a brush with celebrity
We spent Friday with a bit of a different entertainment than usual - a Broadway musical. Well, watching a soon to be Broadway musical. Young Frankenstein is running in Seattle for a few weeks before it opens in New York (Seattle Times article). I'm not a big musical person - in the last six years I've been to three: Chicago, Radio City Christmas Spectacular, and now Young Frankenstein... What'd I think? Highly recommended if you like the Mel Brooks style of comedy.
Speaking of Mel Brooks - that brush with celebrity I mentioned? Mel Brooks was sitting in the seat in front of me! Apparently he has been attending the show all week taking notes and trying to figure out the tweaks before the show debuts on Broadway. I didn't have a chance to say anything or ask for an autograph since he scooted in and out while the cast was on the stage. He definitely didn't want to be recognized or stopped - the man in the row in front of Mel realized who was behind him during the standing ovation at the end and shook his hand at which point Mel promptly exited stage left. Oh, and don't worry, the fact he was a celebrity didn't stop either me or Clodagh from accidentally kicking his chair a few times during the show...