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  1. Saw it live on opening night in Brooklyn and loved it to smithereens. Aside from the pretentious opening, it was a spectacular evening of theater. Much like the album, it’s so difficult to categorize it within the context of her other albums, so I can’t seem to do it properly for the concert. It’s a musical and an original cast album. But if I had to rank it amongst the live shows I’ve seen in-person, it would be as follows (best to least best): 01. RIT 02. MXT 03. RHT 04. CT (One of her most brilliant tours, I love it on disc more than I did in person but I have to rank them, so there it is) 05. DWT (I grew to LOVE it on disc. But, in all honesty, she was not feeling the crowd the night I attended) 06. MDNA 07. S&S
  2. FOUR OF MY FAVORITE SONGS OF ALL TIME. (I'm cool with Ghosttown, too). ;)
  3. I'd be livid. Yes, logistically we know it's a no-go, but wow. Just wow.
  4. She could always bring those Sky Fits Heaven harnesses back to lift her to the top of the stairs.
  5. However it happened, it can't be fun to use those stairs when one's knee is out of commission.
  6. Boy, this'll be long-winded. Like many fellow New Yorkers, I attend a lot of theater. Broadway, Off-Broadway, Opera, Ballet, etc. Two of my favorite performing arts campuses are Lincoln Center and, well, BAM. When I first heard Madame X, I thought... this isn't a pop album. My friends kept asking how I ranked it, where I would put it alongside her other work. I started to think of it as a musical and it started to make sense. Now, is it Sondheim? No, but it exists on a very different plane -- one that is Theatrical with a capital T. But a quiet, monochromatic kind of theatricality with flashes of color. So, when I heard she was doing a theater tour, I thought - of course. It's intimate, she'll probably augment the mini-documentary in theme and performance when translating to the stage. It'll be very informal. And since it was starting at BAM -- not to be stereotypical of the space -- I knew it would err on the side of minimalism. That's just the flavor there. The night I attended turned out to be the first performance. My husband and I assumed she wouldn't pull her tardy antics since BAM is an entirely union house. Everyone would be making double time should the show run late. Well, that assumption went out the window! But when the show began, save for the two opening numbers (and that outfit eesh), it was everything I had hoped it would be. I didn't expect arena, but I didn't expect the level of movement and the constant ascending and descending those stairs. It made for a great stage picture but I thought - gee, that must be hell. Something about the last tour made me think that she was going to really ease up on movement. Some of the best part of the evenings to me were the Fado section, her chats with the crowd, Frozen. I could have spent 15 more minutes with the Batuka ladies circle. That section was so authentic. Yes she was moving there, but it seemed to come from a very honest, rather than strenuous place (I guess strenuous honesty can be a thing, too). This has a point. I swear. Now, do I think the tickets were outrageously priced? Absolutely. Did I think the late starts are beyond beyond? Absolutely. Do I think the tour schedule is bonkers? Absolutely. But the piece itself - as a piece of theater - it's something I never thought I'd see her do. Madonna alone on stage being Madonna (not Tears of a Clown, thank you very much). And I find it heartbreaking that there was such misguidance and bullshit that have mucked it all up. We had a marvelous time that night, there were rapturous moments. I never went in expecting anything but what the space informed -- or what the title and artwork advertised. Rescue Me, Rain, etc.? She'll sing those again the day Trump is impeached. Don't hold your breath. But I was NOT expecting some of the beautiful stage pictures she gave us. And moments where she dropped the pitch correction and autotuning and gave us her. Unfiltered. I hope she feels better -- but I'm hardly surprised. The schedule is hell! She goes on tour once every four years, no wonder she's spent. But there's something else that has felt off about it. I feel as though she wants to sit with the Batuka ladies (I know, I can't remember their names) and the Fado people, and jam. And I am totally down with that. Madame X fails for me when it tries to be "arena" sized. But when she smiled, it felt sooo right. Ok, maybe that didn't have a point. Whatever, just wanted to chime in.
  7. Everything you said! But I had to highlight this -- I've always loved it (and the added headdress) and it's so rare to see it mentioned. She makes it sexy and playful, which I adore.
  8. Oh, you know what I mean. There weren't oodles of people in front of me spending hours trying to take the perfect selfies, group selfies or FaceTiming or Periscoping and whatnot. I can't tell you how many times I've seen people jam up the aisle during a concert to take a selfie with a background that'll never come out anyway. I don't pay big bucks to watch these folks. Seriously, music makes the people come together. But the ones with their phones on throughout should go to couples therapy together. Codependency makes it tough for everyone involved. One side-note, as one of Madonna's older fans, I can attest to the fact that the old ones are the WORST (and should know better).
  9. Ugh, yes! And with Vogue, I wept when I saw the look for MDNA. The return of the Gaultier corset in such a spectacular way; the masculine/feminine duality; visible beyond the 'cage'. The best progression of what has always been her most iconic battle armor.
  10. Getting out of the concert on Tuesday (well, Wednesday morning), I started ruminating on my favorite tour looks of all time. I'm still kicking ideas around -- but what are yours?
  11. The "Fado" costume (I don't know what else to call it) is one of her most gorgeous and iconic tour looks. The other looks of the evening paled in comparison... but who cares when we get her serving THAT!
  12. I'm all for criticism, I've been vocal about any artist's career that I follow. Madonna or otherwise. That's passion. But your post is an example of a knee-jerk decision inspired by brief clips, murky recordings, and hearsay. You may not like the tour but good god, you haven't seen it.
  13. They took my damn fitbit. Opening night was one of the greatest nights at the theater I've had in over a decade. Respectful, no bright screens blocking my view. People talking and connecting. Ugh, a flicker.
  14. How are people smuggling their phones in? This is ridiculous -- we have such entitlement lately. I can't go to a goddamn OPERA without seeing someone's phone, much less movies, Broadway, and concerts. This is truly disgusting.
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