When Are You a Theater Nerd?

Hey all! So last night I was watching Les Mis with a pack of tissues as usual while being a total theater nerd. Les Mis was the show that many years ago got me hooked on theater (trust me you’ll hear more about this in a future post) and I was sobbing over “A Little Fall of Rain” I started to think when do you become a theater nerd?

Is it when your IPod becomes your own personal Broadway station, when you have more cast albums than you can count in fact you probably have multiple recordings of some from original casts to revival(s) and film versions.

Is it when all your favorite theater sites are bookmarked on your laptop and you might read them more often than actual news websites or TV stations?

Are you a theater nerd when Broadway actors become the equivalent of movie actors to most people?

You probably pride yourself-as you should for knowing who Lea Michele, Jon Groff, Aaron Tveit, Josh Gad, Idina Menzel, Kristin Chenoweth etc. were when they were working on Broadway-you were a fan from the beginning and you own it!

Is it when you have your first obsession of a show complete with signed playbills and all the merchandise that you could your hands on? I know I had a major fan girl moment when I got the opportunity to interview one of the OBC members from one of my obsession shows!

You’ve most likely only seen a few movies in theaters this past year cause you’d much rather be at the theater-in 2013 I went to see three movies:Oz:the Great and Powerful, The Great Gatsby and Frozen.

You have major fan moments when you spot a theater actor on Law and Order or any other NYC based show.

Is it when during the film version of Les Mis you were so excited to see Colm Wilkinson when most others didn’t even know who he was? You probably are more excited than most others for the revival and proudly proclaim that you know who all the leads are.

Is when you realized that you don’t know what’s new on the billboard charts but you know all the new show tunes?

Lets be real you know you’re a theater nerd when the Tony’s is your favorite day of the year-you might or might not have a countdown on your phone.

Is it when the terms, OBC, rush, lotto, TKTS and BCEFA become part of your daily vocabulary?

Is it when your bookshelf becomes filled with theater books-right now Jen Teppers “Untold Stories of Broadway” is my favorite.

Is it when you follow more theater people than you do your friends and family and Broadway Spotted, Broadwaygirlnyc and Jen Tepper become some of your favorite tweeters (and me duh lol just kidding)?

Is it when like how Carrie Bradshaw said she sometimes bought Vogue instead of dinner cause she thought it fed more you feel the same way about the theater?

Is it when your more than willing to wake up at an ungodly hour more than once to go sit in a rush line for a show that you just NEED to see?

Is it when you’ve seen a show more times than you can count but it’s just never enough?

Is it when you have to go see the OBC and then certain replacements in a show?

Is it when you start working to remember the waiters at Ellen’s Stardust Diner so that way you’ll know who they are when they make their Broadway debut?

Is it when the curtain calls make you so happy and you spend countless hours on YouTube watching Broadway videos?

I can go on and on. I know it’s different for everyone, there is no black and white reason or explanation or a definition in the dictionary. Everyone experiences theater differently and not every theater nerd lives in NYC. There is nothing that can compare to live theater and Broadway is just magical-that’s something that we all have in common. So as I finally take a breath and shut my trap tell me when did you realize that you’re a theatre nerd?

XOXO

-Bwagirl828