Hello everyone! It’s another late night/early morning blog. I’m sensing an unhealthy trend here. LOL Anyway, I was going to spend my afternoon seeing one musical ... which I did ... but wound up seeing two! I made it a Disney Day! I mean, I do work for Mickey Mouse! I did, indeed, pass Mickey on the way to see Newsies. Let me tell you. My headline for that show would be, “A Cast With Wicked Talent,” or “The Best Dancing On Broadway.” I mean wow!! I mean wow! Did I say, wow? I mean everyone was amazing and Jeremy Jordan ... well what a performer. What an uber talented guy. He brings just such great heart to the role of Jack Kelly. Anyway, if you live in New York go see it. I mean you know I love my Priscilla Queen of the Desert... but Newsies nearly ties with Priscilla for being my favorite show.
Speaking of Priscilla, I figured I’d go home after the matinee and rest after what was a long an emotionally taxing week. But, I thought to myself, “Why not make it a Disney Day and go see Mary Poppins and former Priscilla cast member Jeff Metzler! I’ve seen Mary Poppins before. I had second row seats two years ago. Everyone was like, “With all the Broadway shows, that’s what you picked!??” Whatever! I love it! It holds a special place in my heart. It was during that trip to New York I started thinking about finally just going after my dreams and moving here. Two songs in that show touched me that night. “Feed The Birds” and “Anything Can Happen.” The lyrics to both those songs just spoke to me. They still do. When I heard them again tonight it brought me back to two years ago .... and to the hard decision to try, for the umpteenth time, to move to NY.
This week was a rough one for me. It was an emotional roller coaster rider. My car fell off the tracks a couple of times, but luckily I was belted in. Teachings from Mary Poppins was just what I needed to regain a bit of perspective. While I didn’t have a Spoon Full of Sugar during the show, I did have a bag full of sugar-filled candy corn. I munched on the sugary treat and watched Mary Poppins and remembered ... anything can happen if you let it.
I’ve included links to the two songs below. If you haven’t seen Mary Poppins the Musical and want to see a show ... see it. It’s not just on Broadway! Mary is dropping in on cities all across the U.S. as part of the National Tour. While Mary is taking flight all over ... you can only see Jeff Metzler here. Jeff, if you are reading this ... you were Practically Perfect. ;)
**For those of you reading my blog for the first time “The Yellow Brick Road” entry I wrote last year talks more about me and me decision to move to The Big Apple.
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