So, Alexa was in her very first UPJ production last night, along with some of Melis' former drama students (with whom Lex is now friends--worlds were colliding). The show is The Wedding Singer and Melis and I and our friend Eric went for opening night last night. We had so much fun looking at the clothes and make-up and telling Eric all about how he was too young to appreciate all of this awesomeness. He disagreed thusly:
Eric: I can appreciate all of this!
Ali: Really? You can appreciate Justin's Flock of Seagulls hair?
Eric: I... don't know what that means.
Exactly.
In the Act I closer, Lex wore an outfit, every single component of which I both owned and wore in the 80s. Leggings (check), legwarmers (check, in every color of the Crayola spectrum because you had to match your leotard), headband (check, also in every color you can imagine, and with sparkly gold thread woven through them because the 80s were all about sparkle), and a sweatshirt with the collar cut out to mimic Jennifer Beals' iconic ensemble in the 80s masterpiece Flashdance.
Can your hear Irene Cara singing in you head right now? Isn't it wonderful?
There were also parachute pants (had 'em in black and pink, each with their own drawstring storage bag), ginormous plastic earrings in magenta and teal (oh, you'd have wept at our earring collection circa 1985), and a sequined bustier (didn't have one--would have loved one.) There was also a wonderfully clever and subtle New Edition reference that had Melis and I howling and then feeling sorry for everyone else in the audience who didn't get it. (Jen, look for it tonight!)
And then at the end of the night Justin ran past us in the parking lot and I declared, "And he ran. He ran so far away."
Melis totally got it, but we had to explain it to Eric.
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