yesterday, i was doing too much thinking and wondering, "where will i live [my current lease is up august 31st]? where will i work? how will i eat? how will i make money? where will i live? will anyone hire me as a personal assistant? what will become of me? do these shorts make my ass look big?" ya know, scarlett o'hara stuff like that.so i decided to force myself to go out and get out of the doldrums of living too much in the future. i went to tkts to see what was on the boards. spamalot...not really interested, although maybe some day...xanadu...just not in the whoopi mood tonight and plus there was only a 25% discount....yeah, i was really being picky! then maybe a play... the 39 steps? maybe soon but not tonight. then i remember i read somewhere that [tos] ...title of show....sold only 48% of their house last week...so i said to myself, "gotta see this now in case it closes in the near future."
so i bought my ticket and headed over to the theatre. the lyceum theatre is a nice intimate theatre and i had a seat on house right.
just before the show started Jane Krakowski [you know, the tony award-winning actress for her work in the musical nine and co-star of 30 rock on nbc] walked down the aisle with her companion/ date/ gay friend and were seated within viewing distance of my seat. well, soon they saw all of their gay friends and ran down the aisle for hugs and kisses....let me tell you, it was one big orgy love fest in the aisle at the lyceum theatre last night. jane is very beautiful. she had her hair just so, like she just walked out of a salon. she looks shorter in real life, but you can definitely tell she's a beauty compared to all the ugly people around her [okay, maybe that was a bit harsh...].
okay...[tos]! i am SOOOOOO glad i chose to see this show. what a simple amazing little show this was. for those of you who aren't familiar, [tos] is a show within a show. it chronicles in a very humorous way what it takes to write a show and get it produced and end up on broadway. there were so many inside theatre jokes, i ate it all up. the audience was smart and savvy and responded to the songs and scenes like they were at a rock concert. they were definitely giving the actors some love.
the performances were so incredible. one actress, heidi blickenstaff, had this singing voice that just floated like melted butter [if butter could float....mmmm...i guess it could if it's in water and floats to the top because it's all oily...okay, i'm not comparing her to oily floaty scum...just go with me here on the floating melted buttah analogy...she had the voice of a pop angel]. then i read her bio and saw that she played "meredith" in the theatreworks' [palo alto, ca] production of bat boy which i saw [btw, molly bell and daya curley who i'm doing becoming britney with here in nyc were in that show, too]. heidi is totally amazing. well, the entire cast [four + larry at the keyboard] were amazing.
but what i liked most about the show is that i coud relate to everything the actors were going thru to get their show up and running and trying to achieve their dreams of being in a broadway show. so this show really kicked ass with its sassyness and wit and at the same time it really hugged heart with its ambition, and dare i say, message.
[tos] inspired me and reminded me of why i am here in nyc. and that's just what i needed on a mild rainy night in nyc.
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I heart [tos], yet I have STILL to see the show. I will though. When you have some time to kill, go back and watch the [tos]casts on YouTube. They are so fun to watch, especially now that you know how it ends (sort of).