NY Week 2

Week 2!

I stayed in the beginning of this week - RealAD and my Mitu internships are going well, they are just a lot of work. We started to learn one song with the NYC cast, and that was awesome. I love the song, and it is nice to meet more people that aren't NYUAD, because the Sama bubble was kind of translated to NY, with us all rooming together and seeing each other all the time. 

For Mitu we had to go to Brooklyn one day, which is a quieter part of the city. 

Kimmel is an amazing dining hall. Hands-down better than Hayden. 

Went to see the Broadway musical Memphis. It was good, but I have started to see some really amazing theater. The actors seemed bored - there was no passion behind the performance. It was a job. And it's awesome that Broadway is a venue that you can make a living in theater alone, but it is also sad that people think that Broadway is the thing you should always aspire to, that it is the best theater, when I don't think it is. The message of the show is something that needs to be said, and the script was good, but the performance was a spectacle - what Peter Brook characterizes as Deadly Theater. There was no drive or passion behind the acting, and so it seemed hollow, instead of powerful. 

However the show led to important conversations of what I think theater is, what it should be, and what kind of work I want to make as an artist. 

Got a third piercing in one ear. Story is in another post. But this did NOT fall under the banner of "Things That Might Make Responsible People Cringe". In this case, I was the responsible person. 

Met Jordan's friend Rachel from Wellesley, and she came over to the dorms and we all (Cleo, Jordan, Rachel and I) played cards - Oh Hell and Uno. That has been a near-weekly occurrence, and basically tells you how dorky we all are. 

Went to a Mitu/NYUAD gathering at one of the company member's apartment. It was really nice to get out of the dorms and hang out with friends I usually only see in a school/work environment. 

Saturday one of Cleo's friends was in the city, and we went to see the Highline, which is an old railway that used to run above the city, but has now been transformed into a park. Also tried Smac Mac n' Cheese. Which is spectacular.

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