Let The Sunshine In

Well this Jersey girl had one of the best weekends she has had in a very long time. Being home for the weekend was so nice! Catching up with friends, and being able to wake up in my big comfy bed (the best bed in the house ☺) was so great! The Jersey shore had something Ohio never gets from Dec. – April as well…SUNSHINE! The sun was shining brightly through my windows from Friday morning till Sunday afternoon when I left for the airport.

Sunshine became a common theme throughout my weekend…especially since I saw HAIR – the TONY winner in 2009 for Best Revival of a Musical. Words cannot express how I felt about this musical. In all seriousness, it was life changing. It gave me an entire new perspective on life and love. No worries family, I will not be joining a Hippie commune any time soon (maybe later, but not soon ☺), but the whole premise that love is all that is needed to make this world a better place is such a beautiful message. I did not want to jinx my Broadway experience so I did not mention anything about HAIR until I was able to see it. Originally I was planning on seeing it when I came home 3 weeks from now for my spring break. I found out a few weeks ago that the original cast that has been performing for about a year is leaving on March 7th to perform in London. Well, my spring break does not begin until the 15th, so like any dedicated Broadway fan, I booked a ticket home last week to make sure I saw this cast before they left the Big Apple.

My best friend M and I went up to the city and bought our tickets at the TKTS booth in Times Square – I highly recommend if any of you can be flexible with your day in NYC to use this resource. They sell tickets to some shows 50% off! There was a slim chance we would not get tickets, so I didn’t make a fuss about it. I literally was not calm until the curtain went up and all original cast members were singing “this is the dawning of the age of Aquarius” before my eyes.” I was in awe, I was laughing, I was tearing up, and I was dancing in my seat. It was everything I ever wanted and so much more.

After a few choruses of “Let the Sunshine In” (see I told you sunshine kept reappearing!), and dancing (peace signs in the air!) with some of the cast members I most wanted to see 10 feet away from me, M and I quickly left the theatre and went to the stage door. We patiently waited and almost all cast members filed out and signed my Playbill. This is the picture M took of Will Swenson (Berger) and I – that is one giddy Jersey girl! It does not get much better than this people! New York literally is a concrete jungle where dreams are made. And my dream of the perfect weekend was made Saturday afternoon.

I’m now back at school preparing to blast out the next 3 weeks like I blast out my a.m. cardio moves. The end is always the toughest, but I think the high I received this weekend will last me the 21 days I have until Spring Break. Thanks Mom and Dad for bringing me home, thanks M for making this an amazing weekend with the greatest best friend ever (who has awesome picture taking skills), thanks B for telling me how amazing the show was, and thanks New York for never letting me down.

I’m now a member of the HAIR TRIBE and “I Believe in Love!”