[DeltAlum]

Hi Jill,

Thanks for asking.

Wicked is a great show. Was Edin Espinoza playing Elphaba? She did in SF for a while, and I heard she was going back. I saw her in her first Broadway show, Brooklyn' The Musical both in New York and in its trial run here in Denver several years ago. She is absolutely amazing -- maybe even better than Idina was when I saw her in Wicked in NY, but that's saying an awful lot. Maybe I won't go quite that far.

The son got the part in "Yank, A World War II Love Story" Off Broadway.

We saw it last weekend. It was very good and so was he. He is a very talented young man.

The show is playing a limited engagement, but was just extended two weeks since it is selling well. Obviously, they hope it will move to a Broadway house, but the chances against that are astronomical due to costs, etc. It could also move to another Off Broadway venue.

He just turned down a regional Equity contract in St. Louis for this summer in hopes that he will find something better in New York. Scary, but it could happen. He's done pretty well so far. This is his fourth New York or New York area show. It would be great for him to get a Broadway show or a national tour. He's been very close to several, but the competition is staggering. He has done regional shows in Denver, Dallas, Boston, St. Louis, Oklahoma City and Wichita.

While we were in the city, we also saw Billy Elliott, Next to Normal and Memphis. The first two were good, Memphis was great! Today, we saw the National Tour of Mary Poppins here in Denver. Quite a theatre week for us.