Spring Awakening

Alright, Broadway show number two.

Not keeping up with the Broadway buzz, I hadn't heard a thing about Spring Awakening until a friend came to visit. Not only is she a super fan, she is also slightly obsessed going so far as to etch pictures for the principals. Really, friend? Really?? I didn't understand the obsession and thought she may be slightly unstable (born and raised in SoCal doesn't do so much for the sanity development part of the brain, sorry SoCal peeps). So my friend, let's call her Tiffany, she hadn't even seen the show yet and was obsessed. Less than a week later, after having gone twice, she dragged me to her third show. I went kicking and screaming, well not literally, but I hadn't decided until the night before to actually go.

So, here I am third row right of the stage. Lights up, curtains rise.

From the moment Lea Michele opened her mouth I was hooked.

The show consists of not only the vocal talents of this young cast but an amazing on stage band. The musical overall was funny and very touching. Not only did the show entertain but it also has an amazing message. With the recent pregnancy of a teen sensation (Jamie Lynn Spears, the much loved Zooey 101 on Nickelodeon) and the sleeper hit Juno, this show is just another avenue for parents to have dialogue with their teens about love, sex, and puberty (thank GOD I'm not a parent yet).

After the show I waited, just like my crazy obsessive friend, in line to meet the cast. It must be said that I embarresed myself. But that I am so proud to have seen this amazing show with such talented people.

Blake Daniel and I.

Jonathan Groff and I.

A Chorus Line

This was the first Broadway show I've ever seen. Opened April 16 1975 with over 6,000 performances as of 1990, A Chorus Line is the longest running American Musical.

Possibly one of the best shows on Broadway. Maybe that is because it's my first, but none the less, I was moved by the acting, awed by the dancing, and dazzled by the glitter (I can't help it).

After the show my brother, his friend, and I waited to congratulate the actors. She was visiting and wanted to get autographs. Meeting the people who had just put on an amazing, emotional, moving performance was a pretty amazing experience. Unlike watching a movie and leaving the theater, almost walking back into the "real world," seeing a show and meeting the cast after give you almost a closure.

So biased as I may be, the longest running American Musical has to be so for some reason.

http://www.achorusline.com/

The First Offical Critical Review...2007 and I are OVER.

Hellooooooo, 2008. 2007, we had a nice run, but with all the changes, you had to have known that this was coming. Times Square being fitted for the 100th ball (now "green" thank you very much), the 2008 eyeglasses being sold. You must have known. I hope it wasn't a shock. But it's time for you to be left in the past. 2008 and I are really happy, I know we just started our relationship, but honestly you and I were done long before January 1st. Around Novemeber, if your lucky, we were coming to an end. You had to have felt the chill in the air, the trees loosing their color, the lakes loosing their sparkle. It was time to end before I held on to something that cleary wasn't going to last. I'm sorry, 2007, but it's over.

And with a new year I thought it only fitting to begin a new type of blog. This is my critical review bolg. Love it, hate it, I don't care, just read it and please add your own opinions.