Blink.

[ysobelle]

I'm going to the theatre.

I don't think it's quite sunk in. I'm going to the theatre to see the show of my dreams. The Lion King.

Now, before anyone rolls their eyes and snarts snorting, let me say that I was in grad school working towards a degree in costume design when this show went up for the first time and I first heard the name Julie Taymor. My teacher showed us a film of her early work, back when she was still doing puppetry, and I fell in love. Then I started seeing production stills from the show, and I just flipped. I had never before seen costumes taken to such a degree. She mixed in Chinese puppetry techniques, ideas from her time in Indonesia, bits of art I'd never even imagined. I said right then and there I wanted to be Julie Taymor when I grew up.

Okay, so that hasn't exactly happened. But I AM opening my own shop for the summer, so hey, she must've helped some, right? And now, at long last, I'm going to the show! SQUEEEE! I absolutely cannot wait. The giraffes alone send me into ecstacies. And the grasslands? The gazelles? The hyaenas? Oh, I'm swooning!

July 8th at 8pm at the Kimmell. I don't know how I'll wait that long.

SQUEEEEEEEEEE!

Comments

[wednesday42.livejournal.com]

Neat!! You'll love it. :-)

[ysobelle.livejournal.com]

Yeah, you KNOW how psyched I am. Damn. I still have Anne's Julie Taymor book. Think she misses it?

[mordath.livejournal.com]

*drool* Wow. Just...wow. The pictures I've seen of the costumes are incredible. My mother went to see the show earlier this year, and still hasn't stopped gushing about how incredible it was.

I'm very jealous - have a blast!

[ysobelle.livejournal.com]

I know. Massive squee here. Does it show?

[mordath.livejournal.com]

Just a little. ^_^

[42redmonkeys.livejournal.com]

I hope your seats arent too close and you can see.

we saw the show from the second row two years ago and we were too close to get a good view of what they were doing with the grass on stage.

its a fabulous show though....you WILL love it!!!

we just saw Wicked this week. nice little production.

[ysobelle.livejournal.com]

Funny you should say that-- I called Mom with a frantic "What do I do?!" when I saw I could get second row, and aftr trying to talk me out of the ticket entirely ("It's too expensive!")she said, "Don't sit that close. You'll hurt your neck!" So I'm in the sixth row now, and ecstatic.

[foxglove-8778.livejournal.com]

I would LOVE to see that show... the scraps I've seen - it is incredible...

I know how you'll pass the time for the next several weeks..... Dum dum dah dum...

[ysobelle.livejournal.com]

Snort! No, no, dear. That's how YOU'LL spend the time!

[mermaid2003.livejournal.com]

oooooh, you will love it! I was lucky enough to see it in LA at the Pantages a few years ago--it was so awesome! Have a fabulous time!

[eponas-pen.livejournal.com]

I am extremely jealous and therefore cannot speak with you...