Ever since I was a kid, I wanted to watch Jesus Christ Superstar live.

And so it really annoyed me to see so many people checking in on their phones, browsing totally unrelated stuff on the net. Somebody even received a phone call. Quite a number of people were also late, they made quite a procession during the second song (“Jesus’” first piece). People were also getting out of their seats for toilet breaks in the middle of the play. Horrible horrible viewers. The person sitting one row in front of Yui (who was sitting beside me) had a really bright screen I had to tap her shoulder and showed her a big X with my hands crossed and showed her a really stern face. Somebody even snored, and he had to have that loud snore just when a song ended and there was some brief silence.

Very different from the theatre goers in Japan in which it’s almost a sin even to cough (you can’t control your cough!).

It was a terrible, horrible crowd this evening. I assure you, it’s multinational, Asian and Western alike. Yui said at the end of the show “I got culture shocked, Mommy”. And that’s from a 13-yr old who watched a play only three times so far (it’s her first time outside Japan though).

Thankfully, I could still enjoy, for the most part. Though different from expected, I love Tabitha Nauser’s rendition of “I Don’t Know How to Love Him”. So much so that I had tears streaming down my face the whole time that song was sung. Mixed in with “finally I watched it live” feeling. And I generally love the timber of her voice in that “Everything’s Alright” and ““Could We Start Again, Please” are now my new favorites.

Thankful that despite the terrible viewers, I still enjoyed my “dream come true”. Because, there’s no stopping great talent from shining!! Javon King’s (Judas) voice was so beautiful and perfect and wow on Luke Street’s (Jesus) vocal range.

Very thankful that they had this debut show right smack during our Singapore trip. SALAMAT!!!!