Broadway posts

Broadway plays that caught my attention:

• Fifty Percent, a story that is both modern and ancient tells of a lonely widow, named Bea, who meets a man in a Ballroom, and is quickly consumed with adoration.  After pursuing an interest, she shortly after discovers that this man is married with kids. Although, Bea was content with having an affair with him because according to her, she would "rather have fifty percent of him, or any percent of him, than all of anybody else at all." Bea realizes that she does not live the stereotypical lifestyle of a wife to him, she realizes that even though she does not wear his last name or iron his shirts, she can live with content knowing she has fifty percent of him. The story told is common; love affairs are endlessly prevalent and Bea is a strong woman for that. She found love one other time to the man she was married with, however when he died she found love once again to a married man. After all, we can't help who we love. 

• Meet Me in St. Louis, a 1989 musical that is based on a 1944 film of a family living during the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. This is a story of an upper middle class family that lives in St. Louis, Missouri. The spotlight of the film is of the family moving to New York; the father, thinking this would be a good idea and that everyone would be happy was clearly amiss. The four sisters are undoubtedly upset, in fact one of the older sisters sings an iconic song, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, to her younger sister basically telling her not to worry and trying to convince her that it might be fun! Although in the end, it is decided that the family will not go to New York based on how upset everyone was. This story goes to show you that no matter where you are, if you are safe, you will be okay! The Smith family would have been merry and bright in New York together all though everything ended up working out in the end.