A day in the life of four-year-old me

            When I was 4 years old, my mother and I went to New York to see my cousin. While we were there, we got tickets to the Broadway production of “Beauty and the Beast.” Unfortunately, I was too young when we saw it to remember what the show was like. The other day, my mom was looking through some things and found a journal that she kept while we were on our vacation. It starts out by talking about our plane ride. As you may already know, I have always loved to sing. Apparently on our way to New York, I sang songs to an 85-year-old woman from New Jersey! The next few pages are filled with different tourist places we went and talking about how much fun I had chasing/yelling at squirrels and riding the carousel (obviously my horse was the fastest!) in Central Park. October 25, 2000, was the day we bought our Broadway tickets from the TKTS outlet for “Beauty and the Beast.” My mother wrote that “Beauty and the Beast” “was a magical performance. The sets were extravagant. There was a wonderful landscape backdrop with fall-colored leaves and a blue sky. Belle’s cottage was quaint. The castle seemed gigantic. It could be spooky or enchanting. The costumes were just as intricate. The singing was as good as nearly any Disney movie I’ve seen. The cast seemed very enthusiastic. … Kate was entranced for the entire show.” I must have picked a great show for my first Broadway experience! After hearing all of this, I skipped ahead to the shows from 2000 in my book “Broadway Musicals Show by Show: Sixth Edition” but didn’t see “Beauty and the Beast.” Then I just looked at all of the years of shows and found this show in the 1994 section. All it talked about was the plot and which understudies were used. Hopefully, this musical won’t be the only Broadway show I see though! Here is the music quote for today, “Music's the medicine of the mind.” - John A. Logan.

~Aspiring Actress~