accomplishedJANUARY
11: 13 at the Mark Taper Forum (with Mark - saw & got photo with JRB)
12: Camelot at La Mirada Theatre (with Mark)
14: The Marvelous Wonderettes (with Mark - my 2nd time, his first!)
14: Defiance at Pasadena Playhouse (Joel Polis - woo!!)
FEBRUARY
8: Lend Me A Tenor at Diamond Head Theatre (with Mark)
15: Kevin & Bets' Concert "Love is in the Air" at the Carpenter's Center (with Mark, but also saw Dianne and Corliss there!! Met the wonderful Glaudinis for the first time!) :)
16: 13 AGAIN! at the Mark Taper Forum (with Mark - celeb sighting: Kathleen Marshall sitting in front of us) :)
17: The Marvelous Wonderettes (with Mark - my 3rd time, his 2nd)
17: The Beastly Bombing at the Steve Allen Theatre (with Mark - to see Heather!)
18: The Altar Boyz at the Wadsworth Theatre (with Mark)
18: Kimberly Akimbo at the Victory Theatre (with Mark - my 1st of many viewings!)
18: Stage Struck at the Colony Theatre (with Mark - a little too violent for my taste)
23: She Loves Me at Manoa Valley Theatre.
MARCH
29: Sweet Charity at Diamond Head Theatre (with Mark - one of the better DHT productions this season)
APRIL
26: Distracted at Mark Taper Forum
27: Sleeping Beauty Wakes at the Kirk Douglas Theatre (celeb sighting: David Marshall Grant at the stage door - be still my heart!) :)
28: Sleeping Beauty Wakes AGAIN! (with
careleswhisper, rripley, karmastyx, & Wade - also saw Dianne and Corliss there as well! :) Celeb sighting: George Takei sat RIGHT in front of me and yelled "BRAVO!!!" during Kevin's curtain call! :))28: Altar Boyz at Musical Theatre West (seen there: Bets, Steve, Roger, and Perry)
29: Sleeping Beauty Wakes (with
lindasings!!)29: Beehive at the El Portal Theatre
MAY
12: Sleeping Beauty Wakes for the last time! :(
12: No Strings at UCLA Freud Theatre (seen there: Lee Martino - spoke with Bets & had a lengthy conversation about loving what you do for a living... which made me put some of the things in my life into perspective)
13: No Strings AGAIN! (I was 20 minutes late for curtain... But got to see Marina & her Mom there! Bets introduced me to Matt Ashford)
13: Annie Get Your Gun at Redondo Beach PAC (Bryan Batt was in the audience)
26: The Marvelous Wonderettes (my 4th viewing!)
26: Kimberly Akimbo (my 2nd viewing - and I finally got to meet Patrick!)
27: Jersey Boys at the Ahmanson (Oh, what a night!)
JUNE
3: Gigi at Diamond Head Theatre (sadly, I don't remember it too well...)
JULY
6: Annie Get Your Gun at Moonlight Amphitheatre (With Mark - Seen there: Roger & Perry! Met Bets' sweet Mom for the first time!) :)
7: Pirates of Penzance at Musical Theatre West (With Mark - Seen there: Steve) :)
8: Can Can at Pasadena Playhouse (With Mark - Spoke with Justin, Kevin, and David about Vegas) :)
8: Jersey Boys (With Mark - My 2nd time - his 1st - met up with Dianne & Corliss before the show - actually stage doored a show where I knew no one!)
9: Phantom (With Mark - to see Kristi!)
9: Phantom a second time - since we were in the neighborhood! :)
10: Zanna, Don't! (With Mark - got to see Nick & meet Darrin and Tami's husband, Chris)
11: Jersey Boys (With Mark - my 3rd - his 2nd!) Note: I stopped writing about my theatre experiences at this point because of everything going on at home with Sydney...
12: Can Can AGAIN! (With Mark - Celeb sighting: George Takei who was sitting RIGHT in front of us AGAIN!! He yelled "Armadillo!" when the audience was asked after intermission to give the cast the name of an animal to use as the lyrics of their encore song) :D
13: The Thief at the El Portal Theatre to see Erika
13: The Marvelous Wonderettes (My 5th - Mark's 3rd! - Bets and Kim were both out - but getting to see Tami as Missy was the highlight for me that performance!!)
14: Bets & Stan in concert with the California Philharmonic Orchestra! (Seen there: the Malone & Glaudini families - I love them!)
AUGUST
Nothing... Wow...
SEPTEMBER
1: 1776 in Sacramento (With
alligatorandme and shawk) :) (Celeb sightings: no one at the show, but...) ;)1: 1776 AGAIN! (With my work friend Sherri)
2: 1776 yet, AGAIN! :) (Bets is the ultimate Martha Jefferson for me!)
29: Best Little Whorehouse in Texas at Diamond Head Theatre.
OCTOBER
6: The Marvelous Wonderettes (My 6th! With a special after-show performance by the girls at the NoHo Fair PLUS, Bets' lovely Mom was there!!) :)
6: Kimberly Akimbo (My 3rd viewing)
7: Goblin Market at GTC (Tami's son is growing up so much!!)
7: A Little Night Music at South Coast Rep (Misty introduced me to the talented Kevin Odekirk! And sat next to Anne Fraser Thomas and her hubby during the show)
26: The Marvelous Wonderettes (My 7th! Got to finally meet Art, who was the SM that evening and sat next to and met Beth Malone) :)
27: Master Harold & The Boys at the Colony Theatre
28: Lion King at the NBC concert hall
NOVEMBER
10: Damn Yankees at UCLA Freud Theatre (with Mark & the weird experience of sitting ON STAGE!) :)
10: Little Fish at The Blank Theatre (With Mark - Seen there: Kevin, Julie Ann, Michelle Duffy, and Vicki Lewis)
11: Pajama Game at Musical Theatre West (With Mark - Seen there: the wonderful Malone & Glaudini families! Mrs. Joy Abbott)
11: Pajama Game at Musical Theatre West (With Mark - Seen there: Kirsten, Stan, and Addie Chandler & Beth Malone)
12: The 2007 LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards (Seen there: EVERYONE!)
DECEMBER
1: The Winter Wonderettes (With Bets, Misty, and Julie in the same show - how could I NOT love it? Sat next to David Elzer & saw Roger & Michael Spellman there)
1: Jersey Boys at Orange County Performing Arts Center (My 4th!)
Whew!! That was a LONG entry! It took me nearly 3 hours of reading through numerous journal entries to complete... :P I have to try to keep a more concise account of my theatre viewing so this won't be so hard next year... ;P
Surprisingly here are the totals for the year:
55 shows over the course of the year (just 1 more than last year)
10 trips to Los Angeles, 1 to Sacramento, and an overnight roadtrip to Vegas :)
Over 55,000 FF miles earned
Countless, countless wonderful memories! Too many to count or even name! :)
Thank you all so much for putting up with all of my theatre babbling all year long!! Big, HUGE, happy *SIGH*!!
