So I thought I'd spend a few minutes bragging about some of the cool stuff we've experienced here so far.
About a week after we moved here we went to see one of the final performances of Carrie Fisher's Broadway show, WISHFUL DRINKING. It was supposed to close before we got here, so we were very excited to hear it was extended for two weeks. And they had rush tickets still available at the box office, which saved us about 75% off the price. Equally exciting, considering we are unemployed. The show was great. She's really funny, and has great command of the stage. That actually surprised me a little. Whenever I see her on live TV she seems a little befuddled. Not the case here. The show basically just made fun of her life. Particularly being the child of celebrities, failed marriage's, the ridiculous fame that followed the Star Wars movies, and her struggles with being bi-polar. After the show we waited at the stage door, but someone came out and said she wasn't feeling well enough to come out that night. So, we didn't get to meet her, but we still had an awesome night.
Our next celebrity encounter was a much more personal one. We found out that Tituss Burgess was going to start giving voice lessons. So I contacted him through facebook and set one up. If you don't know who he is, he got famous playing Sebastion in the Broadway version of THE LITTLE MERMAID. After that, he played Nicely-Nicely in the GUYS AND DOLLS revival last year. He was also in the original cast of JERSEY BOYS. You-tube him, he's fantastic. Anyway, I had the lesson about a week and a half ago. It was very nerve racking, but I loved it. He's actually not that expensive either, by New York standards at least. Heather and I both want to take more with him, but we need to wait until we have jobs.
The last thing I want to talk about is something cool that Barnes and Noble does here. The Lincoln Center location has a large event room where they host book signings and things like that. There have been two Broadway related ones I've attended. The first one was about two weeks ago. Gerard Alessandrini, who is the creator and one of the original cast members of FORBIDDEN BROADWAY wrote a book about the show. For those of you don't know, FORBIDDEN BROADWAY is a musical spoof of Broadway, sort of like Saturday Night Live. They parody different shows and performers. It started in the early 80's and they have updated it often to keep it relevant. Anyway, he was there, with a few other key members. They performed a few pieces and told stories about their experiences from the show. After the performance they signed the books for people. It was great, and best of all it was free! Tonight we went again. This time the leads of the Broadway revival of FINIAN'S RAINBOW was there to promote the new cast recording. Again, they performed some songs and then signed our cds. We've never seen FINIAN'S RAINBOW, but it was really nice to get a free sample of it. Plus, we were excited because the male lead, Cheyenne Jackson is also on 30 Rock, one of our favorite shows! New York is expensive, so it's been fun to find some cool things to do for free. There is a lot of stuff like this here too, so I'm excited to find more!
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