“I Could Have Danced All Night”

   Be jealous. Why you ask? Because I got to see, not one, but two musicals this weekend, The Sound of Music and My Fair Lady. I have probably said it 7 times (or 10, or a thousand), but I will say it again: I love musicals. In fact, love seems the wrong word. Most people are love sluts. They love everything. What musicals and I have is deeper. (Google Searcher, please ignore the creepiness of that statement, you don’t know me). It all began before I can even remember; musicals were just a part of my life from the beginning. One that holds a special place in my heart is My Fair Lady. When my family moved (across town) in 6th grade that was the only CD I had to listen to. I was obsessed. After 6 months my dad bought me an mp3 player because if he had to listen to “all I want is a room somewhere” one more time he was going to go insane. So, on that note, I am going to make a list of all the reasons I love musicals, My Fair Lady especially.


1. Number one reason, the rest of these are in no particular order, but this one is absolutely my top reason- that feeling when the music swells in a song, normally it’s the finale, but sometimes it’s not, and the orchestra will get louder and the singing or dancing comes to a climax. It fills me up inside and makes me want to stand up get onstage with them. I don’t, I just sit up straighter and smile a lot, but I still leave the theater with a kid in a candy shop feeling.


2. After the show when everyone is humming and floating out the doors. 400 people might be fighting to get out to the parking lot, but they will do so humming “get me to the church on time”.


3. Dancing- sadly in My Fair Lady there is not that much dancing, but it is still exciting. In fact, the one thing that would make My Fair Lady better would be jazz hands.


4. Costumes- what it lacks in jazz hands My Fair Lady makes up for in splendid costumes. My favorites are the theatrical black and white dresses and outrageous hats. They just look so cool.


5. Time stands still- I am transported when I sit down. Time, place, problems don’t matter anymore. The magic of the theater will take care of everything. That’s another number one reason. How fitting, I started and ended with one.


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