A couple weeks ago, we took Miss J and Mr. Z to see Thomas and Friends Live on Stage: A Circus Comes to Town show at the Fox Theatre. Ah.. I LOVE the Fox Theatre. It’s such an amazing venue. It’s just the history and character of the interior that just makes me feel like I have been transported back in time. Even with the kids show like Thomas and Friends, I still feel that extra special sitting in the seat.
I knew that the show came to town a while back but didn’t plan to go even though I knew that Mr. Z will really enjoy it. You see.. we are under the strict budget and it can cost quite a lot for a family of 4. But I think God is watching out for me because a few days before the show started, I won the tickets from Twitter promo by Cookie Magazine. How about that!
So we headed down to Midtown early and picked up our tickets from Will Call booth. It was HOT in Atlanta but as soon as we got inside the theatre the kids could feel the excitement built up.
Our first experience with the show at the Fox was the Nutcracker. So this time it was a completely different experience. As soon as the show started and the casts started to sing, Mr. Z turned to me and said ‘They talked!’. hehe.. Of course, then he followed by ‘I liked this one better than the Nutcracker’. Ha.. Well, at least I tried!
The show was very entertaining and engaging with kids. The performers were amazing! I have to say it’s exceed my expectation. I expected to see some cheesy Thomas and trains but the Thomas on stage looks exactly like the Thomas you can buy from Target except it’s bigger and it can talk!
With 15 minutes intermission, Mr. Rojo took Mr. Z to buy some drinks. Ah. It’s actually the marketing plan to allow parents more time to shop for their products. Well, we did so well. We didn’t buy anything but now we might regret it later since Mr. Z had been asking for his special T-shirt from the show. Mr. Rojo thought we could find them online.. Well, so far no luck. I hope Mr. Z will forget about the T-shirt soon!
The show lasted 90 minutes which might seem like a long time for little kids but with all the music and performance most kids were did very well. Now, if they do have any show for Star Wars, Mr. Z will be happy!
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Looks like a fun show. And hey, no worries about not having macarons. I haven’t seen a show, gone to an aquarium, and been on a cruise with my kids (does that make me a bad parent–hehe?)!
The show looks awesome! I need to find these types of things while we are in Seattle for the summer.
It looks like it was a great show. I love the stage set up in the pics. We’ll have to keep an eye out for their show if they come up here to Boston.