We've sure been carrying the banner for Newsies here the last few weeks. You cannot say that we have not taken advantage of Mike working at the theater this summer! It's been all Newsies, all the time. We've seen the play (some of us multiple times), we listened to the soundtrack on repeat (thank you, Google Home), and we've finally (according to Fiona) watched the movie.
Fiona says it's her favorite movie. Ever. Declan wants to be Jack Kelly, while insisting his favorite newsie is Crutchie (the fact that I told him that the actor who played Jack Kelly also played Batman ... hello, Christian Bale ... may play a part in that). When you call for Quinn, she will occasionally enter a room and say "Never fear. Brooklyn's here." To say they are fans is in understatement. To say I don't hate it is also an understatement.
The girls got their first Newsies experience the weekend after we got back from GR. We've had the tickets since February and were going with Gma, Gpa, and Auntie. It was Q's first play at the dinner theater and both she and I were nervous about her ability to sit still that long. She was a little wiggly, but did really well. It did not hurt that we had amazing seats and one of the sweet newsies (Race) kept making eye contact with her. She really loved that!
At one point during the show, they threw balled up newspapers into the audience. Race threw his right at Q and it bounced off the top of her head. Fiona also had a newspaper bounce off hers. Cute blondes in the front are irresistible. At another point of the play, when Medda was out in the audience, she snuggled up to Grandpa. Apparently cute grandpas are irresistible too!
Fiona and Auntie lived their best lives during the play and were so over the top happy when it was done. They both thought maybe they'd just stay there and see if they could sneak into the evening show. We didn't let them, to their chagrin. Q and I boogied out ASAP at the end because she had to go to the bathroom. When we were done in the bathroom, we ran into a couple of the actors on their way out. Q played it cool but thought it was pretty awesome. Auntie and Fiona were NOT pleased that we hadn't kidnapped the newsies for them!
Also not pleased ... Declan. You have to be five to go to Kindergarten and five to go to the theater ... he's not a fan of these rules! However, D had an ace in the hole. Daddy. That Wednesday, Mike had secured tickets for the two of them to go to the Director's Room for the matinee. Dec was so excited to have a boy's date and truly enjoyed the first half of the show. At intermission, he asked to go home. It's tough on a dude to miss nap. Maybe there was something to that five rule ...
On the girls' last official day of summer vacation, they ended up going to work with Mike. Nanny J was already back in school and we were just trying to piece together coverage with the late start in S-town. Somehow the girls managed to get themselves invited to the Director's Room for the matinee and spent their final day of summer watching the show one more time. Fiona was in heaven! And Quinn was glad to have the ability to move around during the show!
I may or may not have seen it for the third time this week with my sister (who also desperately wanted to go again and was pretty jealous of the girls' encore viewing) and my friend Wally and his boyfriend Matt. It was not a responsible choice on a crazy busy week - but was SO much fun. Much needed irresponsible behavior!
I think we may be done watching the play at the theater. But as I had to go silence "Jack, Crutchie, and Davey" in the bedroom tonight, we may be carrying the banner for a while longer here at home.
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