You're Timeless to Me

well somebody fetch me a cookie!
i was right! Stephen's surprise was 2 tickets to see Hairspray with dinner afterward, and a hotel room in the city so we didn't have to schlep all the way back to Staten Island (the ferry runs once an hour on the weekends, and we always seem to miss it on the way home, early Sunday/late Saturday).

now i'm sure all you Yogurt Fags (ie: fruity bottom and brimming with culture) have already seen Hairspray, but for everyone else who gets to Broadway as often as i do (once a year, if i'm lucky) lemme tell you: this was such an awesome show! as much as i enjoyed Rent, the revival of Into the Woods, Naked Boys Singing and Chicago, they're all a bit...dark/downers; with depressing themes, sinister characters and some depressing (albeit wonderfully written) songs. i'll readily admit that i got choked up at all one point or another during all of them (yes, even during Naked Boys Singing).

a friend of mine had loaned me the Original Cast Recording a couple of years ago, and i thought it was really good; Snappy, plucky and peppy (y'know how i love my Harvey Fierstein). i wasn't prepared for how fantastic it would be to see it in living color. it was light, sweet and sunny; like a big glass of Tang spiked with vodka. plus, veteran Darlene Love was in the cast, playing Motormouth Mabel! she and the rest of the phenomonal cast (which included Tevin Campbell and that guy who played Kirk on the 80's sitcom Dear John), totally brought down the house! we left feeling so happy and elated that we practically floated to dinner!

it was a truly fantastic weekend; we had such a great time at dinner and the hotel. he did such a fantastic and romantic job, it's really no wonder that i fell so hard for him.

"And so i'm gonna shake and shimmy it /With all my might today'/Cause you cant stop /The motion of the ocean /Or the rain from above /They can try to stop the paradise/We're dreaming of /But they cannot stop the rhythm /Of two hearts in love to stay /'Cause you cant stop the beat"!~ You Can't Stop the Beat (Hairspray: Original Broadway Cast)