Category: Theater

April in One Post: This Blog Turned 11, and We Went Back East

May 27, 2019 Events and Celebrations, Food, Movies and TV, Outings, Theater, Travel , , , ,

This blog turned 11 back on April 16th! I somehow always miss my blogiversary (does anyone still use that word?), and it’s also been a couple of months since I last posted. The week before this blog’s anniversary, we went back east to NJ to visit my mom for H’s spring break, and I got to spend a couple of nights on my own in NYC. The trip was fantastic for so many reasons. Adam gave me a ticket to finally see Hamilton for Christmas, and I just had the most amazing time. And it was great for H to revisit her hometown. She’d been missing NJ a lot, and lately starting to compare what she missed about NJ to what she had in WA. But she came back home to WA with a new appreciation for this new home we’re making in a way I don’t think she would have without a visit back to NJ. After 10 months away, she has changed so much, and I think she was able to enjoy the place where she was born but then get back to her new life out here.

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I’m 38 Today, and I Celebrated with Elephant & Piggie

February 10, 2017 Children's Books, Events and Celebrations, Family, Theater , , , ,

Today is my actual birthday, but last Sunday we went to see Elephant & Piggie: We Are in a Play at the New Victory Theater. That was my birthday celebration. My mom pointed out that they were doing a sensory friendly performance, I saw it was the weekend before my birthday, and that’s what I wanted. No presents.

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Newsies!: The Musical? Heck, Yeah!

October 14, 2011 Theater , ,

I’ve learned recently just how many girls my age absolutely adore the movie Newsies. When I was a kid performing in community theater around northern NJ, I always sang “King of New York” when I auditioned, my theater friends and I were obsessed.

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Pancakes and Shakespeare

August 3, 2011 Art, Food, Theater , , , ,

I had a great time in Manhattan on Sunday with Tracey, Meredith, and Laura Ann. We’ve been planning this outing since the spring, so I was thrilled when the day finally arrived.

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Elf Was Awesome!

November 28, 2010 Food, Theater , , ,

My mom and I went to see Elf on Broadway on Friday, and it was fantastic! I really wasn’t sure how I’d feel about a musical version of the movie, and without Will Ferrell no less. But it was so much fun, we both left feeling the holiday spirit. The songs are not the most original or catchy show tunes ever (I couldn’t remember one note to sing to you), but the energy of the cast (especially Sebastian Arcelus as Buddy) was so through the roof that it made the show special. The dancing was fun, the cast was clearly having a blast, and it all helped put the show over the top even without a legendary score.

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