After we came home from Cambridge the other night I still wasn't ready to relax. I got on the tube after dinner and went to the West End. I was running a bit late-or at least I thought I was- and I didn't think I could make it to any of the farther theatres on time, so I bought a ticket to see Avenue Q again. Then I looked at my ticket, and saw the show didn't start until 8:30... Oh well, I saw the understudy for Christmas Eve the first noght I saw it and I figured that I would see the regular Christmas Eve. While standing outside the theatre, this girl's boyfriend came out with a pamphlet for some other show. She looked at it and screamed,"She's doing my part!" I asked her if she was an actress, and she said she was. She introduced herself-her name is Alexa-and we got to talking. I told her I want to become a dialect coach, and she told me she needed help with an American accent. She asked if I could help her, and we made plans to meet for dinner in SOHO at a restaurant. I called my mom and she told me to be careful, but I told her that's why we were meeting at a busy restaurant. After the show the cast was having a party because two of their castmates were leaving. I had been asked by another girl I met at the stage door that if the two actors she knew-who were the ones leaving- came out could I give them a message. Well, no one came out, so I went around to the front of the building. I went in and the security guard said I could go up and tell them, but then he changed his mind and had me write a note instead. I was sooo close to going to a party on the West End with the cast of Avenue Q!!!!
Sunday night I met Alexa and we went to dinner. We talked and I coached her for about 3 and 1/2 hours! It was amazing and a lot of fun!!! We first walked around SOHO and she showed me the bars where the actors go after shows for drinks...so maybe we can meet some of the West End actors and have a drink with them. Who knows? Then we made plans to try and meet up again before we(NU Students) leave for home...if we can.
Today we had acting class, and then I went to see Spamalot. It was amazing! I thought that The Lady of the Lake was exceptional, and the knight I liked best was Galahad. I also love, love, loved the costuming! Some of the costume changes were so fast, and in the end the blue dress The Lady of the Lake was wearing turned into her wedding dress, which was brilliantly done. I want a dress that flips between two at once! Then, when I was walking back to the tube station, I ran into Daniel Boys, who was the actor who played Princeton/Rod in Avenue Q! I talked with him for a bit, then I came back to Schiller.
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