LOVED IT

Avenue Q was fantastic - utterly wonderful. Lauren and I enjoyed the show very much. And it was made even better by the lovely kir royals we sipped through each act! If you get the chance, go see this show. You will love it!

The Bad Idea Bears - by far, my favorites!

Princeton: I don't know what to do!
Good Idea Bear: Buy a whole case (of beer)!
Princeton: A case of beer? No... I can't get a whole case.
Good Idea Bear: But you're on a budget! You're wasting money in the long run if you don't buy in bulk!

A Night at the Theatre.......

...tonight is FINALLY...

YAY! I am so excited. Miss Laurenita will be joining me, and I am sure it will be lovely! I'll report on it for you tomorrow!

RENT

It was fantastic. I had never seen RENT performed live (only the movie), so it was a treat for me to see the live performance. John was out there right from the beginning, and Mike, Taylor, Lauren and I were all giddy to see him on stage. We have dubbed him the most likable Benny of all time. After the performance, we waited for John outside the stage door. The rest of the cast had already come out, and they all did a double take when we busted into applause as he came out the door.

John signing autographs for young fans in the lobby

A lot of John's family was in town for the performance, as were his friends from Davidson, and his former admissions buddy (i.e. Mike). There were tears, hugs and shouts of joy. Every single one of us is so proud of him! The tour is taking a toll - it's tiring and it is hard to be away from home for so long, but he is making the best of the experience.

John, it was wonderful to see you perform, and we wish you the best of luck in getting bigger roles - closer to home!!!

The Davidson Boys: Mike, John, and Taylor

Raleigh's "Great White Way"

If you live in the Raleigh-Durham area, surely you have seen or heard advertisements for Broadway Series South. This season's lineup is especially wonderful. I bought tickets to Avenue Q sometime ago, but that show isn't until the late Spring.

This past week, I was goofing around on the site for general tickets, and I found that students can show up to the theater an hour before the show start time and get tickets for $20. Lauren, Maggie and I trekked out to Raleigh on Sunday to catch the last matinée performance of Mamma Mia. Would I pay $36 to see it? No. Would I pay $20? yes. We showed up about 1pm for the 2pm matinée and bought three tickets for the show. We ended up 8 rows from the front, center stage. How awesome is that?? The show was a lot of fun. I'm not a huge ABBA fan, but the story was good, the music was fun, and the cast was excellent. After the show, we had dinner at my favorite Mexican place in Cary, Los Tres Magueyes (I haven't been there in years), and we hit Trader Joe's before heading back to Durham (I was out of vegetable shumai dumplings!).



Now, the extra cool thing happening is that this Saturday, Mike, Taylor, Lauren and I are going to go see RENT in the afternoon. Although I am excited to go see RENT, we are all very excited to go because a good friend of Mike and Taylor's from Davidson, John, has taken the role of Benny in the traveling cast! I have never actually known anyone who is performing on stage during a performance of this magnitude, so I (and everyone else going) am super super excited. John is going to be amazing, and we are all thrilled to get to see him perform. This has been a long time coming, and I hope this is only the first of many times we see him performing on stage. So, I encourage you to go and get a ticket to see this performance if you are in the area, too!!!