Here is my Songs for a New World true story:
Two or three summers ago, a group of local high school and college age kids presented SFANW for their friends and families...just as something to do during the summer. Lots of talent; lots of hard work; and a wonderful evening for everyone who was there.
One of the kids, an accomplished photographer, had created a slide show of photos he had taken over a period of time in New York City, to play during the opening number, A New World. We live about a half hour out of midtown, in New Jersey, so these pictures were not "local" shots. Anyway, in one of those random moments when the paths of unrelated events converge, my husband nudged me to take a close look at one of the photos. It was a picture of a man walking down the street in the Financial District. The man...the only person in the picture...turned out to be my husband's best friend and best man at our wedding. He lives in Brooklyn and we hadn't seen him in a while, so it was especially surprising to see him up on the screen.
It was just one of those odd little occurances in life...
Sueleen Gay: "Here you go, Bitch, now go make some fukcing lemonade." 10/28/10