On a whim this afternoon, I bought two tickets to see the 8:00 performance of “Gypsy”, starring Patti Lupone. Alayna met me for dinner and then we walked to the theater, and sat in the front box seat in the first two chairs. The lights dimmed and the orchestra started playing and the audience started screaming. People get excited by showtunes they recognize and that is a fact.

Three hours went by and it felt like ten minutes. At one point, I laughed so hard I almost slammed my head on the railing in front of me. I don’t think I took a breath for at least sixty seconds, I just grabbed Alayna’s hand and howled. And then, a little bit later, I cried (BIG SURPRISE), tears dripping down and falling on the carpet.

When I left the theatre, I was so speechless, so awed, so struck dumb by what I had just witnessed that I walked headfirst into a bus and I died.

I’m writing to you from heaven and I want you to know, that all of us angels can’t wait for Patti Lupone to get up here because OH MA GOD THAT WOMAN IS MY HERO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The End.