Friday Night Fun!

Times Square

After class today, as I was walking home with one of my friends, we made the spontaneous decision to go to see Les Miserables on Broadway tonight.

It's these kind of decisions you can only make when you live in New York.

It was the first Broadway musical I'd seen since moving here, and it was definitely super exciting.  It was beautiful and breathtaking, but honestly?  I didn't feel a whole lot.  Everyone goes on and on about how amazing Les Mis is, so my expectations were high.  And it was a good show, definitely worth seeing for the $57 we paid sitting in the front rows of the mezzanine.  Just ... not the most amazing thing in the whole world.

That being said, it was afterward that the real excitement happened.  We were about to walk home when we walked past the If/Then theatre and saw a huge mob of people.  When we realized they were waiting for the cast, it was only natural that we join them.

Anthony Rapp came out first, and though I only saw what I think was the top of his head, I was filled with satisfaction that I was within mere feet of him.

And, of course, when Idina Menzel came out, the whole crowd pushed forward to see her, and I even wove my way in far enough to catch a couple actual glimpses of her face with my own eyes, knowing that she was literally three feet away from me.

I called my best friend while I was trying to get a good glimpse of her and we squealed together at the amazingness of the moment.  We've been Idina fans since the very beginning, after all.  

This was my first celebrity sighting in NY.  It's been a good night.  

How could I possibly go to sleep now?

Wishing everyone a good night,

Little Me