Okay, so this has been bugging me and I doubt that I'll be able to sleep without saying something about it.

Why Thoroughly Modern Millie is now my second-favorite Broadway show:

- it's classic Broadway, big band and sweeping orchestras and all

- there's tap dancing! don't see that now-a-days

- the Roaring 20's is enough to get me hooked!

- romantic, Pretty Woman-style couple with Beauty & the Beast-style coincidences

- there're at least two songs that're partially/completely in Mandarin while still maintaining the big-band, jazzy sound! yeah!

- Lea Salonga/ Jessica Alba-esque lead actress

- sexy-ass lead actor (who, sadly, was the lead for Honk!)

- crescendos of swelling emotion in every-other song

- no goddamn Julie Andrews to spoil the songs

- George Gershwin is actually in this one (!)

and last but not least:

- a message about the strength and power of l'amour

One of the best things about musicals: true love can exist. In the real world the chances of finding someone are few and far in between, but when there's someone out there holding the pen/ typing on the keyboard, fate tends to lend to a lot more coincidences than normal.

Plot twists galore, baby!

Consider it a heightened sense of reality where emotion is magnified ten fold. Just like a surreal Bollywood feature, the characters get out all the emotions of their entire lives in a short three hours (including intermission). But the true beauty of Broadway is in performing, not merely sitting back and allowing yourself to ease into the music.

To be there, under the bright stage lights in full costume wearing about an inch of stage make-up singing and screaming and twinkling as loudly as you can when the music hits its fortissimo. It's not only a complete adrenaline rush, but a great way to let out every bit of agression.

... well, for me anyways.

::looks around::