Jenn Unplugged

We spent last weekend in Seattle, which was really fun. The weather there was gorgeous, cool (for us, anyway) and pleasant. We stayed at the Westin downtown, which is just a short walk from the waterfront and the park where the Space Needle is. Our main reason for going was that Mel Brooks's new Broadway musical Young Frankenstein (yes, based on the movie) was finishing up its pre-Broadway run in Seattle that weekend. We figured it would be fun to see it before it hit Broadway, so we decided to take our annual Labor Day mini-vacation there.

( The weekend, thoughts about the musical )

I bought a dress for the Tonys! I had kind of been dreading it because I really hate shopping for clothes, but I found something pretty quickly, and I really love it.

( Pictures under the cut, as requested. )

Doug and I are major Sondheim geeks, so about a week and a half ago we trekked up to Cincinnati from Austin to see the Playhouse in the Park's production of Company. It was directed by John Doyle of Sweeney Todd fame, which was one of the main reasons we were excited to see it. We'd stumbled upon his version of Sweeney in a tiny off-West End theatre a couple of years ago, and saw it in NYC in previews last fall, and both of us LOVED it. We had high hopes for Company, another show we really adore.

( I'll cut the rest. :-) )

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