Every Brilliant Thing
Well I made it to New York (from London) to see Mariska in Every Brilliant Thing for the Saturday shows (yesterday). This was instead of a party for my 60th. I was initially coming just for one show but thought what the hell, I’m here to see the show so may as well see it twice.
What a wonderfully talented lady she is. Yes we know that already. But to see her in an entirely different role to that of Olivia Benson!!
I am so delighted to have been able to see her. For show 2 I had stage seating, front row. Not only did I get given a card to read out with about 5 lines of writing, she used my pen in the show, and without giving the story away, the guy who played her ‘love interest’ had the seat next to him cleared so Mariska sat next to him briefly but as I was on the other side, she was sitting next to me too!! 😃. I got a high five too (as did a lot of people)! I saw her arrive at the theatre in the morning and said good morning and she acknowledged me then too. She did come out at the end of the later show to see people queuing hopefully to see her and get an autograph. It was hot and been a long day and the queue was huge so nobody had any autographs signed but she thanked us all and then left the theatre.
A gracious lady. I had no expectations other than to be in the audience and couldn’t have picked better seats for this show. Everything else that happened was a complete bonus.
Well done Mariska. Fabulous performances, you sure have some great dance moves and you are a highly intelligent and very talented actor.
It will be strange to see you back as Olivia Benson on the tv screen.
Very thankful to have experienced this.
I now have to get back to reality and deal with cancelled flights due to the weather and hope I can return to UK later this evening.