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Thanks to CB pal, Casey, Matt and I had a wonderful evening at the Metropolitan Opera House on Saturday night. Casey is working at the Met, and he was able to get us great orchestra center seats to see Bartlett Sher’s production of Rossini’s The Barber of Seville. Neither of us had ever been to the Met, and it is a truly spectacular venue in which to see an opera (or anything else for that matter!). The performance was wonderful--what a pleasure to see the best of the best in such an amazing setting. The performers were perfectly cast; not only did they have beautiful voices, but they also had great physicality and comic timing that brought out the light, fun tone of this opera perfectly. It was a great night!

Last night, after the weird events of the afternoon, I took in an Off-Broadway musical that has been getting a lot of buzz called The Toxic Avenger starring Diana DeGarmo of American Idol fame. It was campy, and silly, and a lot of fun . . . quite a contrast from the Met, but that's one of the great things about New York City!