“I’m heading to… um.. wait a sec, I think I know where I’m going…”
- Posted on 30th March 2011
- in Actor's Life, Broadway Shows, Broadway Usher's Life, Inspirational, Screenwriter's Life
- by jeffgoldstein
This past week I saw two shows on Broadway: WONDERLAND, a new Frank Wildhorn musical, a modern retelling of ALICE IN WONDERLAND; and CATCH ME IF YOU CAN based on the film with Leo DiCaprio and brought together by the creative team from HAIRSPRAY. Both shows had their lead on a journey. In WONDERLAND, Alice, separated from her husband had to find her way out and back to her daughter. In CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, Frank Abagnale Jr. the 17-year-old con artist and forger was looking for a secure family life as well as being on a constant run from the FBI agent vowed to catch him, Carl Hanratty (I must add a top-notch performance by Norbert Leo Butz exploding in a musical number titled “Don’t Break the rules”).
What I’m getting at here is we are all on a journey, and only a small percentage of us actually know what that journey is. We all have general journeys of working, paying our bills, and securing a retirement life for our golden years… but speaking in detail… what is your journey?
I can help by adding… my journey, is first to grow as a person. Hey Jeff! That’s to general, it belongs in the paragraph above.” OK, I’ll accept that, moving on… my journey is to be as best a screenwriter I can be and sell a screenplay or two or more. But wait! I have another journey, to be a popular blog writer. I also want to write a book, I’m also open to acting again, Wait I also am exploring a detox cleanse to help me shed a few pounds.
What’s happening here is we all have MANY journeys. Some intertwine, some not. But sit back, and think, think about the journeys you are on… where you are headed, what you are involved in. Sometimes just thinking about something and reminding ourselves why we are here… gives us a clearer picture of who we are and how we fit in.
Smiling in NYC.
-Jeff
Tags: Alice, Broadway, Broadway theatre, Catch Me If You Can, Frank Abagnale, Frank Wildhorn, Jose LLana, Karen Mason, Leonardo DiCaprio, New York City, Norbert Leo Butz, wonderland
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