I've been [tos]sed!

It's not just great, it's not just amazing, it's amazingly amazing!!It's [tos]ome to the 10th degree!!! I was blown away from the moment the curtain went up until the cast took their final bows. The crowd was full of die hard fans that went crazy at the drop of a hat. When Larry Pressgrove came onstage and took his seat behind Lady
88s it took almost a full minute for the crowd to settle down enough for the show to begin. Then Jeff and Hunter had to wait for everyone to settle down after they made their entrance. Pretty much after every moment that was special in some way (and to the super[tos]sers that's a lot of moments!) the audience was making enough noise for three theatres full of people.
And I was just as excited as everyone else. I laughed (almost constantly), I cried (when Heidi sang A Way Back to Then), I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. After the show, we went around the building to the stage door and had to squeeze through the crowd that was already forming to get inside. The dressing rooms were crowded with all sorts of people congratulating the cast. It was great to talk to Jeff after not seeing him for about 30 years. His mom, Jeannie showed up as well and we chatted in his dressing room while he visited with more people.
But the craziness wasn't over yet! The cast was paged to go down to the stage door to meet the HUGE crowd of fans that had gathered. Apparently the police were getting a little cheesed that they were BLOCKING ALL TRAFFIC ON 46TH STREET!!!
We sat in Jeff's dressing room while they went downstairs and we could hear the crowd screaming when they appeared. After that we had to see what was going on and took a gander out the window. There must have been at least 200 people all trying to get pictures and autographs. The phrase "rock stars" was being bandied about quite a bit in reference to the cast's popularity.
All in all it was an exciting evening! In addition to the show, we had a very yummy dinner at Connolly's, an Irish pub a few doors down. Great food and service and reasonable prices. And it was nice to see Nike and Todd too! And the Night Hotel was very dark, shiny and cool. And of course New York City was its usually sparkly self. Nike and Todd took us for an after dinner stroll and we went through Bryant Park (where we took pics of each other) to the Public Library (where we took pics of the lions)
I could go on and on about all the fun things we saw and did, but this post is getting too long. Suffice it to say, I will be heading back to New York again this fall!!