it's a hard knock life

I love musicals! This weekend I went and saw Hairspray downtown at the Civic Center. It is a very entertaining story about a girl, Tracy Turnblad, who dreams of dancing on the Corny Collins show. She doesn’t let anything get in the way of her dreams. Along the way she falls in love with the cutest male cast member of the show, wins the Miss Teenage Hairspray competition and takes some courageous steps in the fight against segregation. There’s nothing that singing, dancing, big hair and lots of hairspray can’t solve!

I wish real life could be more like how it is on stage. Wouldn’t it be great if you could just break out into song when you’re feeling happy or sad? On stage it looks so easy. When someone has something to say they just start singing about it. The other person or people around join in. They harmonize and dance and everyone lives happily ever after. If only life were that easy…