Divas

As if the Tony awards were not enough of a fabulous diva fest, not one, but two more divas are making their way to Chicago this fall, although still no word about Sarah Brightman's promised tour. Janet Jackson will be here in late September, and while it is not nearly as exciting as it would have been 10 years ago, since she's always managed to come on nights that I've had class (across her janet., Velvet Rope, and All For You tours), this is finally my opportunity to see her before her career so fully implodes that she can't even tour. So, I'll get her and then about 5 weeks later Madonna, for a complete stuck in high school themed fall. More related to this blog is Idina Menzel's announcement that she's expanding her tour beyond her northeast home base, and will be in Chicago on Wednesday August 6 at the House of Blues. I'll have to put up with the TSA-styled security, but it will be worth it to see her up close. Janet's tickets go on sale Saturday, and I'll probably just get a balcony tickets (she's at the Allstate arena so those aren't too bad) since I'm already shelling out big bucks for Madonna and as I mentioned, it's not like she's still supporting her janet. cd, which was her best, or even her All For You CD which was still ok, this is really more just about seeing her while there's still a chance. No word yet on when Idina's go on sale, the Chicago date is not yet on Ticketmaster, but I'll be keeping close tabs on that.

One week from today I'll be in New York, getting ready for Gypsy. It looks like my companion will be working Friday morning, so Cheyenne Jackson, Max Crumm, Matthew Morrison, Kyle Riabko, and Chad Douric (not sure if that's spelled right, but it's Chad from Grease. . .YTOTIW and now Altar Boyz), any or all of you are invited to meet me Friday morning at the Starbucks on 57th between 8th and 9th, and we'll take it from there. I'm not quite sure what time I'll be in, the plane lands at like 11:30 at LaGuardia, so I'm probably going to be sleeping in, but I'd say around 11-ish. It looks like we chose the right show for Sunday afternoon, A Catered Affair will be closing at the end of July, so this was our one chance to catch it. Cry-Baby is also closing, but I've got no tears for that one. I'm not sure yet how I'll be spending Friday afternoon, although it partly depends on the weather. If the weather is crappy I'll probably have lunch at Carnegie Deli and then head over to the Met to see their Superheroes and Fashion exhibit. If it's nice I've got a choice of either lunch at Carnegie and going to the Central Park Zoo, or just hopping on the subway and making my way up to the Bronx Zoo. I'm leaning towards the Bronx because that's the granddaddy of all zoos, but I may not have enough time to fully appreciate it, depending on how late I sleep in. We'll see, maybe one of the boys will have some suggestions. I can hit Colony Records and the Broadway New York stores on Saturday either before YF or between shows. I'm hoping to find some Glory Days souveniers. Since any Carrie souveniers are long gone, Glory Days is now the one to get. Before New York though, I've got Fiorello tomorrow night (finally) and Betty Buckley on Sunday at Ravinia, so look for my posts. Then next week I should be able to get my ticket for Carol Lawrence. Now if we can just get Sarah to confirm her tour, it will be the most diva fabulous year ever!