It's been a while!

IDINA MENZEL LECTURE/CONCERT 2/26

Amazing. Front row seat. She performed cut songs from her album, shared with us stories of ho she started out (a Snapple Commercial...which she got fired from when she was 8). 

Bought her CD. Got it autographed. And had a wonderful conversation with her about her Chess Concert coming up. 

LITTLE MERMAID AT THE DISNEY STORE 2/28 

Bought the CD and saw Sierra Bogess and Tituss Burgess perform songs from the show. And there was a Q&A session with Sherie Rene Scott, Tituss, Seirra, the guy who plays Scuttle, and Flotsam.  It was fun. Then the CD signing came. Everyone signed, Sherie Rene looked like she didn't want to be there...but then again, I wouldn't want to be there signing autographs for screaming babies and photographers invading your space...

However...

She never looks happy, or nice for that matter. 

Geez. 

AVENUE Q AUDITION 2/29

I went to the audition early in the morning. I was number 45. It was SO much fun! They loved me. I got called in 3 times. And had to put on multiple character voices, and become my favorite animal. SO MUCH FUN. Well they called me on monday, I got a callback in 2 weeks after my spring break. 

XANA-NITE part 1 2/29

The Midnight Society watched Xanadu, in preparation for the show on saturday. We had a wonderful time bashing out trippy it was. The cartoon sequence. Hilarious. 

XANA-NITE part 2 3/1

Took Hayden, Amanda, Megan, Casey, Stephanie, and myself to Xanadu. On-stage of course. Fun times. They had never seen the show before, well Steph did but not on-stage. They had a blast and at the end of the show they each turned to me and said "Can we please come again." We met the cast afterwards, and they loved Kerry and Cheyenne. We danced and laughed our heads off. 

LEGALLY BLONDE CAMP OUT 3/1-3/2

Camped out in Times Square for student rush tickets to see Haven Burton perform Elle Woods for the 1st time. She's the new understudy. I arrived on the scene at 2:45am and they was about 13 people there. Ridiculous. But awesome at the same time. They were a bit obsessed with the show...so it was kind of awkward, because, while I like the show...it's not the greatest and it lacks a lot. 

I experienced the drunken tourists, and was asked "What are you waiting for?" about 100 times. It was silly. However, tourists gave us food. It was great. 

Tickets were released at noon, and I got my two that I needed. Front row for the 7pm show. 

FARNSWORTH INVENTION CLOSING DAY PERFORMANCE 3/2 3pm. 

I will miss this play. Honestly. What an amazing piece of history this play made. Like I said about the show before, never will a historical drama like this come about in our generation. Maybe, but it's doubtful. The entire cast gave an emotional last performance, keeping it in until the final scene. 

LEGALLY BLONDE HAVEN-ELLE PERFORMANCE 3/2 7pm.

Haven Burton. Haven. Burton. Truly hilarious and sooo adorable. She really gave it her all and really made Elle Woods a whole new character. Her own -isms were adorable. "OKAY!" and the knee slap. YES. She looked gorgeous in her costumes and that girl can sing. 

I hope to see her as Elle again.

XANADU 3/4 7pm

Took Frankie, Liz, Catherine, and myself to Xanadu. They changed a line to suit Gypsy opening next door. GREATEST LINE EVER. "Short and happy? Come on...Next door over at Gypsy, Patti LuPone hasn't alienated her first daughter yet!" They had a great time. Loving everything about the 80's spoof musical. 

Went to a private Spring Awakening Audition. THAT was awkward. But went very, very well. I had to do things that stretched my acting ability and they were pleased. I should hear back soon. 

HELLO AGAIN at MMC 3/5  8pm.

Ok, the show has it's good moments, but in all, it's boring. Not as shocking as it's hype was. The voices and acting was under par. The tech was beautiful, the set and the lighting. Wow. But the performances were mediocre. The women, overpowering the men vocally and performance overall. The Husband annoyed me, he couldn't hide his speech impediment, and couldn't hide his feministic side. It was annoying during the his sequences. 

SPRING AWAKENING 3/6 8pm.

Again. Not a show that lived up to it's hype. I sat on-stage, and you could barely hear the actors because the band overpowered them. As opposed to Xanadu where, the singing is equal with the band. I'm not a fan of the on-stage seats. I felt like I was pressured to stay quiet, I couldn't clap, laugh, or make a noise. I did have one of the "normal dressed teens" sitting next to me. It was awkward. It actually made me uncomfortable sitting on-stage at that show. And the new Ilse, while she can sing, she wears the ensemble bob wig, because she's got short hair. She's not Ilse looking. The new Moritz, is not as endearing at John Gallagher Jr. 

I am in no way, an SA Fan...

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So that's life in a nutshell. Shows. Shows. Shows. 

School is going well, I just want spring break here right now.