Thursday, December 3, 2015

Beka and WICKED in town!!!

Beka has been in the touring cast of WICKED since 7/28/14
and the show was in Arizona from 8/26 - 10/4!!
Beka was able to stay at home for 6 weeks!
It was great for all of us to be together, the little we were able ...
she was performing 8 shows a week, as usual, so was a busy girl!!
The first two shows in Tempe she was on as Nessarose!
We played the lottery and won!!
It was our 1st time seeing her as Nessa and she was fabulous!
 This is a great shot at the stage door afterwards!!

Beka was the hometown girl while she was here!
She had many interviews published in local papers, etc.
Here are a few:
Phoenix Stages
On September 2nd she had 3 interviews
for morning TV programs in town...
This is just a sample...I'm glad I recorded the TV,
as it wasn't available on-line! Bad recording, but fun to have!

While in Tempe, Beka got to go on as Glinda twice
and Nessarose 6 times!
James and I bought lottery seats for a last minute Glinda performance!
She knew ahead of time she would be Glinda on the 15th,
so many people were able to see her!
Over 50 friends and family were there!!
It was very exciting and crowded at the stage door!!!
Clay and Rachel were able to have a date night
to see Beka as Nessarose!

It's pretty exciting to have an Auntie in a Broadway show!
All the grandkids were thrilled with a backstage tour!

Deb and I played the lottery hoping to see Beka as Nessa...but
didn't win and it was a sold out show, so couldn't buy tickets!
I had been told I could sit in the pit with the orchestra any time,
so we texted Beka and 5 min before the show started, we
were escorted down!!  We couldn't see the show at all, but
we could hear it all and it was fascinating to watch the conductor and
Dan at the keyboard!  Thankful for this treat!!
Watch and listen to a little clip :)

Tim, Deb and I bought tickets to closing night
and got to see Beka in the ensemble!!
It was a wonderful evening but sad to see the show and Beka leave :(
Hard to believe all of this actually happened!
Thankful for a great 6 weeks!!!
Pics!  More Fall 2015 pics here!

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