Ghost the musical staring Joo Won
The musical is called Ghost
and is indeed a theatrical production of the famous film starring Patrick
Swayze. It recently started showing in Seoul
with Joo Won staring as one of the lead actors playing Swayze’s character
Sam. There are a few other leads though so I had to be careful and get tickets
to the right showing. It proved to be a bit of challenge because Joo Won is
only doing shows during the week and I work until almost 7PM most days. I found
a showing on last Friday though for 8PM and I was able to leave work a bit early. Surprisingly, I made it on time.
Merry Christmas!
Ghost is showing
at the D Cube Theater in Seoul. The complex (a mall and art gallery among other
things) was all decked out for Christmas and was really a nice sight. It did
take me a little while to make it up to the 9th floor (where the
theater is) because I had to escalator my way up but luckily it wasn’t very
hard to find.
Ghost
Near the entrance to the theater there was posters
everywhere and also a place where you could buy Ghost souvenirs. I splurged a little and bought a guide book
thing. It has some awesome pics of Joo Won in it (haha).
Once inside the theater, I was really surprised at how close
my seat was. I didn’t buy VIP tickets for this and opted for the next one down
because the only VIP seats available at the time looked to be similar to the
slightly less expensive ones. As it turns out, I was only 7 rows back and
probably no more than 15 feet away from the stage.
It was SO awesome.
Joo Won was like, right there.
I’m not gonna lie and say I didn’t have a fangirl squee
attack every now and then. His acting was amazing and it was great to see him
showing off on his theatrical roots.
Joo Won on the Today's Cast sign
The musical was overall really good as well. I’m familiar
with the Ghost story but I’ve never seen the movie. The music and sets were all
amazing. Some particularly stunning moments were during a few scenes where the
stage was practically transformed into a scene from the matrix and it just boggles my mind
a little how they were able to do that live, on set…
Plays just aren’t what they used to be, folks. Though that’s
not necessarily a bad thing.
Anyway, of course we weren’t allowed to take any pictures so
that was a bummer but to be expected. I hope I get the opportunity to go to
another musical while here. I don’t really see myself as a musical type of gal
but it was just that awesome.
The rest of last weekend was fairly uneventful. Sunday Jenee
and I ventured out a bit to a dog café in Gangnam. It’s called Café Pawz and
was recommended on a blog I found recently so we decided to give it a go (both
of us miss our dogs terribly and besides…where else can you go to a dog café)?
Anyway, it was a really nice one. The facility and dogs were
clean and seemed to be well loved. Apparently, it is also a grooming place and
doggie daycare so that kind of explains why it is so nice. Not only does the café
have dogs for you to ogle over and play with but people who come generally
bring their own dogs as well. It’s a great socializing experience and really
awesome for people who can’t have a dog for whatever reason but still love
these furry little bundles of joy.
Hello~
This one was my favorite. She’s a cute little maltase and we
bonded instantly. In fact, she stood down staring at me with big ol’ puppy dog
eyes until I picked her up and then she slept in my lap pretty much the whole
time. What a sweetie.
So sleepy....
This was Jenee’s buddy. He actually fell asleep leaning on her
backpack. It was adorable.
Rawr!
And then there was this feisty girl. She let Jenee pick her
up but any time anyone else tried to she snarled and growled like she was the
toughest little cookie. So cute!
We both just sipped on our peach ice teas and enjoyed
petting doggies for about an hour. It was quite the original experience and I really
enjoyed it.
The rest of the day was spent relaxing. It was a nice weekend!
The rest of the day was spent relaxing. It was a nice weekend!
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