I may have told a few of you about this, considering it was the defining moment of my entire life. But for those who do not know, get ready to be ASTOUNDED.

…..On Friday night, last week….

I met….

Bradley Greenwald.

…..what. What? You.. you don’t know who he is? You mean, unlike me, you did not sit through what an educated guess would say 20ish performancse of The Children’s Theatre Company’s production of Aladdin Jr., falling steadily in love with the awsomest version of Jafar you had ever seen? Oh the humanity! You truely missed out, my friend. Not only did this Jafar have TWO musical numbers that he handily rocked (Operatic training, oh yes), but he showed up at the back of the theatre to OUST lame-o Aladdin as a street rat, and in order to show up there he had to walk through the lobby and through the house left doors. So if I was not out in the lobby for the show, I made sure I was on house left. It was glorious. That’s all I can say.

That’s officially the only picture of him as Jafar that I can find, but if you want to know his real face, you can google search his name. A few headshots pop up, but none as glorious as the real thing, which I did glimpse this Friday at the How the Grinch Stole Christmas opening night party (he plays the Grinch, if you’d like to know). Of course, there was absolutely no way I was going to introduce myself, but that is where SUPER CREW GUY comes in. Super Crew Guy and I are homies. Well, not really but once I ushered for another play he was doing for freee. So theater homies, more like it. Anyway, SCG was all “oh yeah, we can just walk over there and I’ll introduce you. Bradley’s that kind of guy” and I was all “oh, okay tehehehehhee”. So we get up there and Bradley is talking to another woman about something SCG knows about, so I stay quiet while my heart PALPITATES FURIOUSLY.

Finally SCG goes “Oh, Bradley, I’d like you to meet my good friend Emma” and we shake hands and Bradley himself is looking at me waiting for some sort of introductory statement, and I had previously been ready to make real honest to god conversation with him – but instead all that comes out is “Uh.. ah.. hi… I usher here? And.. umm… i .. saw you in aladdinandithoughtyouwerereallygood…ahaha…” Oh my god AWKAWRD. It was soooo embarassing. SCG saved the day by introducing a REAL conversation topic and soon we were chatting amicably about the front of house staff taking the stage. It was short and still kind of embarassing, but I can now say I met him.

p.s. Bradley Greenwald is (1) way too old for me, and (2) taken by a (3) man. This I knew aaaages ago. It did not stop my love.