A few of my friends told me this was a great show, and they got in for free with Yelp. Lucky them! On a whim, I decided to buy tickets and take my wife. They were $30 each for front row seats. Amazing.
The show was in Queens Theatre, a little out of the way for most people, but not so bad for us. A bit troublesome heading out there on a rainy night, but you know what? I would do it one hundred times over.
This show was absolutely amazing. You can tell they are bound for Broadway, and they totally deserve it. The show had acrobatics, singing, dancing, violins, comedy, drama, and beautiful, talented performers. There was a little bit of everything, and it truly was an incredible experience.
The story revolves around a girl who is mistreated by her boyfriend. He pursues his own ambitions and in the process ends up hurting and disappointing her time and time again. She is an artist, and throughout the show her characters come to life and give her a much needed wake up call to get things in order.
There are scenes where her character “Lightning Girl” fights with a demon, there are violin solos, dance solos, vocal solos, comedy, and they even involve the audience in a few parts. Tons of fun. I can not get enough of this show. I found most of the performers’ pages on Twitter and Facebook and sent them congratulatory notes, in addition to liking and following them. They were all amazing.
The show is set to hit Broadway in 2012, though that is still up in the air. Either way, sooner or later, this will become a mega hit. It is just too good. So yeah, I sat in the first row, right in the middle, for $30. You really can not beat that. It was one of the better shows I have seen in a very long time. Totally worth it, and I would absolutely go see it again on Broadway. I would love to see Lourds Lane make it there!
One of the songs is called Misfit, and I can totally relate to that. As someone who sometimes felt overlooked growing up, not quite fitting in with the crowd around me, that song hit close to home. Life is funny that way.
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