Spinoff: Broadway Shows

[cabanafrau]

The first professional show I ever saw was a regional production of "Barnum." We were fortunate enough to live in London for two years, where we were at one theater or another almost every weekend. Off the top of my head, I remember seeing Catherine Zeta-Jones in her West End debut "42nd Street," Colm Wilkinson and Michael Ball in "Les Miz," Michael Crawford in "Phantom," Elaine Page in "Evita," "Cats," and "Anything Goes," and many British actors most people don't know in "Brigadoon," "Chess," and "Forbidden Broadway." Both of my DDs were very into musical theater and they made friends with several of the actors/actresses in Les Miz and Brigadoon.

I met Colm Wilkinson at an album (really CD) signing in London, and I told him that if I ever left my DH, DH was going to come looking for him! He laughed, but Mrs. Wilkinson did not.

A couple of years ago (for our 50th wedding anniversary), we went to NYC and saw "Bright Star," written by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell. At the interval, Steve Martin came out on stage and played his banjo for about 15 minutes.

Queen Colleen

I was so intrigued by a feature I saw on television about Bright Star and hoped I'd have the opportunity to see it. I was so sad when it closed before I had the chance.

 

[Erzengel]

Beauty and the Beast in the 90s. Original cast.