A great start to Chinese New Year!

First, I'd like to say "Gong Hei Fat Choi" to everyone!!!  It has definitely been a very strange start to the Chinese New Year.  I had a great lunch with a friend from Hong Kong, Mary Shen.....and she brought along 4 friends who were all very interesting people.  We had a great lunch AND I got lucky money!!!  I didn't expect to get lucky money this year because I am in NY.  But.....it was nice to get some!  hahaha.....

So, last night, I went to watch the show "Curtains".  It's a really nice and fun show!  The story was kind of similar to Phantom of the Opera where there were times when the cast was in their real life...and sometimes when they were performing in a musical.  And then it was more like a murder mystery comedy.  The star of the show was David Hyde Pierce.  The guy from "Fraiser".  It was all and all a great cast!  The songs are written by John Kander and Fred Ebb....the same guys who wrote Chicago!  I was watching about 20 min of it when I thought someone on the stage looked really familiar.  His posture was just like my friend Ward from AMDA (where I studied musical theatre in NY).  I couldn't wait to find out....so, I pulled out my playbill and with the little light that I had, and found his name in the "Who's Who" section.  I could not believe it!!!!  I was trying to contact him before I came to NY..but, never heard from him because he doesn't check his email very often.  And the last time I saw him, he was in "Fiddler on the Roof".  I was soooo proud of him...and watched him the entire time!  Ward was my friend and partner in school.  We had to sing "Sun and Moon" from Miss Saigon together...so...I always used to call him my Chris...and he'd call me his Kim!  hahaha.....So, I decide to write him a note and go to the backstage door at the intermission....and I see all these backstage crew people out there....then, I randomly ask one of them if they'd kindly give the letter to my friend...and when I told him it was Ward...they just let me in!  I go backstage....and there  he is on the stage stretching....the man says "Ward there is someone here to see you"...and as I'm approaching him....he says "who is that?"....because it's really dark...and suddenly there is a light of recognition and he screams "Marsha!!!"  and it was the happiest reunion ever!  After the show, we went to get a bite to eat and catch up...it was the greatest end to an evening!