One of the greatest days....

Sooo for those who are unaware, the theater that we are having our opera in also has other traveling shows that come through (before we put our set onstage). And because the ushers know and love us, we get to go see these shows for free anytime we want (or are available) to. This week RENT was in the theater (which I am in love with-duh) but I had rehearsal allll week. I went in early most days this week to practice, which also means you have to go through the theater to get to our rehearsal hall and unlock it, which was AMAZING- oh yes, on the set of RENT. Seeing the quick change areas and the props and stuff that most of us have seen on the stage. Loves it!

I was FINALLY able to go see the show today, and as I was quite early, I had to wait in the green room until ushers showed up. This involved me walking through a barricaded area surrounded by fans waiting for performers to show up and getting very excited thinking I was in the cast- hehe, nope :) The green room is the first room you come to in the backstage area. And then my day was made- Adam Pascal(Roger) walked in (after getting through the screaming girls) and was like, two feet from me-very cool- but he was not talkative and went strait to his dressing room. But when Anthony Rapp (Mark) walked in, he was cracking up and said all sarcastically "I'm just trying to get to work!" and grinned his wonderful grin at me. And I love him. :-D

The show was awesome (I cried in all wrong places-hearing the original voices makes me beam), and made me realize just how many memories I have of highschool from just this musical. It also made me decide that if it turns out I become strictly a stage manager, I really want to do both opera and musical theater. Opera is great (and pays very well), but my heart has always been in musical theater, which I think most people know. It's exhilirating, and keeps me going :)