Sister Act

Today the girls and I and our friends Dawn and Addie went to Peoria to see the national Broadway tour of Sister Act The Musical. My friend from college at Capital, Megan, is in the cast!

It was at the Peoria Civic Center.

We had great seats that Megan reserved for us!

Of course we couldn't take photos or video during the performance, but WE LOVED IT!!  We had watched the movie last night, but the musical is a hundred times better!  The story line is much the same, and even a lot of the dialogue, but there were some great changes...One, the music is all different from the old tunes in the movie, so that's good.  And, the setting is 1977 Philly, so the costumes and music are extra fun!  And, there are millions of sequins and sparkles!  It really was a great show!  

And, as I told Megan, I got teary at the end of the first act, just watching her up there!  I'm very proud of her and the beautiful way she has handled her career.

After the show, we waited for Megan in the lobby.  The art installation on the ceiling kind of reminded us Disney fans of the art in The Land in EPCOT.

The girls all loved the show, the music, the sparkles, the time together.

After a few minutes, Megan appeared!  It was SO wonderful to see her!  It's been about 13 years--since we moved away from Columbus. In college, we sang together in Chapel Choir, were in A Little Night Music and Children of Eden together, were RA's together, and she was my "little" in Phi Beta.  It's been so fun to keep in touch with her and hear about her adventures over the years, and such a blessing to see her today!

Megan got special permission ahead of time and took us all on a tour!  We got to go up on stage and see everything behind the scenes, including how incredibly heavy her nun costumes are!!  We met some other cast members, saw the wig/hair room, physical therapist, city board (where all the communication and directions and lists for the cast are kept--different at each theatre), and saw Megan's dressing room.  Megan talked with us for a while and answered all our questions about her job and life on the road.  It was really fun and interesting for all of us, and especially exciting for Addie, who is considering a career in musical theatre.  Megan was so good to us, and when we left, I realized she only had 45 minutes before the next show!  

We were hungry, but after finding Chick-fil-a closed on the campus of Bradley, we decided to head back to Bloomington to eat.  Dawn and Addie had never been to Moe's, and it's one of our favorites, so we went there.

We were trying to figure out a way to take our unfinished tortilla chips with us, and someone decided Addie should carrie them in her sweater.  She wasn't quite sure how to handle that, and we all had some good giggles...

It was really a wonderful afternoon.  So blessed to share it with my girls and great friends!