Broadway Play Tonight

I Hate Romeo and Juliet…

Hate it with a passion brought on by too many years of having to deal with it and the pure stupidity of the plot.

So when the show & JULIET came up on our Broadway season tickets, I was not excited, to say the least. But Kris said a number of times this was one she had been looking forward to, so I trusted her. She was the one who tricked me into going to see COME FROM AWAY and that is my third all-time musical and not a chance would I have seen it if I had known what it was about.

My first favorite all-time musical is THE PRODUCERS since we also saw it with the original cast on Broadway. Part of why I love The Producers is because at its core it is a musical about writing.

So off we went tonight to see the Tony Award-winning jukebox musical & JULIET. Before the show even started a cast member was polishing a jukebox on the stage and ten minutes in I was laughing and shaking my head. And it just got better and better from there.

This show, at its core, even more so than THE PRODUCERS, is a story about writing. In fact you could learn a ton about writing from this one. Different aspects of writing influence and is part of every scene in one way or another. An amazing story about writing. I am not even going to say anything more about the show, and I would not suggest looking it up. Don’t spoil it. Just when you get near the Broadway Touring Company, go see it.

But remember, I hate every aspect of the play Romeo and Juliet, but this play & JULIET is now my second all-time favorite musical.

So at the moment, my all-time favorite musicals are:

• 1… The Producers
• 2… & Juliet
• 3… Come From Away
• 4… Wicked
• 5… Back to the Future: The Musical (not kidding)
• 6… Six: The Musical
• 7… Tina: Tina Turner the Musical.

It was a fun night. A musical about writing. Who knew…?