Wicked

Today was the day that Brett had been waiting for for quite some time.  He had always wanted to see a Broadway musical and tonight we were able to make his dream come true by taking him to a performance of Wicked.  Brett and I had wanted to see it for years, but hadn't been able to.  We talked about going to it in Chicago over Christmas break, but the prices were outrageous - $129 a ticket for the last row in the balcony.  I did some investigating and found that it was going to be in Grand Rapids this weekend for quite a bit less.  The timing was perfect because it coordinated perfectly with Brett's trip to Chicago.  All we had to do was make sure that Brett caught the noon train back to South Bend.  I was worried at first as his conference got over 11 a.m. and that didn't give him a lot of time to get to Millennium Station.  Thankfully, it was not a problem as the event ended early and Brett was there before Burger King even started selling lunch.

I had bought four tickets for tonight's performance thinking that Meg would be able to go.  The Bethany Fish fry was tonight, however, and it was mandatory that all students work.  She didn't mind missing the musical with us as she had a chance to hang out with her classmates.  Doug was glad to step into her spot.  He was even more happy when he realized that we had enough time after we picked Brett up to stop by his favorite restaurant in Grand Rapids - Founder's Brewery.

Even stopping for dinner we were still at the musical plenty early.  We were glad as there was a long line to get into the parking garage.  Our seats were in the balcony but everyone could see the stage very well.  All four of us really enjoyed the performance.  The storyline was fantastic and coincided with the plot of Wizard of Oz perfectly.  We each had a different favorite character and song and we talked about the musical most of the way home.  I was so happy that we finally were able to make Brett's dream come true.