Gleek

It is all Leslie's fault that I am now a Gleek.
Yes, a "Glee" geek am I, mildly obsessed with that TV dramady that is basically Freaks and Geeks with singing and dancing.
I am finally ready to admit my secret yet undying love for Broadway musicals and Glee club productions, ready to announce that yes, world, I truly love a capella groups and big choreographed events. I been in love for a long, long time, since my childhood obsession with the Fame soundtrack and most certainly since seeing Bernadette Peter's in "Annie Get Your Gun" on Broadway in 1999. I loved the "RENT" soundtrack without ever seeing it live.

Any song that requires soaring strings and arms raising in feeling: I am so there. Maybe irrationally so.

And so, you ten readers, I present to you what I consider a moment from "Glee" that astonishing: Lea Michelle (she of "Spring Awakening") and the ever-lovely Idina Menzel (the originator of Maureen in "RENT" and Ephelba in "Wicked" --I mean how much more iconic can you be) dueting on "I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Miz.
That sound you heard was my head exploding.



Sidebar: I adore Idina Menzel but also sort of hate her for being married to Taye Diggs. I have an innocent yet irrational crush on Taye Diggs.