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Tue | June 20, 2006

John Lloyd Young

On the back page of the Playbill from Macbeth, I saw an ad for Jersey Boys. At the top of the ad, praise for John Lloyd Young. I recognized the name-- he starred in Sweeney Todd, which Alenka and I attended as ushers. This was back in '98. He was great even then. He just had amazing energy. I don't usually remember names of people unless I talk to them. The fact that I remember his name shows what an impact he had. I almost met him-- I went up to the stage after the show, but then turned around because I didn't really have anything to say. That was the excuse, rather. I turned around because he was so great and I didn't feel like I brought anything to the table, any reason for him to talk to me.

And now he's this famous person. He won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical, and The Jersey Boys won Best Musical. I'm happy for him, even though it makes me feel worse about myself. He deserves all these accolades. I could extrapolate from that Sweeney Todd performance that he is a great person. On top of it all he's supremely cute. Oh and he's been in New Jersey in recent years. He did a play at Paper Mill Playhouse, which is just two towns over from where I live.

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