Phantastic!

Tay is off on a week long Venture Crew Adventure so I get the house all to myself....or at least the picking of the movie for family night all to myself. Tonight when I was done working I went and laid along the bottom of my parents' bed and we watched TV (something I haven't done in a very very long time). My family has that recording satellite feature and they'd recorded a show especially for me - Phantom of the Opera: Behind the Mask. It was all the background information on my favorite musical - some of which my mom had ingrained in my brain as a kid. Everything from the idea, to the first designers, to how many people they fired in the production process, and finally to the first performance. I loved the clips, pics, and stories that broadened how much I love that musical. It also made seeing all the places I'd visited many times in London even more unbelievable. "I went there" or "I saw that" escaped my lips many many times. (My dad even threatened to change the channel if I didn't stop) :)

LONDON BUDDIES - the theater where Phantom of the Opera is playing now (accross the street from Godot) is where the play was performed for the very first time ever. Neato! Yay for "Her Majesty's Theater." Also, Simon Callow ("Pozzo" in Godot) was interviewed and I had to look at his autograph one more time just to be sure I hadn't dreamed the whole trip up. (He starred in the movie version of Phantom).