Twitterive Draft 3
I could feel the fear rising in my chest.
It starts off with an intense tightness, making it hard to breathe. I can feel my hands and legs grow numb with fear as I grip the armrest of the New Jersey Transit train. Whenever the train goes over a switch, this is the first thought going through my head: |
I don't like trains. This may be because I feel a lack of control. I know that they are safe, because my ex boyfriend (who was a train geek) told me it was almost impossible for them to derail on their own. That didn't stop the
from gripping me. It got worse whenever the train would go over a track switch, because it rocks the train.
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SOLUTION
The Show
However, today would be different.
Since the time I saw Hugh perform as the Phantom, I had seen the show 5 other times, but with different Phantoms. I had also attended the Bucks County Cabaret where he had performed many songs from various shows, including "Music of the Night."
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I was ecstatic to finally meet my first Phantom, though I was upset because he had left the show a year previously to pursue the lead in Anne Rice's Lestat, which was a musical scored by Elton John.
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Stage Door
Past and Present
For many people, this might not have been a big deal. After all, Broadway actors are just people. But Hugh Panaro is so much more to me. He is my first, favorite, and quite likely the last, Phantom. He has made me cry and feel the Phantom's heartbreak more than anyone else ever has, and he has my utmost respect and devotion because of it. The Phantom's last line in the "Final Lair" is "It's over now/The Music of the Night." And for Hugh and I, it really is over, but it was the best time of my life. |
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