Actually, TayBea, I did not belong to the Drama Club, though I WAS in a production of "
The King & I" as a chorus member, and had a blast...
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MAJORLY off-topic, though not really:
Unfortunately, I felt like I never fit in anywhere at school, and was incredibly shy, not to mention extremely self-conscious, which is never a good combination...
I was strong enough to withstand any peer pressure, though that was more due to the fact that I really did not have friends, BY CHOICE...
My friends were the teachers, who were far more important to me, as I could not care less about the kids I went to school with...
I remember in 7th grade English, we had to write a "letter" to a celebrity (which never got mailed BTW)... While everyone else was writing their letters to Madonna, Duran Duran, Freddy Goes to Hollywood, Rob Lowe, Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez, Kevin Bacon, or whomever was popular back in 1984-1985, I wrote a letter to George Morris (who is/was an Olympic-level equestrian {horseback rider}), of whom my teacher had to ask "Who is this person?" so I also to wrote one to Jason Robards, the actor...
Hmmm, if that did not set me apart from the other kids, I do not know what would!!!
If anyone knows the movie "
The Breakfast Club" I was basically a cross of of the characters that Ally Sheedy & Judd Nelson portrayed, along with a bit of '
Martha Dumptruck' from the incredible movie "
Heathers" with Winona Ryder & Christian Slater thrown in, and both '
Romy' & '
Michelle' of "
Romy & Michelle's High School Reunion" fame...
The only thing I joined while in school was the High School Bowl team, which was basically a "
Jeopardy!"-type club (but one does NOT have to answer in a question)... There was also a TV show on one of our local channels, (WTNH in CT) and all of the high schools tried out to be on the show, and in my senior year, we made it! Unfortunately, it was the only show we were on, but we were on state-wide TV, as far as I know...
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Getting back on track again,
I have always loved Broadway...
I think what got me to be such a Broadway fan is the fact that the musical "ANNIE" opened on Broadway on my birthday (4/21) in 1977, which got its start at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, CT...
http://www.goodspeed.org/default.aspx
Not only that, the dog who portrayed Sandy, was mere HOURS away from meeting its end at the local dog-pound when someone located him/her...
But I remember listening and watching FoxNews at 10pm (yes, I was still awake at that hour when I was in elementary school) that the directors needed girls to be in "ANNIE" and there were open calls for auditions... So I asked Mom & Dad if we could go, but they kept saying 'No'...
Do not forget that this was when Times Square was REALLY dangerous, even in the daytime, due to all of the hookers, strippers, drugs, and whatnot, so in retrospect, I do not blame Mom & Dad at all for saying "No"...
I saw 20 Broadway shows during Y2K, though I did see several shows more than one time, with "Jesus Christ Superstar" being the main culprit, with 5 shows, in 5 months...