Born To Entertain

So, hello everyone. I just want to share a story.

I really do have "Broadway on the brain" (like many of our fellow classmates do--at Pioneer High School for the Performing Arts in musical theatre.) 

Story time: I was driving home the whole 5 hours from Ashton, Idaho. (By MYSELF, guys! I mean, my parents were there, but...it was still cool.) While only about 30 minutes from home, I was on the freeway approaching a sign, hanging on the side of the road. It said>>>>>

PATTI LUPONE

!!!!!!!!!!!

I couldn't believe my eyes. I was like, what the heck?! Why is there a road sign--supposed to be giving directions--worded with Patti LuPone's name? 

I drove a teensy bit closer and, hello. The sign actually said PARK LANE. 

Whatever.

This is Patti-rific LuPone singing a diva song for a diva lady. Because she is terrific. 

Anyway, now we all know what's always "on my brain" since I was "born to entertain." ;) I just really wanted to put some song lyrics in here, that's all.

Top Three Musical Theater Obsessions

Ideally these Top Three Musical Theater Obsessions would be academy-wide, but I feel like what I have put together is more from my perspective, along with that of a few other people who I happen to associate with on a regular basis. So take this with a grain of salt. But anyway, with that in mind, this semester has had a pretty clear top three show/song obsessions among Musical Theater kids here at PHS.

  "Run Away With Me" from The Unauthorized Autobiography of Samantha Brown.

Bare: a Pop Opera (all of the versions, but particularly the one with Matt Doyle)

Spring Awakening. 

While these are not my personal top three favorite things ever in the whole world, I think that they have had a lot of impact on the kids in our academy. The influence that these three things have had on the way I look at theater, and everything else, is definitely going to stick with me for years to come.