Broadway week with Sweet Ang

Every theater nerd looks forward to Broadway Week where one can see shows at the rare discount of ‘buy one get one free’ and ultimately 50% off of full price. Angie and I jumped at the occasion for a bargain and saw Peter and the Starcatcher as a final wrap up to summer and it was DELIGHTFUL!

Angie had her pager with her as she was on call… for 1996.

From everyone I knew who had seen it, I had heard the show was great! Then it swept all the Tony awards and I made it next on my list to see.

Being as I’m an idiot who didn’t prepare at all, I was pleasantly surprised when it proved to be a prequel to Peter Pan (before and how he gets to Never Never Land). I was probably the only one in the audience unaware beforehand.

Like most theaters in NYC, this theater was very small. There was only one female in the entire cast (most of whom were pirates). The wardrobe and scenery were as if you’re wildest, yet most modest, industrial, and innovative, childhood dress-up dreams had come to life. It was charming, funny, creative, and all-in-all AH-dorable. All that good stuff aside, my most favorite thing about the show was the creativity in the staging/choreography. They made use of the small space and got creative using their bodies to create scenery, props, and transitions between stories. It was also very impressive when the cast of pirates (read: men) also played the mermaids (read: women). Very versatile actors, those guys!

Seriously, who doesn’t love men in drag? It’s almost always funny. Especially when those men are beer-belly, burly, bearded pirates!

Captain Black Stache (the villainous Captain Hook character) was the main source of comic relief through out the show, but I must say, Wendy held her own in the hilarity category. She was a FANTASTIC female roll to land in 2012 as she was girly, with blonde curls, wearing a frock, but she wasn’t one to be tested. She had a quick whip and truly was the leader of her cast and pack of “lost boys”. I loved her.

There was one song in the show. It was simple, harmonious, and accopella. It needed nothing else.

Angie might be the most perfect definition of a friend I’ve ever known. She’d hate me for using the “P” word, but it’s true. She’s the most genuine person; as giving as she is appreciative, hilarious, and just plain true. I want to be like her more than anyone else I know, but boy do I have a long way to go.

I love our time together and I can’t wait for her sweet little baby girl, Lilly, to get here next year! Angie’s married to my friend Greg and the sister (& sister in law) of my also soon-to-be-parent friends, Dave and Emily.

Ang when she was still a Waterfall... 2009, the beginning of our friendship.

 Ang with her now husband, Greg.

Dave and Em Waterfall (Angie's brother and SIL)

I'm thankful to have known all of these beautiful people because ultimately, they lead me to my "Sweet Ang!"

Love,

~Kare*