June 4, 2009 8 PM. John Golden Theatre.

On our first day in New York City, my sister and I ended up watching Avenue Q. Haha. My sister hasn’t seen the musical yet, although she is familiar with the cast recording. She was already working in the US when Avenue Q was first staged in the Philippines back in 2007, so only me and my younger sister was able to watch it.

I couldn’t really add anything new to my previous experience watching Avenue Q, except that the sets are, obviously, more bongga than the local production. Same wonderful energy from the actors/puppets, same hilarious songs and lines.

The reason for us choosing Avenue Q was because we tried the Wicked lottery and ended up losing on our first try. Yes, we give up easily. That’s why I will never win any lottery (cash or show tickets) because the odds are never in my favor. And because I give up easily. Haha. Since the Wicked lottery started at 5:30 PM and names were drawn at 6:00 PM, we only had little time before we rush back to TKTS in Times Square for tickets.

More or less 150 people showed up for the lottery. I think 13 names were called out, so 26 tickets were given out. We were pretty disappointed with the outcome of the lottery. Anyway, since we were in a bad mood, I didn’t want to leave the city that day on such a low note. I ended up buying Avenue Q for us since I know we’ll have a good time. Even if I’ve already seen it.

Since it was already 6:30 by the time we got to TKTS, there were very little broadway shows to choose from. The other option was Rock of Ages. But I heard it’s a hit or miss broadway musical. And we were going back to NYC, so might as well see that next time.

Oh well.

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