There I was. Thursday night, 7:30 pm. Back entrance of the Natural Museum of Natural History (UWS) in Manhattan, baby, Manhattan.
At long last, the seatfilling gig came to fruition! Talk about A-list!! Several thoughts:
*first, there is nothing like walking backstage. A certain adrenalin rushes through me as I walk past the green room, the press room....AHHHHH!!! "I SO BELONG HERE!" I say to myself in all caps!
*as we hear the dealio on the 4-1-1 on Seatfilling (speak when spoken to, how to gracefully get in and out of a seat, yada yada), I am pumped.
*we enter the small theater and low and behold yours truly scoots to the fifth row, stage right. SCORE! And to think, at the time I didn't know that would be my home for the next three hours!!
*I chat it up w/ my seatfilling peeps as the guy behind me somehow snuck into the cocktail party pre-show, as we hear Anderson Cooper start the show while the production folks tell us when to applaud, we get to see the behind the scenes, etc.
*as for the musical guests? Sheryl Crow, Mary J. Blige, Norah Jones & Wyclef Jean. Among the celebs were Sarah Duchess of York, Jimmy Smits, and I can't recall since I'm desensitized to the celeb factor. All I know is the show honored every day heroes doing extraordinary things.
That's all I have to say. In essence, it was a truly amazing night, a seatfilling gig like no other (in case you're wondering this isn't a paid gig but to enjoy a live awards show like that, well, it's kinda priceless).
