Tuesday Talk ~ Theater

 For today's Tuesday Talk, I am talking about theater and Broadway plays.  As a young child, my parents took me to see Broadway plays at our local theater.  I remember my first play was Annie & I wanted to be on stage someday.  Clearly, that dream didn't work out for me :).  However, I was able to participate as a chorus girl in some local theater and my high school plays when I was a teenager.  Since that time, I have still enjoyed going to see touring Broadway plays at our theater, seeing local theater productions, including high school plays, and also going to see plays in New York City as well.  Our daughters now have been to many plays and I am thankful they share in some love of Broadway plays and music.

Here are the girls in New York City on Isabella's 2nd trip and Brook's 1st trip back in 2013.

We went during the time of the Tony Awards and my girls were able to pose in front of one of their backdrops.

When we were in London in 2014, we surprised the girls with tickets to see Les Mis.

On another trip to NYC with my sister, we went to see Aladdin and stood out by the stage door to meet Aladdin and Jasmine. These were the original actor/actress in this role on Broadway.  If you ever get the chance to see this play on stage, I highly recommend it.

Brook and I went back to NYC in 2016.  On this trip we saw The Lion King.  Oh, I love the opening act of this play.

We went as a family to see Wicked a few years ago.  The music is so good.

In 2019, we went to see Hamilton.  We were so impressed and since watching it on Netflix this summer, we have all enjoyed the music even more.

Since our local theater is not open for productions, it is currently offering guests to come on stage and play putt-putt with Broadway music playing in the background.  My daughter and I went a few weeks ago with some friends and it was so fun.  It was just a thrill to be on-stage and see a glimpse of backstage. 

In the backstage area, every production that has come through has a painted sign with the cast autographs.  42nd Street is one of my favorite musicals.  I have 4 binders full of programs from all the plays I have seen over the years. 

What are your favorite plays?  This is a fun way to support the local arts and it will be so good when Broadway is back in NYC.