Personal Narrative: My First Broadway Show

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I’ve always been a creative person since I was born, but it wasn’t until August 14, 2013, that I really understood that part of me. That day changed me for the better it was the day I saw my first Broadway show. It was the day I fell in love with the “city that never sleeps”, New York City, Times Square to be exact. A couple months prior I had really been invested in the show Wicked. I guess seeing musicals on broadway was the hit thing, because I became obsessed. Broadway shows just seemed like this magical experience like Disney World or Christmas. Then one day my father had gave in. “Alright sweetie, I booked the tickets we are going to New York, we’ve never gone and we are going to see that musical you said you wanted to see Wicked.” “Really?” …show more content…

Before intermission the famous song “Defying gravity” played and at the end I had risen from my seats and gave a standing ovation and we were only half way through! It was amazing everything was so beautiful the costumes, the dances, especially the set. I don’t know what it was about the sets but they were was done so detailed. The set wasn’t the only thing that sparked my interest I was always wondering how they did that scene how she flew into the air like that? How did she come down from the ceiling? How did she change so fast? The whole walk home, I had gushed to my mother about how astonishing Wicked …show more content…

In that moment, I knew I was going to become a theater nerd, not fully immersed but I’m getting there. After “Wicked”, I then saw what till this day is my favorite musical, “The Lion King”. And then to my surprise, not even half a year later, because of my love of the show and how much it changed my views of art, my dad said we would see it again in December. He realized how much musicals affected me, both my parents had. In seeing it the first time I had chosen that I wanted a future in the arts because of how much this musical influenced

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