the experience more the second time around. It was certainly fun to know exactly what I was looking at. I think everyone enjoyed the experience overall. If you haven't seen the show, you should at some point in the future. It has great music, great characters, and the story line really is great.This is a sad attempt at taking a picture inside with a camera phone. Why can I never remember my camera.
Anyway, the most exciting thing to happen that night wasn't even seeing the show (at least for me). Guess who we saw at the show?
That's right. The Prophet was there. Jeff and I were waiting outside for the rest of our party to join us. Jeff said, "Guess who just walked in... L. Tom Perry!" I was like what!!! So I peeked my head around the corner and sure enough, head well above the crowd, was L. Tom Perry walking into Capital Theater. Then Jeff said, "Look who is over there." As I turned around I saw who I thought was President Monson. I said, "That's the prophet!" and Jeff said, "No, it's not really him." and I said "uh... I think that it is him." and Jeff said, "Yeah, it is. I am just teasing you." Well, I wasn't about to miss the chance to shake hands with the prophet. I grabbed Jeff and I said come on. It looked as though we would miss him only by a moment, but the gentleman in front of us reached out his hand to shake. So President Monson stopped to shake it just in time for me to outstretch my little hand. AH! He then shook Jeff's hand, and in the process commented, "We are just out for a night at the theater. I'm just a showaholic." Then he walked into the side entrance of the theatre..... smile.
That's right. The Prophet was there. Jeff and I were waiting outside for the rest of our party to join us. Jeff said, "Guess who just walked in... L. Tom Perry!" I was like what!!! So I peeked my head around the corner and sure enough, head well above the crowd, was L. Tom Perry walking into Capital Theater. Then Jeff said, "Look who is over there." As I turned around I saw who I thought was President Monson. I said, "That's the prophet!" and Jeff said, "No, it's not really him." and I said "uh... I think that it is him." and Jeff said, "Yeah, it is. I am just teasing you." Well, I wasn't about to miss the chance to shake hands with the prophet. I grabbed Jeff and I said come on. It looked as though we would miss him only by a moment, but the gentleman in front of us reached out his hand to shake. So President Monson stopped to shake it just in time for me to outstretch my little hand. AH! He then shook Jeff's hand, and in the process commented, "We are just out for a night at the theater. I'm just a showaholic." Then he walked into the side entrance of the theatre..... smile.It was so great to shake his hand. Inside, he sat about twelve rows in front of us... and six seats down from him, President Uchdorf! They both were surrounded by body guards obviously. and I have never seen so many flashes go off before a show. At the end, they gave the actors a standing ovation and went on their way. I should mention that Jeff got a chance to shake Elder Perry's hand as well.
The show was awesome as well.
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and here i was feeling fully satisfied with just the wizard! :-)
"I'm just a showaholic"... I love that man! That's awesome.
When we were going to Christmas Carol at Hale Center Theater a few years back, they called us and asked if we would change our seats. When we got there, we realized that we were asked to move because Thomas S Monson wanted all his party to sit together, so we actually gave our seats up for him! He actually has a private place were he can go between acts and a private entrance and everything. We had a kind of obstructed view, but we got free refreshments for our trouble.
Awesome!
That is so cool!! I love that he said he was a showaholic.
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