Memories... Oh the memories...

Wow I had too many. Anytime I go see a broadway show its great. I would have to say when I met Michael Cavanaugh when I saw Movin' Out and some other actors that same day!

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CAROLINE OR CHANGE won a Tony? How? For what?

Who? Oh, I thought that girl was in THE RAISIN IN THE SUN. Nevermind.

It was the coldest damn winter I could remember in NYC. Was in town for a convention. On Monday trudged from Javits Center all the way uptown to get a ticket to Victor/Victoria, ended up getting a seat for Sunset Blvd with Betty Buckely, saw Julie Andrews on Tuesday, caught the Matinee of How 2 Succeed, and then Du Barry Was A Lady at City Center with Bobby Morse, Faith Prince and Co.

I have had many other great theater trips, but this is most memorable because I was lucky enought to see a few legends (especially Julie Andrews...a real privilege), saw a variety of different shows, ALL in a trip that was free and extremely busy, so I never thought I would be seeing any shows at all, let alone 4.

This was right around the time RENT was off-Broadway, so there was a real buzz around town that added a nice flavor to all of Broadway.

Easily the last show of the recent production of "MOLM". We had seen the show 27 times. We became kind of friendly with a number of the cast members, including Brian Stokes Mitchell.

On the day of the last performance, we were told that we had been invited to the closing cast party. It was so amazing !!!

For one night, the three of us felt famous !

Definietly the Snoopy 1 day benefit rehearsal. The whole cast and everyone was really nice and it showed me that Broadway stars are real people who aren't always perfect at the first run through.

My last trip to NYC, it was just spectacular. I saw three wonderful shows and got to spend time with my cousin and her boyfriend who are both actors/dancers. Nothing like some quality time with the fam

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My fondest memory goes way back to 1968. I was 18 years old and my best friend and I decided to give ourselves a Christmas present and go to NY. (We called it a Christmas shopping trip, but we didn't buy anything for anybody.) We got tickets for the hottest show on Broadway - HAIR! We'd spent the entire day pretending we were part of the counter-culture and hanging out in bookstores and coffeeshops in the Village. The sky was dark and threatening all day. That night we went to the show and we were completely entranced by it. In the final scene, fake snow starts falling on the stage and the cast is singing "Let the Sunshine In". Then they start dancing and invite the audience up on the stage to dance and sing with them. It was absolutely incredible!

But the really incredible part happened when we left the theatre. We walked outside and sometime during the show, the snow had started falling. Great big white flakes were floating down - not a breeze to disrupt them OR to make it cold. The people leaving the theatre were still floating from the show and when they saw that snow - well, it was like icing on a cake. Cabs were sent away empty as groups walked to wherever they were going - usually singing the songs from the show.

When I'm 90 and can't remember my name or where I left my teeth - I'll still remember that night!

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