a musical monday!

In light of the Tony awards on last night.. sorry if you missed them, they were awesome!

And, because I went to a show last night called "Broadway Nites" at the church I grew up at....

I will call this post "A Musical Monday!"

I just love musicals. But maybe love doesnt ever cover the depth of my obsession and complete devotion to the craft itself. haha!

Before I transferred over into the dance world, I was a theater girl. My first play was the Broadway version of Peter Pan. There was a Youth Theater program around the corner from my house and my neighbors introduced me to it when I was about 5 or 6. It was here that I really found out I loved musicals. I was never the lead role (although I did have some speaking parts) but was completely content with dancing and singing in the background.

Some of the plays I was in:

Peter Pan

Aladdin

Fairy Tale Factory (our theater's brainchild) where I played Penelope the ballerina pig of a spin off of The Three Little Pigs

Annie

Fiddler on the Roof (fun fact: although I was only 9 or 10 at the time, I played a "momma" in the show because I was SO tall..haha!)

....you get the point!

When I was in New York a few years back, I got to see my first show on Broadway which was Wicked, I LOVED IT! The music is by far some of the best written songs I've heard in a show, ever! If you haven't ever heard any of it or seen it, you should check it out!! Here is a video from the today show where Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth sing "Popular"

if that video doesnt work... here is the link to youtube, Popular

I guarantee if you buy the soundtrack from Wicked you will fall in love. I love to listen to it in the car and pretend I can sing as well as those two women!!

Have a great monday!

Oh and I almost forgot, here is a picture of the "africa purse" I got for Steph.