One-Woman Inspiration

I spent most of the day roaming around my old stomping grounds on the streets of Philadelphia with my boyfriend. On our way to get cheese steaks at my favorite joint on South Street, I took him on a mini tour of my old college, The University of the Arts, which is right in the center of it all along the "Avenue of the Arts" on Broad Street.

Once through the front doors of the main building, a whole heap of memories came flooding back. I don't think I had walked the halls of my school since graduation. Yikes! Being back really got me to thinking about the good 'ol days and where I started on my journey to "stardom."

Upon our return to New York later in the evening, we decided to go to a friend's one-woman show at The Zipper Theater - probably one of my new favorite venues in the city. This place has a really cool burlesque/vaudevillian vibe (and I don't even like using the word "vibe".)

The show was what I would call a one-woman character Cabaret which has evolved over the past year or so every time something new happens to this character in her love life. Going into it, I was hoping that seeing this one-woman show would spark some ideas and inspire me to get my own one-woman show up and running. After all, everyone else in this town seems to have a one-man or woman show - why shouldn't I? :-)