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in celebration of my mother’s birthday, i treated her to dinner & the theatre – the color purple & dinner at a midtown turkish spot called akdeniz, a cute date place with attractive, attentive waiters.

i had lamb chops (apparently my favorite meat seeing as i eat it all the time), my mother had chicken chops. the food was good and i think middle eastern, lower adriatic food may be my favorite at the moment. i gorge on falafel, lamb, shwarmas, etc.

nothing, however, can beat maoz in amsterdam – holler at miguel for turning me onto it.

the show was phenomenal. it was feel good from start to finish so much so that i am going to run out and buy the soundtrack. the score is a healthy, heavy handed dose of gospel and other african american standards.

my mother had been looking forward to the show since its debut. a few of her sisters had seen it so she was especially excited to be able to talk about it with them. i was glad to be able to give her something she really wanted as opposed to a present out of obligation.

sophomore spring, i took a course on black women and religious expression covering primarily black women in the south and their political and social negotiations of their faith. the color purple was on that reading list along with the spielberg film adaption. i wrote my paper on womanist theology in the color purple – that is, women loving women, sexually or otherwise.

what i love most about musical theatre is that the performers are always always triple threats – singing, dancing, and acting. there is most certainly tons of raw talent overflowing on the stage.

i urge everyone to see the show.