Broadway's inspiration...

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/27/nyregion/27bigcity.html?_r=1&hp

I'm so inspired by Terri White's story. She is possibility personified. I wish I could see her perform in this role. It's fair to say that I wish I could see anything right now, but Grease is playing at the Kravis Center here in West Palm Beach. That's not what I'm talking about. I was really down wondering how I could get out of this hole I've found myself in. Suffice it to say my self-pity party was in full sway and then I read this. It got me thinking of an idea for a play. I stayed up late last night writing an outline- something I never do. Outlines and "how to" scenarios kill inspiration, in my opinion, but this story needs structure.

Anyway, I'm inspired again, which is leaps and bounds above yesterday. Still fighting through the urge to sleep all day, I needed to laugh. I found this...

a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHNtuaVHenM

Wesley Taylor, Matt Doyle, Blake Daniel, Mitch Jarvis and Van Hughes (My Link from Hairspray. I love getting the understudies) There are other people I've never heard of as well. Hilarious. These kids are either wicked talented or heavy into illicit drugs. Either way this and the other videos, apparently related to Rock of Ages, is the funniest shit I've seen in a long time. Mitch Jarvis reminds me of Jack Black, except funny and less putrid. Not entirely putrid free but he strikes a better balance in my opinion. The "retarded" comment made me cringe a little, but I let it go. I also watched the Princess Bride rip off, I mean parody, and despite it being sacrilege, I could not stop laughing. Fun stuff.

I look to art for everything lately. I'm living vicariously through it. While I can never abandon it, I need to start living in the real world again.