Musicals with the mamma!

My mom and I had quite a busy week theatre wise and went to see three West End musicals.

Monday night we went to see Avenue Q at the Wyndham's Theatre. We were able to get pretty good seats in the second row of the second level for just £20. The show was basically Sesame Street for the adult viewer, and included muppet sex, drug use, intense profanity and schadenfreude (taking pleasure in other peoples pain). Of all the shows I've seen this one is the one that I think my brothers would most easily be able to sit through. Just to give you a glimpse into the style of this show, my favorite numbers were "Everyone's a little bit racist" and "The internet it for porn." Avenue Q was 100% a bundle of laughs!

Wednesday we went to see Whoopi Goldberg in Sister Act at the London Palladium. The show itself was amazing and so well done! Whoopi played Mother Superior rather than her movie role of Deloris, but was still excellent. This casting worked very well because Mother Superior was a very large role, but suited her well since she's now almost 20 years older than when the film was made. Whoopi's acting and singing did not disappoint, and the women who played Deloris, Patina Miller, was a knockout. We had the added bonus of seeing Andrew Llyod Weber among the audience! He owns the theatre, but hasn't been at a performance of the show since it opened last year. Even though I despise his works, it was cool to see him in person. My mom said this was her favorite show of the week, and I completely agree that it is one of the best musical productions that I've seen in London. It is also one of the only shows I've seen here that got a full standing ovation (the Brits never stand to applaud)!

Friday night we went to see Mamma Mia at the Prince of Wales Theatre, and I absolutely loved it. My mom had seen the show before in Vegas, but I had never seen the show before. It's quite possibly my favorite show and such a great feel good hit. The show is very high energy and a very ludicrous story; my mom and I were both shocked to see so many kids in the audience. Maybe as a result of all of the Mai Tais we enjoyed pre show at happy hour or maybe because the show was so great, we were both occasionally singing/dancing along in our seats--thankfully we had our own private box so we didn't bother anyone!