The price of love is loss...

...but still we pay

we love anyway.

Things just seem to keep happening.

and its been one hell of a shitty week.

but life goes on, and we do what we need to survive.

We got angry

And now we're getting better.

<3

I want to live inside this track...

Once: A New Musical– Gold (A Cappella)

and this one...


Once: A New Musical – The Hill

Shira

3-19-2011

Missing you daily, baby girl.

New York, New York, A wonderful town....

 My spring break won. 

The end:

Stonewall (Famous Gay Bar in Greenwich Village) 

Late Night Bodega runs

Bagels

Starbucks, Starbucks, Starbucks (Venti Iced Coffee, Sweetened, With Soy)

Subways (L train, R train, A train)

Taxi-cab

How I Learned to Drive with Norbert Leo Butz

An Illiad

Staten Island Ferry with LeAnna

Cart Food

Washinton Square Park

East Village

Christina Ricci Sighting

Times Square

Central Park

FAO Schwartz

Brooklyn Bridge

SLEEP NO MORE- 

(Lady Macbeth took my hand during her "Out Damn Spot" mental breakdown)

ONCE- front row rush ticket. This show... ugh. Perfection.

The Best Man starring Angela Lansbury, James Earl Jones, John Laroquette, Michael McKean, Eric McKormick, Kerry Butler, Candice Bergen... yeah.

Shopping
Food

Walking
Bloody Shoes
Manhattan: East & West Village, SoHo, Canal Street, Times Square, 5th Ave.

Brooklyn: Bushwick, Sunset Park
Queens.

Andrew's Coffee Shop ("Coffee and, Andy")

Never once got lost
Never once took the wrong train

Got asked for directions like a local would

Met some of my favorite actors

Saw a new musical that stole my soul

Experienced incredibly intense theatre

5 shows- 5 days

Left another huge piece of my heart in the city that never sleeps.

I want to live in Brooklyn. The Sunset Park area was lovely. My cousin lives in that area and it was quite nice.

I need to get employed at a Starbucks ASAP. That will be the easiest ticket to getting there with a pre-existing job I think.
This trip made moving there seem more like a reality, less like a fantasy. And I am SO SO SO excited about that fact.

Seeing 5 whole shows in 5 days was amazing. Even more amazing was the fact that every single one of them was WONDERFUL. Not a complaint anywhere in my book.

I only saw one musical- Once: A New Musical- and I'm thoroughly obsessed. They were in previews when i was there, so I saw a preview performance. Their official opening was last night and I'm crossing my fingers that they have an incredible, long, run and win lots of Tony Awards. I havent seen a musical so honest and heartfelt and beautiful in a VERY long time. And Cristin Milioti in the part of 'Girl' was captivating. She needs an award. NOW. 

Listen to their cast recording on Spotify, the link above will take you there, and if it speaks to you I suggest buying it. I'm all for supporting this show. They started at the New York Theatre Workshop, which is where I saw An Illiad, and it's a theatre company interested in creating and producing new and developing talent. 

I want to talk about Sleep No More, but it kindof deserves its own post... so maybe later this week.  :)

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In other news- Come see CRADLE WILL ROCK at WSU this weekend and all next week (no show monday). We're all super excited to share what we've been working on, it's an amazing show that speaks to some really relevant topics. Come check us out!

Unpopular (and unsolicited) Opinion Time:

Titanic

I do not like the film Titanic. I don’t. I think it’s poorly written, too long, has too many inconsistencies and flaws. The acting is as good as acting can be with a terrible script; which is to say that the actors in this film are INCREDIBLE, but they are working with some pretty weak words and therefore aren’t able to give the kindof performances that could have been award winning performances. 

This aversion to the film may stem from being denied the chance to see it when it was originally relieased. Maybe I just resent it. Maybe if I had seen it in 5th grade I would appreciate the lovestory and the romance and the blah-di-blah-di-blah.... I didn't see the film until I was a college student, and I only watched it because my dear friend Mikell told me I had no choice. I was not impressed. I felt jipped, because all those years I had been told that this film was amazing, incredible. "HOW HAVE YOU NEVER SEEN TITANIC?!" people would exclaim. And after watching it... I was confused as to what all the fuss was about. 

Despite my dislike of the film, it did make me cry, and always will. But not because of Rose and Jack. Its not their story that brings me to tears. It is the musicians on the deck who play until the sea swallows them up. It is the men of the ensemble hugging their wives and children as they get into the lifeboats. It is Victor Garber standing in the dining room and going down with his ship. These are directorial moments, moments that were orchestrated in such a beautiful way that I don’t think anyone can help but cry.

So, yes. I will be going to see this in 3D in theatres. 1- because it does make me cry. 2- because the actors are some of my favorites, despite this silly film. 3- because i didn’t get to see it in theatres the first time around. 4- because my sister wants to go and my mom said i could take her. 

So there. Unsolicited opinion and review of a twelve year old film that the majority of the female population in my generation adores. Enjoy. :P

Facts & Photo

Fast Facts: Favorite-

1. Fast Food Restaurant?
   Chik-Fil-A, despite the morals and politics of their owners. The food is beyond delish.
   Lately it's also been Pita Pit. Oh the Pita Pit, how I love it. <3
2. Casual Dining Restaurant?
   Zupas, Cafe Rio, Noodles & Co.
   Karen's Cafe here in Ogden has pretty awesome eats too.
   In Tallahassee it was Monks. Oh the wings & Beer... mmm.
   Also On The Border & One Fresh Stir Fry. Oh... I miss FL. 
3. Expensive Restaurant?
   I LOVED Tucanos down at the Gateway, the one time we ate there. I also thoroughly enjoy the food at Corbin's, where I work, and it's not cheap.
4. Family-Friendly Restaurant?
   I'm not sure how this is different from Casual Dining. As a family we tend to eat at Applebee's or Iggy's alot. 
5. Restaurant You Could Eat At Every Day?
   Zupas. Easily. If i could afford it I would go every single day of my life. Mushroom Bisque. YUM.

This month I want to attempt to complete this Photo Challenge!

I'm really excited about days 10-15 while I'm in NYC. :D 

Todays photo (well, yesterdays, since it's technically 1:30am, but still) is UP:

March 1: Its after 1am and I'm still UP doing homework.

So I think I'll just try to post the accumulation of photos when I happen to remember to blog. :)

In general news: not much is new.

Cradle Will Rock is coming along swimmingly
Xanadu auditions at The Grand went incredibly well, and I had a callback tonight. Fingers crossed.

I'm getting out of bed, at least to accomplish the minimum requirements of my life right now.

Senioritis is eating my soul, as well as whatever other bad juju is living in my brain.

Snow decided to arrive today, the first of March, reminding me that winter lasts into May here.

I watched a video of clips from high school today that made me so nostalgic it hurts.

Getting to NYC in 10 days is the only thing keeping me alive most days.

Somehow I have to stage a scene, and learn 2 other complete scenes, by Tuesday... oh stress.

I don't know. Things are fine, but weird. I'm in one of my lowest slumps, and its stressful. But I'll be okay, I just have to push through it and make it to the end of the semester without failing anything. 

...

fingers crossed.