I CAN'T EVEN COMPREHEND THIS DAY. OH MY GOD. No one's going to read this because you're all going to 'Broadway on Broadway' tomorrow and you're probably all sleeping or something, but whatevs. Also, I'm exhausted now and I thought I was high in the car, that's how tired I am, so sorry this entry has really poor gramatics [?] and really fangirly thoughts. I'm over my fangirl stage, it just sounds like I'm a huge one in this. Hahahha.
I LOVE THE C&C BIFFS IN NEW YORK CITY MORE THAN ANYTHING IN THIS ENTIRE WORLD. I love the city more than I can even put into words. I can't see myself being anywhere else. I just BELONG there. It's my main form of pleasure [UNTIL YOU-KNOW-WHAT. HAHAHAH CAIT] and it's just where I feel the happiest. I can't wait to just MOVE there. It's going to be incredible. jshgksjgjsk.
Okay, so we get in at around 11:04. We got iced chai tea lattes and we busted over to Gersh to see a lotto line of 15 people. Without any exaggeration at all. It's a clump of 15 people. We counted. And it was 11:45. We asked the lotto guy why it was so empty and he proceded to tell us that on weekend matinee's it's empty. Okay, riiiiiight, which is why there's usually like 650938+ people. Anyway, a random crowd came over and it was annoying because it started to fill up. So we're pacing from the stage door to find Sho to the lotto line, and of COURSE, we end up losing. What a surprise. Like everyone won, but us. Lovely.
So then we walk over to the stage door and no one's there so we're prancing around singing, "SHEILA FRANKLIN SECOND SEMESTER NYU, AND I'M A PROTESTER!!!!!" And clearly, we thought this was the funniest shit EVER. I was dying. I couldn't control myself.
Then Dennis came out with a few others so we toned it down and like hid. Hahaha.
OH MY GOD. MICHELLE FEDERER IS SO RUDE. Like, I always say how rude she is, but this exceeded the limits.
Me: Hi Michelle!
Michelle: *death stare into my face*
Me: Have a good show.
Michelle: *death stare without any expression.* Thank you. *slams door*
I was being SO calm. What a WHORE. OH MY GOD. When is she leaving already!?!? Just LEAVE. She's more of a whore than Idina to fans.
So then Megan and others came in and Cait and I had to PEE like the craziest motha fkas. It was death. We were like hopping because we had to pee so badly. Then Philip came and he like nodded his head, smiled, and winked at us. He's just awesome. I really like him.
Ummmm, also I entered my name into "Spelling Bee" lotto, but we forgot to go back when they were calling names. Hahahahahhahahahaha.
Okay, so now it's 1:45 and we don't have tickets to a show and Sho STILL hasn't shown up. She didn't sign in or anything. And we were holding this pink pretty rose for her that was on the verge of dying. We were so mad she wasn't preshowing and we had to pee so we just left. Grrr. Her preshowing skills are horrendous. Lol.
Altar Boyz: We ended up getting rush to "Altar Boyz." I enjoyed it. It was funny. Not a show I'd go back and see many more times, but it was really good. The guys were hot and I liked their voices. Funniest thing though. We were the first to leave the theater and as we're walking out I turn around and I see the 2 leads from AB. So I was like, "WOAH. Hi! You're SO awesome!" And Cait was like, "Who are you talking to? OHHHH!" It was SO hilarious. And they were like, "Thanks! We heard those I LOVE YOU's coming from you girls at the end!" It was sooooo funny.
After the show, Cait and I were like dying of hunger because we didn't eat anything all day. We went into McDonalds and some guy was standing on line next to us holding a cd that said, "ASU. If I Can Dream." So I found that amusing. Turns out we saw him come OUT of the Wicked stage door later. Quite random?
All Shook Up: So then we headed over to the ASU stage door. OH MY GOD. I wanted to cry. It was PAINFUL. No one was standing there and like a bunch of the actors were out just waiting for people to ask them for autographs. Cait and I said "Hi" to Justin/Dean [Lol] and he was SO appreciative, yet awkward. I felt SO awful for him because he was like sad that no one was at the stage door. He was so sweet to us though.
OMG. So then this old lady who was like 78 years old comes out wearing a shirt that says, "I LOVE CHEYENNE" and she's holding a matching sign and an ELVIS BUILD A BEAR. At first I thought it was a relative being, but no, it was a CRAZY ASS FAN. Freaking scariest thing EVER.
So then Julie came out and I didn't know she was on for Jenn tonight, so I didn't say anything which was awful because she was like, "Umm, does anyone want an autograph?" It was so sad. Then the old lady was like, "Are you Jenn Gambatese?" And she was like, "No, I'm Julie." And she was like, "Oh, never mind then." And Julie was like, "But I played Natalie today FOR Jenn!" It was seriously one of the saddest things. Then this girl came out and the old lady was like, "Are you Nikki?" And she was like WTF. Hahhaha. What a freak.
Then Cheyenne came out. Funniest thing:
Stage door guy: Take a picture with Cheyenne. Give me your camera.
Me: No, it's okay. We have like 6 already.
Stage door guy: No, really! You'll regret it if you don't.
Me: No, it's okay. My memory cards full anyway.
SD guy: No, just really, I'll take it FOR YOU.
OMG. It was SO awkward. Hahahah. I felt so incredibly awkward, but Cheyenne was really sweet.
So then we left because I was MORTIFIED at the stage door experience. Worst one EVER. I was like, completely mortified.
Wicked:So we headed over to Wicked and I saw someone who looked SO familiar. I thought it was like a Broadway star. IT WAS GRETCHEN. HAHAHAH. It was too funny. We were all really excited to see each other! :) A lot of stuff happened, but I'll spare you the details.
OMG KIM. WALTER WINSTON O'NEILL. Just, stay away from him. He was like stalking us and then he came over and was like lingering to chat with us. So Gretchen asked him to take Cait and I back and he was like, "Oh, I will. Come back at 10:45 and I'll take you 2 back." I was like, "No, really. It's okay. Too late for us. Freaking SCARY KIM. Hahhaha.
OMG. One of the most random things EVER. So Megan comes down to talk to Gretchen and all of the sudden she looks up at me and goes, "OMG HIIIII!!!" and her whole eyes like lit up. I was like, "Hi?" Hahahahaha. It was SO incredibly random because I see her every week and she never really acknowleges me THAT much. I felt like she thought I was one of Gretchen's friends from the past? IDK. SO random. But she kept talking to Gretch and then looking into my eyes and going, "Hiiiiii!" So freaking strange. But she's a sweetie! ;)
Then we moved down to the other side of the stage door and there were like 15 little girls wearing Wicked apparel and their moms started talking to us. And they were like, "Do you know Shaaashana?" or something and we told her we run her fanclub and they FLIPPED OUT. They were like, "OMG NO! Do you really? So wait, you KNOW SHOSHANA BEAN? OH MY GOD. Have you MET her before?! WOW!" They were like such fangirls. Hahahahaah.
So then when Sho came down to them, they were like, "Shashana! Your fanclub presidents are here!" I like hid. It was really scary and embarrassing. Hahahah.
So then Sho came to us and this was the exact convo that we recorded right after: [She was wearing the cutest shirt EVER.]
Sho: My girrrrrrrrrrls.
Us: Heyyyyyy Shooooo.
*hugs* [I was really excited to see her by the way. Lol. It's been like 3 1/2 months. Lol]
Me: I. LOVE. YOUR. SHIRT.
Sho: Ohhhh, you girls look so cute with your...your...yeah. *laughs* Oh, and happy birthday to...? Cait! *gives Cait a big hug which was really cute* What're you doing today? Your parents let you go around the city alone?! [No Sho, we've only been in the city alone 800 times when we've seen you. She was like drunk or something] You guys are 16?
Cait: Yup. We just walk around and we saw Alter Boyz today. It was really good.
Sho: Ohh! Niiiiice!
At this point, 2 old ladies pushed RIGHT in FRONT of Cait and I to talk to Sho.
Lady: Oh, good luck with everything. You're wonderful.
Other one: Oh, wonderful darling. Just fantastic.
Sho: Thank you. *Looks directly at Cait and I and rolls eyes* [This is my favorite part of the entire day. Hahah] HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE. HE HE HE. ?*Aka nervous laughter that I can't explain through the computer. Call me if you want to hear how she laughed* She kept looking at Cait and I and going HEHEHEHEHHEEHEH. Which was like saracastic, nervous laughter at the old annoying women.
Gretchen: Get together for a picture.
Me: *OMG I was spazzing.* Woah, we're taking a picture?
Sho: *looks at me* Apparentely! *laughs*
Me: *Hands Sho rose* Ahh, this was for you, but it looks deadly now because we got it at 9 this morning. *laughs*
Sho: *laughs* Thanks! It's no prob! Have a great day girlies. I love you both! *Hugs us*
So then we busted away and we see Ben Vereen come out of this restaurant and start screaming, "SHOSHANA !!! SHOSHANA!" Sho didn't want to turn around because she thought it was a fan. It was HILARIOUS. He was SCREAMING HER NAME AND CHASING HER DOWN THE STREET.
So then we started walking down the street to find that she's walking on the opposite side of the street? So I looked at her and she put up the "I love you" sign with her fingers. It was really funny. She's so gangstaaah. Literally. She was also wearing an abnormally short and tight skirt and chatting up on her cellular device. Lmao.
So then Ben finally catches up with her and she starts huffing back to him and she's like, "First you SCREAM my name, then you chase me down a street. I HATE YOU I HATE YOU I HATE YOU!" And she hugged him. Too FUNNNAY.
So now we're walking down a completely different street and I turn around and SHOSHANA BEAN'S BEHIND US. It was the most embarrassing thing ever because I FROZE and then whipped my head around. I was so scared. Luckily, we lost her before I could do anything more embarrassing..
OH MY GOD. One of the best parts. Okay, so we're like walking on the street of Ollies, and MEGAN HILTY IS WALKING RIGHT INTO ME. How random is that? So she SAYS HI TO ME FIRST. FIRST. MEGAN HILTY SAID HI TO ME FIRST! I was like WOAH. So I smiled and said, "Hi" and we were on our merry ways. How crazy is that? Lol. She's always sweet at the stage door to me, but today she was like exceptional. How does some random Broadway star who doesn't evne know me, say hi to me first on a random street in Manhattan. Care to explain Hilty?
So then we met up with Gretchen again and went for some delicious Ollies. It took forever for the bill to come.
Rent: So then we walked to the Neder and I waited ALL DAY TO SEE KARMINE. All freaking day. Ugh. So we get there and we had missed her. It was freaking 6:35pm and we MISSED HER. She was SO early. So then I proceded to like get all depressed. Hahahaha. I wanted her to sign my CD and stuff.
So then Cait and I got drunk on the MSG {HAHAHAHH CAIT YA FUNNAY} from Ollies and Cait was singing freaking "GIRL IN 14G" in the middle of the Neder. This was the most hyper Cait's ever been and it was just amazing. Hahaha.
So then I kept asking people to tell Karmine to come out and this guy was like, "Sure! Does she know you personally, so I can tell her who you are?" So I was like, "Uhhh..yeah." Hahhahaha. It was funnaaaaay.
So then we saw a few Rent cast membaaaas like Matt and stuff. Who are cool.
So then this random ass guy took my CD case and said to me, "Come back at a quarter to 8 and I'll have Karmine do this for you! What's your name?" It was seriously the nicest thing. At the Gershwin they are SO rude and this random guy was SO nice. He was so friendly. He was like, "Just walk backstage and we'll have this ready for you!" I was so thrilled.
OH MY GOD. By far the funniest part of my day.
So we see D'Monroe and he's like flirting with these girls. We warned Gretchen that he was going to like rape the 3 of us because he's just hilarious like that and last time he like caressed Cait and I. Haha. So he comes over and Gretch takes a picture with him:
*Cait snaps picture of the 2 of them while I murmer something because I'm always murmering to Bway stars. All of the sudden D'Monroe looks at me with the funniest smile*
D'Monroe: HAHAHA. Who are you talking to!? Are you talking to someone? *At this point I'm DYING of laughter. I'm like peeing myself.* Who are you talking to? *laughs* I mean, I thought you were talking to your friend *points to Cait* but she wasn't really listening. What were you trying to say? *Funniest thing because he was like hysterically laughing and I was literally PEEING myself at this point.
Me: *trying to get the words out* HAHAAH. I was trying to say, "Have a good show" but I get really nervous!
D'Monore: Well, thank YOU! *shakes my hand and says more but I forgot* Are you seeing the show tonight?
Me: Nope, we have to catch a train unfortuntely.
D: Where to?
Me: Long Island.
D: Oh, but you'll be back right!
C&C: Of course!
So then the 3 of us talked some more and Gretch talked to him about Kelly. He was TOO FUNNY. I'm obsessed with this man.
So then we got Jamba and Cait said her name was Shoshana and the lady had MAJOR issues with spelling it. Then I went up and said my name was Idina and she was like, "Adina with an A?" NO MORON. Hahaha.
Then we went back to the Neder and they let us go backstage to get my signed CD cover! They're too nice there! At Wicked, if you touch the wall, they reprimand you. I freaking LOVE the Neder.
The nicest thing: Karmine signed my CD: "Courtney, Love Always, Karmine Alers" It was so unnecessarily nice for her to do that. Like, she had a really long rehearsal and she took time out between that and getting ready for the show to do that for me. And she totally could have pulled an Idina and just written, "Karmine" or something. I really, really love this womannn. She's just SO nice and her CD kicks major assss.
Um, we didn't see my boyfriend [yo] Cary which was quite depressing, but I'll get over it. :P
So then Gretchen walked us to the train and we got hyper again and took mad crazy pics. Then these disgusting guys came to us and were like, "BEAUTIFUl. I WANT A PIECE OF THAT" It was disgusting. Ew. Just EW.
<--Picture with Sho! I look like death. Ugh. But we haven't gotten a picture with Shoshana since November of 2004.
INSANE PICTURES FROM TODAY! CHECK IT OUT YO!
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