My current favorite Broadway obsession is Waitress, and it has been for quite some time. Long time blog readers may remember my posts about seeing it three other times. I first saw it about two years ago, when Jessie Mueller was starring in the lead role of Jenna Hunterson. She was brilliant, as was the whole rest of the cast. I was immediately hooked. The second time I saw it because Sara Bareilles, who wrote the music and lyrics, was […]

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I know what you’re thinking. There’s a Clueless musical? As, if! But there is… and Friday evening my friend Sarah and I headed on over to check it out. We first learned about it when we saw Puffs (the unofficial Harry Potter-based show which focuses on the life of the members of Hufflepuff House). In the program a little ad for Clueless caught my eye, and by the time the show ended, we had tickets in hand! The evening began […]

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Ten months ago tickets were released for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child; the smash hit from London was finally coming to Broadway!  Ten months ago I bought inordinately expensive tickets to see this spectacular.  For ten months I waited.  And waited.  And waited.  Until the day finally arrived.  I finally got to see the next installment in the Harry Potter series! I put on my new Vintage Shirt Dress (made by me!) and headed into the city. I wanted […]

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Last night I finally got to see Mean Girls on Broadway!  Note how I say finally like it’s been out for four years instead of four months… but when it comes to Tina Fey projects, three months is a long time for me to wait and believe me, it took a lot of self control not to buy tickets the minute they were released.    However, I waited.  I joined lotteries to win free tickets until finally they released the […]

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I wrote a review of Waitress the Musical last June after I had seen it for the second time (access it here), and my opinions of the overall show are more or less the same.  However, this third time around was really something special. Thursday night I headed into Manhattan again to see Waitress for the third time.  I believe there is only one other musical I can say I saw more than twice, and that’s Spamalot.  Waitress is in […]

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Thursday night I sat in the front row of Anastasia on Broadway, and confirmed the reason I love costume design.  Sitting that close to the action, I could see every seam and every details – right down to some of the structures under the dresses – and I loved every minute of it.  I always get a thrill from live theater, but it’s the costumes that get me every time.   I love how atmosphere, character and setting can change […]

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