Instead, this is what passes for quality time at my house.
Sit back and enjoy the show...
Scene from West Side Story.WAV - The Minna Street Players
And did I mention I saw the Broadway revival of this classic musical
(Photos by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images North America)
with my sister from another mother, Lady Muireann of Bangs and a Bun...
...pictured here with her girl Linda, with a special appearance by my frizzy ass, caught-in-the-misty-rain hair.
Before my hair met up with the elements, it looked so cute, too. See here:
And here:
Either way, we saw West Side Story on Broadway, and Muireann and I had to concentrate hard on:
>not singing along or jumping on stage, and
>not ruining our eye make-up as we teared up when --SPOILER ALERT-- Chino shot Tony.
It was an absolutely amazing revival, complete with an actual Latino cast to play the Sharks and bi-lingual dialogue and songs. WOO HOO!!
So I didn't let my hair bother me too much. I looked totally cute- frizzy, but cute- and I think it's safe to say that we three were the baddest bitches at the Palace Theatre (where everyone else was wearing SWEAT PANTS!), at the Cajun place we went to afterwards (where the South American/Mexican busboys/kitchen help were undressing me with their eyes as I walked towards the restroom), and at the LES dive where we ended up (where the posse of rhythmically-challenged partiers dropped E, as if that would help their moves). The people I hang with are just too hot to handle.
Yeah, I know you're jealous...
*smooches...feeling pretty, oh so pretty*
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fist time I saw that play, and then the movie, and then held the soundtrack in my arms... man I wished for acting abilities so that I could BE Anita. But that didn't work out...
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OK...can I just say, this may have been the best weekend of my life?!
I would also like to point out that;
a) What the hell is up with people wearing sweat pants to the theatre? Middle America can go to hell.
b) Every picture ever taken of me and Linda in the history of time, looks exactly the same - me crouching down/doing an extreme head tilt to make me not look so amazon-like.
@xylina- OK... so I exaggerated a lil bit about my mumu... but I just feel so fat so of course when I look in the mirror that's what I see.
but I didn't let it stop me from seeing this show. I LOVE this play. LOVE IT!!
@bangs and a bun- I was so mad that my ankles and knees were PISSED OFF at me for wearing those heels and I was stressing over the perfect top to camouflage the fries I had for dinner and spent the ENTIRE DAY doing my own hair... just to see these damn, disrespectful tourists in their "#1 Grandma" sweatshirts, sneakers (SNEAKERS! In a freaking THEATRE! I wanted to die..) and mom jeans.
There should be a law...
Sweats in the Theatre? Where is my pitch fork! Very disrespectful.
Glad you enjoyed Westside Story, I'm trying to get tickets to my FAVORITE Guys and Dolls.
I am soooo jealous . . . this is one of my ALL TIME favs!! That's how my best friend and I met . . . 8th grade theater class. We did the scene when Tony and Maria pretend to get married . . . yes we are two girls. At the time I had really short hair and a jean jacket (that would make me Tony) and my besty is hispanic (so that would make her Maria). I know it's crazy but I love that it's how we met.
And you totally did NOT look fat! Kudos to you and your girls for actually dressing up for the theater . . . giving it the proper respect.
:)
I need to broaden my horizons and do more theater. Maybe I'll start this summer with tickets to the Muny (St. Louis outdoor theater).
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