SO MANY MUSICALS, SO LITTLE TIME! Today we went to the Guggenheim art museum and very conveniently caught the end of the “Basquiat’s defacement” exhibition. It was a very powerful collection of his art and that of other artists’ tributes to the death of Michael Stewart.

After the gallery we got lost attempting to cross through Central park. We did make some neat detours though and happened across the Obelisk, the Alice statue and Bethesda fountain. There was also a statue of Daniel Webster which I thought read “Webster” and then I thought upon further examination that it actually read “Weester”. I just googled him because “Daniel Weester” sounded like a stupid name and apparently I was right the first time. According to Wikipedia “Daniel Webster was the former United States secretary of state.” Aka he really was not worth all that weird research.

After surviving Central Park I made it to Hadestown! The musical was absolutely magical. I fell in love listening to the “live in Edmonton” soundtrack before Broadway, so when it was redone for Broadway I was sort of avoiding the new music and changes they’d made because I was worried I wouldn’t like it as much. Really though it meant that when I saw it today I got to be surprised. Which was really nice. The set was incredible and Amber Grey (Persephone) and Patrick Page (Hades) who were in the original were there which was extraordinary. All of the musicians minus the violinist were the original cast as well, and when “Our Lady of the Underground” happened and they introduced all the musicians like they do on the album I teared up. New York has been a lot of excitement and tears.

I stage doored and both Reeve Carney (Orpheus) and Eva Noblezada (Eurydice) came out. And then Patrick Page himself. I was barely keeping it together at that point.

Then Beetlejuice! Unfortunately they had a couple of cast members who had their understudies filling in, including for Beetlejuice, but they were all super talented and I didn’t mind. It was also nice that Beetlejuice wasn’t nearly as emotional a musical as Hamilton or Hadestown. (Which is literally a tragedy. Why do I do this to myself?) I couldn’t actually find the stage door after which was unfortunate, but I got to enjoy the show plenty. I took so many pictures but here are some highlights of today!

-Andra