I'm a Gleek!

Somehow I joined the Glee bandwagon a bit late in the game, but once I discovered the show (near the end of the first season), I was hooked. It's like the show was designed with my interests in mind: teen dramas and musicals! What's not to love?!

When I discovered that the Glee Live tour was coming to my area, I decided that I just had to go. Unfortunately, my Glee compatriots at work had a previous engagement, and D was busy running in a charity run, so I went by myself. It was SO worth it.

I arrived before the doors opened (after taking car, train, and bus to finally arrive at the Izod center) and enjoyed observing the many different costumes I saw in the crowd. The crowd was largely filled with teenage girls, their parent or guardian, and gay men. I was part of the larger-than-expected minority of frum 30-somethings that I saw wandering around.

The opening act was the Legion of Extraordinary Dancers, a group of dancer-acrobats who entertained for a while. They were good, but it was clear that nobody in the crowd was there to see them perform! As soon as they finished, some movie producers came on stage and announced that the concert was going to be filmed for the Glee 3-D movie coming to a theater near you this summer. They had the crowd do a few exercises that they filmed for the movie, and there were cameras and sound guys EVERYWHERE. Pretty cool.

The Glee show itself was nothing short of AWESOME!!! The cast, including Sue Sylvester, was all performing in character, and they performed nonstop for about 90 minutes, then finished with 4 encores. A real highlight was when Gwyneth Paltrow made a surprise appearance and performed Cee Lo with the cast. I was up, out of my seat, busting a move and screaming my head off. This, I have realized, is a great reason to go to a silly concert by yourself. Even if the lovely gentlemen next to me thought I was a lunatic, I will never see them again! The dancing and singing were fabulous. The energy was great. The whole night was just perfect (except for getting stuck in construction traffic on the West Side Highway and getting home after 1am).

There's something about Glee that just makes me truly happy and inspired. It may be a cheesy tv show, but it's feel-good and happy and fun. I can't wait til next year's concert!