A Brand New Day

Yes, you read the title right, Obama actually pulled it off and our LONG national nightmare is almost over (although let's hope that Bush doesn't go into overdrive trying to ruin the country before having to turn it over and give up mining rights to create policies that enrich his family and friends). Things started looking up on Monday when Celine Dion announced that she was postponing her Tuesday night concert at the United Center due to some sort of bizarre sounding illness. I knew that would be a sign of good things to come, and it was. Now let's just hope this illness keeps Ms. Dion sidelined forever. Seriously, where is the justice in a world where Julie Andrews' singing voice has been silenced forever by an incompetent surgeon and Celine goes on and on?

It was also a good day for Liza and Broadway in general. Liza announced a 2 week extension of her concert at the Palace, taking it to the end of December. It won't benefit me since I won't be going during that time, but it's great that there's enough demand to keep her booked for a full month, especially when other shows are down. As if that wasn't enough, one of my all time favorite actresses (although I do find it ironic that her two Oscars are for two of my least favorite of her movies), the one and only fabulous Jane Fonda will be making a long overdue return to Broadway about a year from now in a new play called 33 Variations. It goes without saying that I will do everything in my power to be there, even if the play sucks, she's sure to be electrifying (see Monster-In-Law and Georgia Rule for proof). Speaking of being there, I bought tickets for all my top choice shows last night, Equus, Boeing-Boeing, August: Osage County, Pal Joey, and Mindgame. I didn't get great seats, but they're all good seats, and thanks to Playbill Club, I saved a boatload of money. It's obvious the economy isn't doing well when there are still bargain tickets to be had to see Harry Potter naked. Unfortunately I'll be in the mezzanine for that but I plan on having binoculars (although from what I hear, Daniel Radcliff doesn't really need anyone using binoculars to get a nice view, he's got plenty there to push to quote the Beggar Woman from Sweeney Todd). We're also in the balcony for Pal Joey, which sucks because the balcony aisles at Studio 54 are so narrow, but I did get aisle seats so my companion can at least stretch his legs out into the aisle. I would have sprung for main floor seats, but there were only 5 and none of them were together and were all on the very outer edge of the seating area, so I figured I'd get cheap seats since it's not that long anyways and use the money I save for an extra CD at Colony Records. Then we're on the main floor for B-B, August, and Mindgame, although towards the back for all of them, but that's ok, Broadway theatres are small and I'd prefer to have a panoramic view, particularly for August, and the Music Box is so small that I think our seats there will be almost perfect. We were in the middle for Deuce and I felt like we were almost looking straight up to see the top of the set, so being towards the back is better. Anyways, one final note, yesterday was a bad day for more than just John McCain and the Republicans, it was announced that Tale of Two Cities will be closing on the 16th. I'm a little disappointed that I won't be seeing it that weekend, but there are just so many other shows I want to see because they're good and not to see how bad they are that it just won't happen. It's not like it's like Carrie anyways, and hopefully I'll get to hear a cast recording sometime, although I'm still waiting on that Lestat recording to see the light of day. Anyways, after I issued my invites, I realized that several TV shows have also started filming in NY, and I know you guys have busy schedules, but if any of the Gossip guys (especially Chace Crawford) want to stop by Starbucks on Monday morning, I wouldn't mind, nor would I mind Joshua Jackson or Eric Mabius, and I can't imagine how I left this off my original list, but Daniel Radcliff is also absolutely welcome as well, and I promise I'll make up for the initial oversight. Someone's got to be desperate for attention. Anyways, it's time to wrap up and head home so I can finish up one class project and get to work on the other one so I can finish it up before leaving next week.