We saw Gypsy. With Patti Lupone. We were in the 3rd row of the mezzanine... I could have touched that big beautiful honker of a nose she has. I won't even go into what a deal we got financially, but it was sooooooooo worth it.
This was the first time I'd ever seen a real broadway legend in person. This woman... I used to sing along to her version of "Anything Goes!" in the mirror with my hairbrush. I have a movie of her playing Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd. I have never seen anything like this performance, it was so powerful my teeth hurt. I mean, sometimes people are overrated as performers, and sometimes legends are legends more for their personality than for their talent, and I used to think Lupone bordered on both of those statements. But there's nothing like seeing it first hand to make you eat your words. It was a dream come true, everything I used to imagine a broadway show was back in Seattle listening to show tunes and imagining I was there. And now I am!
Dad, if this is playing when/if you and mom come to visit, you have to see it. I nearly called you at intermission to geek out, I was so excited!
Ok, time for sleep now, I suppose.
Love to all!
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