Madonna started her opening night at the BAM in New York two hours late, for which she later apologized. The reason for the delay is unknown so we cannot comment on that.
Among the setlist were: Like a Prayer, Human Nature, Papa Don’t Preach, Vogue, American Life, Frozen and most of the new album Madame X. There was a slight twist to the lyrics of ‘Papa Don’t Preach’ as in ‘I Won’t Keep my baby’ a response to the 9 states that have passed bills to limit abortions this year?
Rosie O’Donnell, Anderson Cooper and Debi Mazar were among the audience. Rosie came forward to try and buy a selfie Madonna had just made for 1000 fake Dollar bills.
Daughters Mercy James, Estere and Stella played a part in the production on stage and Lola was seen on screen during the performance of ‘Frozen’. Madonna played the piano during a new version of ‘Future’.
Not that much interaction with the audience but she did sit down next to someone in the front row and spoke to the lucky fella. She seemed very relaxed and in a cheerful mood.
She left the theater through the audience. The end of the show was very unexpected and happened instantly, while the audience seemed to be expecting a few more songs. The show seemed to have a duration of around 2 hours and 20 minutes, time passed by oh so quickly.
The storing your phone in Yondr bags was an easy process. All of the music played was live, it’s an arena show packed into a theater setting. Word has it Madonna rehearsed the entire show quite a number of times before opening night, she goes through it multiple times a day.
The VIP gifts and tourbooks aren’t ready yet.
Many thanks to Tanja and Wendy for sharing their experience!
