Terri Janney makes us cry... but in a good way!

So we finish our food, and casually make our way into the theatre. It's pretty impressively packed with people. It's nice to know that so many people came to the reunion itself.


Director Fred with Bryon, Lauren, and Jenny--> right before we all go into see the show.


Slowly filing in... we're waiting to get in trouble for bringing wine into the show, but the punishment never happens. Incidentally, the real problem comes from drinking wine in a building that has been without air conditioning for hours and then sitting in the dark. Yikes!


But before that happened, we all managed to sit and act like grownups. The room was filled with all of us chatting away and figuring out plans for the rest of the night/weekend.


And then Terri started talking. At first, it was your basic list of thank yous, recognizing those who were involved. She reminded all of us how to find your light on stage. (Walk until your face feels warm, then stop.) And then she started talking about all of us. She told us all how proud she was of all of us... then recognized all the people who had traveled far to be there. She talked about Ronnie Cruz starring in Pirates of the Caribbean, and made all of her New York City Alumni stand up. Then she got choked up and talked about how we were all her children and that she was so happy to have us back again. Well. Not a freaking dry eye in the house. We're all wiping away are tears, and marveling at the fact that after all of these years, Terri can still make us cry. But this time in a different, more poignant way.

She finishes, the show starts, and we settle in for a two hour Gorelick comedy.