I officially qualify as a theatre geek because: — Page 4

I saw a man wearing a shirt promoting soccer that said "Escape Gravity." I, not even a huge Wicked fan, though "Don't escape it - DEFY IT!!!"

All of my friends are leaving at hte same time for vacations. I said to my dad "I'm all alone..." and he continued with me "with no one here besiiiide me."

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In a thread on the off-topic board that was eventually deleated, I refered to my "FRIEND" as Sweeney Todd. BTW, I'm a guy, if that helps you out, there.


I know that in an early draft of The Music Man, they had a counterpoint number of "The Sadder-but-wiser Girl," and "My White Knight."


I can name every major Sondheim show in order with the year they were first produced. Of course, I'm sure most, if not all of us on here could do that, too. But I'm a "freak" in the "real world!" :)


I get Nathan Lane's Taboo ad-lib with his line from The Producers. Again, most of us on here do, too.


My freshman year, I did a paper on why Rent isn't an amorale musical. I gave so many examples of other muscals with possibly questionable subject matter that my english teacher wrote "overkill" and I think took a couple points off. And in an early draft, I had about a page an a half about things that (all eight of) the original cast members had done since they left Rent. I eventually cut that down to about four to five lines, mentioning only brefly about two or three of them.

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I tried to go to sleep at about 10 minutes after 3 AM, but couldn't because BWW is starting to give me insomnia. Anyone else getting that way?

BTW, yes, Broadway World is MUCH better than the "real world." :)

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Okay, I should really be going to bed, but one more.

The other day, I drove a friend home from rehearsal and intentionaly played A Little Night Music. He plays vilon (quite well, too), so he was impressed by the fact about it all being it 3/4 time. I played:
"You Must Meet My Wife" (to which he laughed at the appropriate parts)
"A Weekend in the Country"
"Send in the Clowns"
"The Miller's Son"
the finale - he even was asking about how it ended!

Every chance I get, I squeeze Sweeney Todd into a conversation with my theatre "liking friends" (ones who like doing shows from time to time, but still refer to us as "freaks") in hopes I can loan them my DVD, and whine them from the Catses and the Jesus Christ Superstars and onto the Sweeneys and Night Musics.

When our director was announcing a letter from MTI about sending mass birthday cards to Sondheim (which I wish I had done, but never got around to it), she read MTI's list of his shows, to which I said, "They forgot Gypsy." Then I remembered - MTI doesn't carry Gypsy, which I said to myself as if everyone older than 4 knew that.

And of course, it's quarter to 4 AM and I'm posting for the third time tonight about why I'm a theatre geek, while listening to, of all other things, Bounce!

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Wow! My first point! So many people to thank...


Okay, bed now - I mean it!!!!!!

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sorry to steal this, but 'I simply live and breathe theatre' is absolutely true.
most content is when i'm on the stage or singing, and i know tons of random facts about lots of different shows.

A: I have come to realize that despite my best efforts, I just don't like much music other than musical theatre...

B: I realized that if I didn't want to be involved in theatre, there would be almost nothing else in my life to pursue or look forward to.

C: Anyone who's ever met me, upon hearing my name, will say, "Oh, yeah... isn't that the theatre kid?"

:: I really do just love it ::

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