the weekend traveler goes to NY :D part. 1 - musicals

during last weekend (from 1/11 to 1/16), i visited New York by myself. means alone.

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the 2nd mission of the weekend traveler was "to see real musicals in NY, as much as he can".

i booked three musicals a month before, & i was thinking that i would try to get a discount ticket there. then i saw:
- Mamma Mia! (booked),
- The Phantom of the Opera (booked),
- RENT (discount) &
- Avenue Q (booked).
all four were so wonerful in different ways, but i should say my best one was "Avenue Q" actually.

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Avenue Q is about losers who live on the avenue Q, NY.

main character is Princeton who just graduates from a university, but he is fired before he starts working. he is lost his "propose" of his life or something...by the way, Princeton this time was played by Jonathan Root. he seemed a understudy usually, but he was so cute! in the musical, i could watch his bed scene by the puppet (!?).

also, there is another character Kate Monster, who is a monster & works in a kindergarden. she has a dream to establish a monster only school or something. i liked her drunk scene. it was so real.

my favorite characters (besides Jonathan) were a pair of blue & yellow bears named "bad idea bears". they were whispering in people's ears & taking advantages on people's weaknesses. they were so bad, like they recommended "commit suicide".

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my other favorite parts were songs in the musical. the best one for me was "everyone's a little bit racist".

Everyone's a little bit racist
It's true.
But everyone is just about
As racist as you!
If we all could just admit
That we are racist a little bit,
And everyone stopped being
So PC
Maybe we could live in -
Harmony!

(from "Everyone's A Little Bit Racist")

before i've been to canada, i though racism was what i shouldn't have, but i actually couldn't think about others without our races in there.

or because we have different races, we can try to understand others, something like that.

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see more information:
http://www.avenueq.com/index.php
or
http://www.broadway.com/gen/general.aspx?ci=543629
or
http://allabout.co.jp/travel/travelusa/closeup/CU20041009A/index.htm

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note: i will wrote about other musicals when i have time :D