Maria Friedman Last Night (And a BIG surprise!) With Pics!

[All_For_Laura]

Posted: 5/27/06 at 7:54am

So last night was amazing! First of all, I get to the carlyle and I just love the place. It is amazing. Everyone sitting around us starts to talk and we are all excited. Everyone knows theatre and its great. Maria was amazing! She was so poised and hit every note and just superb. After the show we talked for a while, and I gave her my scrapbook which she fell in love with. She was so touched and gave me a huge hug. Her cellist even took a picture of her and I with the book for something she's making for Maria. It was amazing that I got to meet her and see her amazing peformance.
This is the most amazing thing though. Before the show started, a man sitting by me, who I had been talking to told me to look who just sat down. Stephen Sondheim was sitting 15 feet from us! I stopped breathing. It was incredible. To be in his presence. After the show I got him to sign my Passion C.D. and Passion Program from London. You could tell he doesn't like big attention, but he was very nice and gracious. I was shaking and I couldn't believe I was talking to Sondheim. Maria took the scrapbook over to show him and he was really impressed.
So not only last night did I meet my favorite performer, I met my favorite composer, and I am still in shock. It was an amazing night and I will not forget it. I have one really dark picture, which I wish I could've redone because you cannot really see us, but I will post that and pictures of autographs when I get back from New Orleans Monday (I leave today).
Well I am in shock! Thank you to all who contributed fan letters to the book. She loved them!!!

Updated On: 5/29/06 at 07:54 AM

[Caroline-Q-or-TBoo]

Posted: 5/27/06 at 8:09am

whoa!

that sounds awesome.

CQ is tres jealous

[WickedGeek28]

Posted: 5/27/06 at 8:48am

What an awesome night!

[All_For_Laura]

Posted: 5/27/06 at 9:06am

It truly was amazing.

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 5/27/06 at 9:13am

Good for you! After all your hard work, you deserved something extra special - and I'm glad you got it!

[All_For_Laura]

Posted: 5/27/06 at 9:19am

Aww thank you so much! This night will go down in history for me!

[WickedGeek28]

Posted: 5/27/06 at 9:23am

Well said, Bennett.

[cathywellerstein]

Posted: 5/27/06 at 12:49pm

I was there last night too! Did you go to the 8:45 or 10:45?

[Fabrizio2]

Posted: 5/27/06 at 2:09pm

LUCKY YOU!

I am so happy for you...isn't she just so sweet?

[All_For_Laura]

Posted: 5/29/06 at 8:44pm

I was at the 8:45.

Now I will post my wonderful autographed items! and my very dark picture of maria and me (I thought the flash was on! !!)

[Fabrizio2]

Posted: 5/29/06 at 8:59pm

You know if you go to the 8:45 they let you stay for the 10:45 for free...at least thats what she told us...

[Fabrizio2]

Posted: 5/29/06 at 9:08pm

POST THE PICTURES!

[All_For_Laura]

Posted: 5/29/06 at 9:21pm

Okay here they are



Me



Terribly dark picture of maria and I! If anyone can use some program to lighten this I'd be forever greatful!





WIW London and NY signed Programs!



Sondheim signed my passion program from London!!!





signed by Maria



Lady in the dark signed c.d.!

Such an amazing night! I met my favorite performer and favorite composer in the same room. The best was seeing Maria and Stephen interact. And she brought the scrapbook over to him and he loved it! Stephen Sondhime loved my scrapbook! AH! So it was amazing and Maria hugged me three times.

I started crying during the concert during "sunday in the park with dot" sequence because she started crying and she just looked at me and smiled and it was amazing.

Her cellist took a picture of me and her holding the book for something she's making for Maria and it was such an amazing night! Thanks to everyone who contributed to the scrapbook.

[Fabrizio2]

Posted: 5/29/06 at 9:25pm

oh...............my................god..........I refuse to talk to you ever again

Just kidding

[ashley0139]

Posted: 5/29/06 at 9:26pm

What an amazing opportunity, to meet Stephen Sondheim. You met a legend (but you know that). Very cool.

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 5/29/06 at 9:28pm

That's crazy. Glad you had a good time!

[All_For_Laura]

Posted: 5/29/06 at 9:47pm

Amazing is the only sufficient adjective I can possibly think of!

[folkyboy]

Posted: 5/29/06 at 10:02pm

wow! i love Maria's new CD. i can't even imagine what it must've been like to meet Sondheim! that had to have been surreal...

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 5/30/06 at 1:12am

I bought the CD online, I hope i like it too.

[All_For_Laura]

Posted: 5/30/06 at 6:51am

I still need to get the c.d.

It was so cute. She was so modest, she didn't want to plug it and her cellist was like "maria, they can buy the c.d.!"

[best12bars]

Posted: 5/30/06 at 10:49am

You're pretty much S.O.L., kid. These are as good as they get...

[MTVMANN]

Posted: 5/30/06 at 1:10pm

Thank You for Sharing!

[All_For_Laura]

Posted: 5/30/06 at 5:28pm

Thank you so much for brightening the pics, they look so muchg better! and you can see maria holding the book!

[Fabrizio2]

Posted: 5/30/06 at 7:13pm

If you haven't gotten the CD, it's on iTunes. I got it...due to my suffering of "instant gratification disease"

Yeah. Search 'Maria Friedman'

[All_For_Laura]

Posted: 5/30/06 at 7:33pm

I want to buy the real thing. As much as I love itunes, I love the inlet photos etc. even more.