so i was just in an elevator with broadway superstars?

yes. 

i've recently been working as a seller for the merchandising company i intern for. i work at south pacific & in the heights. nobody told me south pacific was 3 hours long, and at in the heights...everyone speaks spanish & me and my new friend/doorman winston have joined forced to sell tons of merchandise at walk in.

example.

winston: GET YOUR IN THE HEIGHTS MERCHANDISE! BEST MUSIC YOU'LL EVER HEAR!!!

me: YOU CAN LISTEN TO IT IN THE SHOWER, AT THE GYM, BEFORE YOU GO TO SLEEP.

then people laugh. and buy things? 

thus i prefer in the heights. anyway.

im reading this book right? and it says you should surround yourself with working actors because it will inspire you to do better. 

the actor who plays the father (rick) in "in the heights" always jokes with us. The other day he came over to buy a t-shirt for his niece. i said, "COULD YOU SING SOMETHING TO ME?" rodrigo, my fellow seller, looked at me like i was a complete weirdo...which i am..so nothing new. and rick looks at me, smiles and says "what do you wanna hear?" 

last night, i was in the elevator going backstage of happiness, the new musical at lincoln center, to get some more whimsical south pacific merchandise. i enter the elevator with a bunch of other people and one guy turns to me and says,

 "look at all this merchandise"

"yeah, you can have it. i don't really care." says i.

"no no i'd rather have it from my own show."

(i assume he's in happiness)

*two old ladies enter the elevator*

"OH MY GOODNESS! YOU ALL WERE AMAZING IN THE SHOW TONIGHT!"

"thank you." says they.

(i assume they're all in happiness)

*the elevator has become crowded and my new friend kinda pushes against me by accident*

"I just met you." i joke.

"yes. i know. it only gets worse." he jokes.

apparently he was in young frankenstein and all the other people in the elevator had numerous notches on the old broadway belt.

i didn't feel out of place. it made me think. "these people are totally normal, they're almost like me. this isn't out of reach!" i could totally own a broadway belt. 

i got star struck eariler in the day though. Stephen and I were in charge of setting up "Waiting for Godot" Merchandise. So, we went early...i walked into the theatre to get the merchandise from storage....and there is Nathan Lane just rehearsing. I stood there and stared. THEN JOHN GOODMAN CAME OUT LATER AND I REALLY WANTED TO HUG HIM BECAUSE HE LOOKED LIKE SANTA CLAUS. 

and sometimes, when i see Joanna Gleason I might forget to breathe for a second.

I hope I do that to someone one day.