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Kerry Butler!

let me tell you about the amazing broadway entity known as Xanadu...

i have seen the movie... it is a stinker

i saw the musical and it is sizzlin' hot... in SO many ways.

first off all if you want to see the show and get the most out of the experience for the least amount of greenage (yes... i hate that all american bills look the same) get an onstage seat for $41.50... you will not regret it!!!

so the show stars kerry butler, cheyenne jackson, mary testa, jackie hoffman, and tony roberts.



so i get my seat onsatge i'm sitting front row in the middle of stage left beside sandra the columbian who moved to florida and then to new york a year ago. we're both super pumped to see it.... and then suddenly cheyenne comes onstage walks down the ramp beside us and crouches in front of us and starts colouring on a piece of paper with pastels...



OKAY

cheyenne- is like 8hundred feet tall... built like a god... stunningly beautiful and he's just crouched 3 feet in front of me in wearing tight cut off jean short... I'M ALREADY IN HEAVEN!

so the show gets under way and the cast is just so sizzling hot, funny, and sparkly... and then when kerry butler (who can sing, land a punchline, and skate in a way that only a person who is totally going to win a tony can) sings MAGIV kenita miller- one of the muses sisters- comes and sits beside me to sing her alto line, and when the song is done and i'm cheering like crazy she turns to me and says-"she's pretty good huh?" and i say- "damn straight!" and she laughs and gets up to continue with the show. for the rest of the show whenever kenita turns to face the back of the stage she blows kisses at me... i have a crush!



then a little later in the show mary testa who i adore sits beside me and starts eating popcorn and then turns and OFFERS ME SOME!!! more heaven!



then when i think it couldn't get any better... during the song where eveyone's fixing up the club kerry butler skates over to where i'm sitting pulls out a sponge and starts cleaning the railing in front of me and makes the funniest faces and shimmies at me.

that's when i turned to a puddle on the floor and decided i had to be the biggest gaytard ever and go to the stage door.



i don't usually go to the stage door cos i feel all amateurish... but i looooved the show so much... so i went and got a pic with kerry and told her i was form toronto and she was all "i love toronto that's wher ei first played belle" , she's tres sweet.



really folks... there were so many disco balls i couldn't keep count- Xanadu is the stuff ny drean are made of :)



and then i met up with eryn murman.

we walked around central park with some starbucks and i asked her all my questions about what it's like to perform on broadway (yes i'm such a loser and she is such a doll!) and then suddenly i realize i have to meet my dad so i can go to dinner with him.



off we go to the kosher deli- KOSHER DELIGHT at 37th and broadway... if anyone wants a kosher experience this is the place to go.

i got a corned beef sandwich combo.

it was yummy to the max.

then pops and i went on down to the music box and saw The Farnsworth Invention.

i'll tell you something.

August and Farnsworth are the first two plays i've seen in NYC and holy cow! the calibre of performance is just astounding.

farnsworth is written by aaron sorkin, directed by des mcanuff, and stars hank azaria- who was terrific- but the real star for me was Jimmi Simpson who played Philo Farnsworth the guy who invented the televison.

seriously... i don't know why this guy isn't a major MAJOR star. i'm secretly hoping des brings him to stratford in the future

the direction was fantastic... it was a very different type of play than August: Osage County... perfect for my dad, mostly narrative, very factual and historical. he adored it.



after the show i went to the virgin store and bough the OBC recording of Xanadu. and then me and my dad went to the Ben & Jerry's and got some ice cream and then went to bed.



today:

34th street shopping... go go Macy's

MOMA

and

ERYN MURMAN in SPRING AWAKENING!!!



whoot whoot holler holler!

I LOVED THIS!

Dear Clay Aiken... Zac Efron wants his hair back.



This seems so wrong!