Hey kids, I just wanted to thank y'all (once again) for keeping this thread alive and fun. Back when I started it in April, I didn't know what was going to happen. Some thought it was too early to start the thread but I could've cared less. And now it seems to be one of the most popular threads on here!
Woo Hoo!!!
No matter what the future may hold for [tos], I know that it will keep living on through the spirit and love of all the true fans here and everywhere else in the world.
That's all. :)
WR: "Jeff, are you going get this game when it comes out?"
JB: "I wouldn't be able to write another musical..." ~NY ComicCon 2/8/09
"No matter what the future may hold for [tos], I know that it will keep living on through the spirit and love of all the true fans here and everywhere else in the world."
This is exactly what Michael Beresse told me at the stage door last week!
This thread needed a bump, so now seems as good a time as any to share this little story:
My wife is in a local production of Aida that opened over the weekend. We have 3 small kids, so doing shows is something that requires one of us to sacrifice and be sort of a single parent for a few months at a time. It's worth it to be part of something we believe in, even if the productions are usually small. I love seeing her find herself in that small town, community theater where no great art is being produced but little dreams are coming alive. It's her "way back to then."
So for opening night I got her a gift: several packets of Kool-Aid and a pair of beautiful butterfly wings.
She bawled.
Best part was, a dozen cast members asked about them and I got to hear my lovely wife spread the [tos]pel.
Regarding the future of [tos]: well said, WonderRobbie (and Michael Beresse). Regarding Ourtime: VERY sweet story. That's the best opening night gift ever. I may have to steal that idea for my friend's opening night. And finally, Broadway Local, did you win the lotto?
"I think of avant-garde as downtown shows where you rub waffles and chocolate on yourself."- Hunter Bell
And we'd duct-taped [tos] across our shirts and everything...
All dressed up and nowhere to go. So we walked down to TBG for the Kathie Lee show, and the NYMF guy who introduced it was going on and on about [tos] and how great it is, showing us the ad in the program guide. We just sighed...
how has the lotto been lately? I'm thinking about seeing the show a week night next week and I'm debating whether or not to get a seat in advance or try the lotto(or just buy a ticket at the box office if the lotto doesn't work out)
Last night there were maybe 30-35 contestants for 18 seats in the first and second rows. Lotto losers were offered $36 balcony seats or $45 orchestra seats, but we've already seen it from up top and really have our hearts set on saying goodbye from front row center.
We're not giving up, though. Fourteen more chances...
A supertosser posted this todayon supertossers.com:
"Rosie was at the show tonight, I stood behind her as she said something akin to "I'm so disappointed that it's closing. It's such a shame. It's really just too good for Broadway.""
http://www.beintheheights.com/katnicole1 (Please click and help me win!)
I chose, and my world was shaken- So what? The choice may have been mistaken,
The choosing was not...
"Every day has the potential to be the greatest day of your life." - Lin-Manuel Miranda
"And when Idina Menzel is singing, I'm always slightly worried that her teeth are going to jump out of her mouth and chase me." - Schmerg_the_Impaler
10 days until I get to see [tos]! Not that I'm excited or anything.... !!!
A question: What is the best (non-snail mail) way to contact our beloved [tos] cast?
"As we all should probably have learned by now, to be a Stephen Sondheim fan is to have one's heart broken at regular intervals" - Frank Rich
"I think it's appropriate: iSondheim - a Sondheim for the new generation!
(wailing guitar riff)
Get your kids hooked early on Sondheim, so they'll grow up to be just as emotionally stilted and self-conscious as we are! - BustopherPhantom