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She walked without us!!

Hubby and I went to see Les Miserables at the National Theatre last night (big disappointment) and of course, got a babysitter for our little one. When we got back, our babysitter told us that our little one took three steps without help! My mouth dropped! We told her that we've been trying to get her to walk with no succuss. Oh well. That just means we should be seeing her walk any day now.

As for Les Miserables, I was very disappointed. I thought being such a long-running, well-known show that even with mostly understudies and being a travel company, it would be a first-rate show. Man was I wrong. There were some very good singers, but some... not so good. One of the children forgot his lines, one of the dancers fell during the wedding scene, and I personally feel that the props in general were lacking. I had previously listened to the soundtrack (although it's been a while), and I believe I saw the movie, so I knew at least the general idea of what was going on. There were a lot of times that I found it very difficult to understand what was being sung. Whether it was overly loud singing on the actors' parts or poor sound board mixing, I don't know. There were also parts of the show where I found myself dozing off. If I could get my money back, I'd ask for it back! It was certainly not worth the $63 per ticket we paid for balcony seats!

posted by Jen @ 2:54 PM