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And lastly (yes, I promise!), a few of my favorite off-Broadway Playbills.  Looking through my collection, I was really proud of all the random stuff I’ve seen (L-R):

• SLUT! the Musical: This musical was hilarious and starred Andy Karl and Mary Faber (before she was an Idiot).  
• The Overwhelmed - at Roundabout which starred Michael Stahl-David, who later went on to star in Cloverfield.  
• suBurbia - the revival at Second Stage which starred Kieran Culkin (as well as Michael Esper - though I totally don’t remember him in it!), and a bunch of extremely talented 20 something actors.
• The Atheist - I went to see this solely because Chris Pine was starring.  It was a one man show and I thought he did a fantastic job.  
• Spring Awakening - off-Broadway at the Atlantic Theatre Company in 2006.  We sat onstage and it was well, interesting to say the least.  I didn’t love it after the first act (I hated the microphones) but I got more into it in the second act.  Off-Broadway, John Gallagher Jr. made his entrance by popping out of the seat that was right next to my friend’s seat.  We both screamed when he popped up!
• Distracted - starring Cynthia Nixon at Roundabout.  This was a play about a mother who battles with whether or not she should be medicating her child after he is diagnosed with ADD.  Nixon is a truly fantastic actress onstage and on-screen.
• After Ashley - my first play at the Vineyard about the exploitation of tragedy in the 21st century, starring Dennis Hopper, Kieran Culkin, and Anna Paquin.  
• Some Americans Abroad - about a school group abroad in London.  I went to see it solely because Anthony Rapp was in it.  
• Walmartopia - I included this because it remains the ONLY show I’ve ever walked out of during intermission.  It was just that bad.  
• Next to Normal at Second Stage.  To say the show was in shambles and way too long is an understatement.  The second act felt like it was 3 hours long.  It had some good moments but they definitely cleaned it up for the better.
• Port Authority at Atlantic Theatre Company that starred John Gallagher Jr., Brian Darcy James, and Jim Norton.  It was… interesting.  I could’ve used a second viewing.  
• Stuff Happens at the Public Theatre.  This was a play written by David O’Hare about the events after 9/11 that lead to the Iraq War.  The title comes from when Dick Cheney was quoted as saying “stuff happens!” in response to a question about a tragedy happening.  I loved this.