"When you're alone and life is making you lonely, you can always go downtown. When you got worries, all the noise and the hurry seems to help, I know, downtown. Just listen to the music of the traffic in the city, linger on the sidewalks where the neon signs are pretty, how can you lose? The lights are much brighter there, you can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares, and go downtown. Things'll be great when you're downtown. No finer place for sure, downtown. Everything's waiting for you." ~tony hatch

I've been incredibly busy lately, but it's mostly been good busy. I saw three shows in two days. On Friday night I saw ROOMS a rock romance. It's an off-Broadway musical, and I really enjoyed it. I found it predictable, but it has a great score and fabulous acting.

On Saturday afternoon I saw Exit the King. This is a huge season for Broadway plays, but this is my absolute favorite so far. It is brilliant. First of all, I did student rush and ended up front row dead center. It was a perfect view, and I made eye contact with the actors multiple times. In fact, Geoffrey Rush almost touched my face when he was lying onstage and reaching out towards the audience to grab imaginary flowers. If Geoffrey Rush does not win the best actor Tony this year, there is something wrong with the world. He was brilliant. He gave one of the best stage performances I've ever seen, and I've seen a lot.

I saw Blithe Spirit on Saturday evening. Nicole gave me a pair of comps so I took Christin, and we had great seats (orchestra row C). It was a strong production and I'm sure it'll get rave reviews when it opens tonight, but I wasn't crazy about the actual play. I did, however, enjoy seeing Angela Lansbury, Rupert Everett, Christine Ebersole, and Jayne Atkinson all on the same stage.

Okay, pictures. These made me really happy. They were all so nice. Susan Sarandon told me that it's her daughter's birthday today so they're going to celebrate, but she still stuck around and was very nice. Geoffrey Rush was also very kind. He's a funny guy. And although he's an Oscar winner, he was perfectly willing to put up with people talking to him about his role in Pirates of the Caribbean. Is it bad, though, that the third picture is my favorite? I'm a huge fan of Six Feet Under. She was soft-spoken but kind, and I was so glad that I got to meet her (I've seen her in three plays before but have never stage-doored).