You’re so good as Tony! Seeing you and Joy rehearse is so awesome. You guys are seriously the most talented people ever. And I know it’s none of my business, but seeing you guys up there together and, like, talking in between scenes makes me wicked happy. I hope you guys get back together because you deserve to and you just belong together. Me and so many other people on stage crew think that, and we think Joy could’ve played Maria better than Tara, but Anita is such a good Joy part ’cuz it’s explosive and just cooler all around. I got chosen to be the crew key keeper! I’m wicked excited ’cuz I love key chains and have a collection of them and also being in charge of the keys to the theater and music room and copy room is just so cool!
I wicked hope you will be my friend again one day. I know I messed up big time, but I’d never do anything to hurt you again. I would only wanna help you, not like you need it.
But if ya ever need anything, you know where to find me.
By the way, I will say Tara is a good baker. Her gooey double-chocolate-chip cookies were wicked good. If we had those at Fanny Farmer I bet they’d sell out.
I’m still into New Kids but not as much. Things change. I’ll always love Joey McIntyre, but I’m not, like, as obsessed as I used to be.
Keep doin’ an awesome job as Tony.
Pammy
Hey Pammy—
Things do change, and so much has changed since last fall. I noticed you were on stage crew. Good for you. That’s awesome. Yeah, if you stick with it I bet it will be a really good credit for colleges. And being crew key keeper is a big deal! Congratulations on that.
I’m really happy with how West Side is going for many reasons. And you guys on stage crew definitely have a bird’s-eye view of what goes on onstage. Joy and I are rediscovering each other in many ways. We needed our break so she could focus on Les Misérables and so I could focus on my life. But . . . well . . . let’s just say I think when two people are destined for each other nothing can get in the way of that. Sort of the theme of West Side Story. Seems everything happens when it is supposed to and for the right reasons.
Can’t imagine any favor I would need from you, but you never know. So, thanks.
Take care, and here’s a stage crew tip: Be careful around the flats after you paint them. The weight of the wet paint sometimes makes them fall.
Matt Bloom
Dear Matt,
Thanks again for taking the envelope. You are a world-class GOOD FRIEND. You have no idea how good NOT having that in my house is for me and the town itself.
Getting to be Maria is such a savior for me, Matt. And I just totally relate to her. She is in love with someone she shouldn’t technically be in love with. But the heart wants what the heart wants. And what Maria wants is dangerous, and she knows her friends look down on it, and she knows that the entire town would freak out if she were to go the distance with Tony. But guess what, Matt? Maria is a strong woman, and she doesn’t care what anyone thinks. Tony is the only one in the world that makes her feel alive, and by hook or by crook she is gonna let herself fall for him. I think Maria is as surprised by this revelation as anyone. She was just livin’ her life, layin’ out her plans. She could never have expected this guy from the other side of the tracks just poppin’ into her world and rearrangin’ her entire blueprint.
I noticed that giant Freshman note-thief Pam girl on stage crew. As the main lead in West Side I have a lot of power (although I don’t think of it as power as much as I consider it leadership), but you give me the word and I will have her escorted out of the theater. Is she bothering you? Is her presence in our sacred space an everyday reminder of darker times? You tell me, Matt. Whatever you need me to do, please do trust I will do it and how.
I will say I am pleasantly surprised by Joy’s talent. She is pretty darn good. I can’t say if she has a future in the performing arts, but she’s not half-bad. Are you guys gettin’ along okay? I see you crackin’ jokes and havin’ conversation, but I know you so friggin’ well and I know that you are just kind (especially to third leads). I am pretty sure her name won’t be above the title on our playbills, but I will check on that just to be sure. And if you absolutely don’t want her name above-title like our names, gimme the signal and I will take care of that. She did dump you, and although you were evolved about it, a dump is a dump is a dump no matter how you slice it.
Tickets for Prom go on sale soon. Did you see the banner in the hallway for it? The theme is “Hold On to the Nights.” Not sure if you recall, but that’s one of the songs I had put on the Camel Lot mix I made you.
I wonder who I’ll go with now that I’m single? Kurt Cutter is wicked hot, don’t you think? Hmmm . . . who will I go to Senior Prom with? Would you ever in a million, billion years go to a Senior Prom as a
