I was watching Every Little Step, the documentary following the casting of the revival of A Chorus Line, and I cried about fifteen times. WTF?

Well, pretty much every song in the show makes me cry. "What I Did for Love" is ~overdone, but it gets me every time.

Shows to see this season:

• Hamlet (Broadway; opens October 6)
• A Steady Rain (Broadway; opens September 29)
• Ragtime (Broadway; opens November 15)
• A Little Night Music (Broadway; opens December ?)
• As You Like It (BAM; opens January 2010)
• The Tempest (BAM; opens February 2010)

I am doubly excited about the last two since they star Stephen Dillane, a seriously brilliant and underrated actor.

I saw Billy Elliot last night! Fuck da haters, I thoroughly enjoyed it (despite some really crappy tunes from Sir Elton) and David Álvarez was absolutely phenomenal.

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Leave me a comment and I will give you a letter. Then, write 10 things that you love starting with that letter. Post the list in your journal. Give out letters to your commenters in return.

sprawl gave me the letter D.

1. Doctor Who
For all its banal melodrama and moments of sheer "WTF," this is my all-time favorite show.

2. Dresses
I don't wear them often, but putting on a great dress makes you feel so confident!

3. Dr. Pepper
I actually used to despise Doctor Pepper until a year or so ago, but now it's secured its place as my favorite soft drink along with Coke.

4. (Interior) design
Interior design is my guilty pleasure; I can honestly say that I have over one hundred magazines dedicated to it.

5. Dick
This movie is such a fucking trip, but it is hilarious! My friends who didn't know a lot about Watergate and the subsequent fallout thought it was idiotic, but my mom and I adored it.

6. Antonín Dvořák
One of my favorite composers. His Piano Quintet in A is unbelievably beautiful.

7. A Devil to Play
This book chronicles the very entertaining quest of Jasper Rees, a British journalist, to conquer the French horn, despite not having touched it since high school, and perform at a festival in the span of only one year. As someone involved with music, this has given me so many "I've been there!" moments.

8. Danishes
I made a mean fruit danish in Home Ec. class.

9. DCI (Drum Corps International)
I'm a marching band nerd, so shoot me... But really, DCI is incredibly cool and even those not involved with it find it fascinating. Phantom Regiment 4eva!

10. Hugh Dancy
Gorgeous. Need I say more?

This fall is going to be so very expensive for me! A Little Night Music, Hamlet with Jude Law, After Miss Julie, and now Ragtime! I'm thrilled about all of these, but my bank account is going to be quite upset.

Guess who has tickets to South Pacific on March 8 and Billy Elliot on June 30? These are the only shows on Broadway I've been burning to see, so if I have to spend exorbitant sums... Whatever.

I think I'm going to apply to Columbia's summer programs, either Language and Identity: A Socio-Linguistic Exploration of Accents, Dialects, Slang, and Grammar or American Presidential Power at Home and Abroad: From George Washington to Barack Obama. The application is due February 15, so hopefully my 2nd-quarter grades are noteworthy.

( Apparently I remember 90% of 2008. )