Defying gravity...

After hearing buzz about Wicked for the past several years, which seems to be the most talked about musical since the Rent craze, I finally saw this amazing production last night...from the very front row of the Gershwin theatre on Broadway.  

This is the third musical that I have seen by catching the last minute front row raffle seats, which many Broadway theatres offer.  I really believe that it is the best way to experience these world-class performances.  While there may be some effects that are lost when you are so close up that you could better appreciate if you had a different view of the stage from farther back, the emotion and expression that you are able to see on faces of the actors is priceless.  The pit orchestra is literally at your feet, the music surrounds you, you make eye contact with the actors on stage and are so much more absorbed into the story than would be possible from anywhere else in the theatre.  

The story was an intriguing twist on a classic story and made me want to re-watch The Wizard of Oz.  I left with butterflies in my stomach.  The theatrical and musical talent on Broadway is unmatched by anything else in the world. Incredible.

update: 28 front row Wicked tickets are raffled off for $26.50 each, 2.5 hours before every show at the box office, limit 2 per person. several Broadway shows have similar offers, but each theatre has a slightly different policy.

for my fellow cheddarheads...

What's your cheese soulmate?

there ain't no doubt, i love this land...

I had friends and coworkers from around the world congratulate me today and tell me just how proud they were of my country and fellow citizens today.  What we celebrated so wildly in November is reality.  Now is the time when we need to prove that we can walk the walk. This is it, America.  We have a lot of expectations to live up to.

don't stop believing...

...sometimes I think working a at a place, doing the work you actually like IS too much to ask for.  But if you are willing to chase the dream, maybe that is the difference between the cogs in the machine :)

My friends are amazing.

shaking things up in 2009...

Our fabulous apartment will have 2-3 openings within the next few months.  A couple of my roommates have hit the "I'm almost 30, I should have a grown up apartment and not live with 4 roommates" crisis and will be parting ways.  

Sweet space, rooftop access, ghetto-old-school-manually-operated elevator (that rarely gets stuck), right in the heart of one of my favorite neighborhoods in the city.  We have our token coffee-shop/wine-shop across the street, the corner deli which comes through for us whenever we need an extra case of beer or a late night snack, and the Union Square farmers market a block away.  When it comes to NY apartments, believe me, this one is a diamond in the rough.

Anyone in the NY area looking for a place to live...let me know.

resoultions and such...

I resolve to wake up early and go to the gym before work...at least for the next month, until all those people who only go to the gym in January stop taking up all the machines.