Theater

3rd post of the day, wow... okay I watched Grease Live tonight, it exceeded all expectations, and frankly I didn't have many to begin with, considering the history of the live musicals .... but this, this was phenomenal, seriously, even with the audio glitches I cant even. That cast ran around a lot for 2 hours to pull that off.

Now why am I posting, well last night I had a musical day/night.... watched Rent, listened to the original cast on Friday night I think, along with Damn Yankees... and watched that Anna Kendrick The 5 year thing also, though that was more along the lines of the stage production of rent with very little actual dialog, i started paying attention about a third of the way in, i think if i see it all i may like it more.. anyway again i'm losing track... the point... well the point is theater and musical theater are two things that i used to love, performing and attending.... and I have not done either in ages, ages, at least mmm 15 years probably, whenever the last time I saw rent was, actually that was probably 1999, so 17 years.. also did you know I used to go to theater camp in the summer, so much fun... we got to put on a show at the end and do all sorts of fun quirky things all summer, you know improv theater and just stuff, believe me if you like it it was fun.... and I didnt perform senior year because well I was depressed, and that's really too bad for me... like it was something i did love and i just never did again... i mean that rush, the anxious butterflies all mixed with the exhilaration yup... that was something, that was a feeling.... i mean there is theater here downtown, they get touring shows, good ones too, but i don't really have any theater friends here.... and i kind of feel like going to a show alone is far and away harder than going to a movie alone and that took me a good long time to do, and be okay doing...

Like when we'd go see RENT, it was immersive, also if you were so inclined, and my friends and I were to hang out by the stage door after the show to say hi, congratulations, good show and all that.. I was never interested in the autographs.... partially because its not my thing, but also because those were some of the best times doing a show, all the thanks at the end, the flowers the gifts the everything, yeah that all was usually closing night but whatever... you know what I'm saying.. and I'm saying right now its something I miss... something I stopped doing, something I should start again... somehow... I don't know how... but I should... I really did love it...