you know you're obsessed w/ broadway (there i fixed it :-) ) when... — Page 3

You and your one other friend who is obsessed w/ Broadway will talk out songs like conversations to see if we could get away with it. (i.e. - using joannes phone call to maureen during the song Rent "did you eat" ..."dont change the subject..."but you havent eaten all day..."i'll throw up"..."you won't throw up")

While reading the "You know you are a RENThead if..." not only do you agree with half of the things listed and read the entire list, but you hit the computer everytime the RENT cast recording is referred to as a soundtrack.

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Les Mis-obsessed ???

Nah !!!

I only have the following -

*Tickets for 9 performances I have seen on Broadway, London, Paris, and even here in Manila

*The original London CR -- the Complete Symphonic Recording -- the 10th Anniversary Concert recording -- the Broadway CR -- the two-disc French concept recording -- highlights from the 1986 French concept recording ( bought in Paris) -- the German cast recording from Vienna -- cast recording from Sweden --Cast recording from Spain -- Cast recording from the Paris/Cameron Mackintosh show -- Manchester/UK cast recording -- various studio vocal and symphonic recordings

*The DVD of the 10th Anniversary concert

*The book "Les Miserables - History in the Making" by Edward Behr

*Merchandise from the show - Mugs from the London and Broadway production, sweat shirts, t-shirts, night shirts, towel, Postcards, key holder, button

*Vocal selections from the show

*Choral suite and medley selections from the show

*Autographed copy ( Michael Ball) of the original London Cast Recording

*Visited the Left Bank ( Rue de Bac, the Latin Quartier, etc) in Paris for references to the story/musical

*Read an English translation of Victor Hugo's monumental work ( maybe a thousand pages or so)

*Struggled through 2 years of lessons at Alliance Francaise - at least I learned how to pronounce French words

*Only thing I didn't do -- go to an offered tour of the Parisian underground sewers to trace the footsteps of Valjean and Marius -- that would have been too much - LOL!


Jo

When you watch the Teen Choice Awards and...

-Hear someone say "Just so you all know, I'm not wearing underwear." And burst out with "I'M NOT WEARING UNDERWEAR TODAY, NO I'M NOT WEARING UNDERWEAR TODAYYYYY."
-See Antonia Banderas talk about Mike Meyers and scream "He was in NINE!!!" and have your sister give you a blank stare.


Heh, just thought I'd add those two that happened to me in the past hour.

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The evening lottery was lots of fun today. It was a very enthusiastic crowd- cheering and clapping for all the people who won. No sore losers there. :) And in the afternoon I almost tripped over myself recommending Caroline, or Change to a woman who said she liked serious musicals. And like I said, I got to see the fantastic Frozen, so all was not lost.

Oh, and you know you're obsessed with showtunes when you spend 3 solid minutes staring at a copy of the 1998 London Oklahoma in Virgin convincing yourself you don't need it since you have the DVD.

"No sore losers there. :) "

Hey, we aren't sore losers! It's fun, we gripe and stuff and then sometimes we all talk about where we should buy last minute tickets.

And would you recommend Frozen 100%? I might see a show sometime this weekend or next week, and it's on my list. I want to see a straight play this time.

I would absolutely reccommend Frozen. It's incredibly thought-provoking, and Swoosie Kurtz and Brian F. O'Byrne give very powerful performances. My only caveat would be that it's heavy. It's a lot to take in. I was thinking about seeing the evening performance of I Am My Own Wife if (okay, when) I lost the Avenue Q lottery again, but once the cards were drawn I found I felt so inwardly exhausted I had to go home.

Seriously, though, you should see this show. It's amazing.

You hear the tone to start leaving your voicemail message and you think "That was a very loud beep..."

or when you vacation in maine in the middle of nowhere surrounded by canadians and all you can think of is the song my girlfriend, who lives in canada from avenue q

When you're watching Dawsons Creek and Dawson says "You're having delusions of grandeur" you automatically think of Defying Gravity.

Hey all this is my first post but.. I don't know if these have already been said.. I figured...

- when you've made up and rehearsed your Tony Award acceptance speech..

- when your friends at college call you the Broadway encyclopida

- when your professors in the Music and Theatre department ask you questions about how long shows ran and who starred in them during a lecture.

- when every time someone speaks to you, you can break out into a song from a show and do the choreography

- when your professors have asked you to teach a class about Broadway Musicals for their General Education Music Appreciation classes.

- when fellow classmates ask you what Broadway songs would be good for their voice.

Enjoy! Have a great day!!

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...you find yourself using words like "hideodeous" in everyday conversation.

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Updated On: 8/12/04 at 01:52 PM

-you competed in informative speaking with a speech about RENT, during which you played music from the show

-you've taped the Tony's religiously every year

-you almost had a hernia in high school because your class was playing Taboo (the game) in English class and your clue was "Saigon" and NOBODY else knew that there was ever a musical about it

-meeting Chuck Wagoner (from the Original Cast of Into the Woods) was a bigger deal for you than meeting Joey Fatone!

-you've ever "stolen" Broadway choreography

-you've ever bough an OBC just because it has that "Parental Advisory--Explicit Lyrics" thing on it (that's how I discovered Avenue Q)

-you've responded to "You look familiar" with "like your dead girlfriend"

-you have a Broadway shrine somewhere in your home