来美的第一站是水牛城。在北京长大的我真的很不适应，憋了两年就拜拜了乡土气息太浓的水牛城，一步踏入曼哈顿。当年真如刘姥姥进了大观园，走在街上的我都觉得轻飘飘地。在水牛城唯一可吃的就是闻名世界的水牛城鸡翅，可那东东也不能天天吃吧。进城后立志第一吃遍所有好吃的餐馆第二看遍所有好的百老汇轻歌舞剧。闯荡曼哈顿十年的我可以很自豪的说基本实现了。
第一个看的百老汇演出是Cats. 虽然看的时候很震撼，两个小时的载歌载舞大大饱了眼福，过后只记得一帮扮装成猫的演员在台上群魔乱舞和一两首歌。如The Phantom of the Opera这种好的轻歌舞剧其实不多，几乎每首歌都是经典。一般的只要有一两首歌就不错了。
现在虽然很少看百老汇轻歌舞剧，但是一有载歌载舞的电影我是从来不会放过地。最近看了两遍电影《悲惨世界》，印象最深的就是芳汀唱的这首歌I Dreamed A DreamI dreamed a dream in times gone by
When hope was high
And life worth living
I dreamed that love would never die
I dreamed that God would be forgiving
Then I was young and unafraid
And dreams were made and used and wasted
There was no ransom to be paid
No song unsung
No wine untasted
o song unsung
No wine untasted
But the tigers come at night
With their voices soft as thunder
As they tear your hope apart
And they turn your dream to shame
He slept a summer by my side
He filled my days with endless wonder
He took my childhood in his stride
But he was gone when autumn came
And still I dream he'll come to me
That we'll live the years together
But there are dreams that cannot be
And there are storms we cannot weather
I had a dream my life would be
So different from this hell I'm living
So different now from what it seemed
Now life has killed
The dream I dreamed
虽然Anne Hathaway演的唱的都不错但是也太杯具了。在油管里找了一下虽说苏杉大妈版最受欢迎，但是不够杯具。最喜欢的版本是这个。
可是这首歌本身还是太杯具，咋唱都没给人希望。还是回到Cats。更喜欢《Memory》这首歌。
Midnight
Not a sound from the pavement
Has the moon lost her memory?
She is smiling alone
In the lamplight
The withered leaves collect at my feet
And the wind begins to moan
Memory
All alone in the moonlight
I can smile at the old days
I was beautiful then
I remember
The time I knew what happiness was
Let the memory live again
Every street lamp
Seems to beat a fatalistic warning
Someone mutters and the street lamps gutters
And soon it will be morning
Daylight
I must wait for the sunrise
I must think of a new life
And I mustn't give in
When the dawn comes
Tonight will be a memory too
And a new day will begin
Burnt out ends of smoky days
The stale cold smell of morning
A street lamp dies, another night is over
Another day is dawning
It's so easy to leave me
All alone with my memory
Of my days in the sun
If you touch me
You'll understand what happiness is
Look, a new day has begun
虽然这首歌给人点希望，还是杯具了且有点歇斯底里怀旧的味道。今年春闺女演奏的二重奏West Side Story的一首《今夜》偶很是喜欢。这首歌唱出了对美好爱情的僮憬。
Tonight, tonight
It all began tonight
I saw you and the world went away
Tonight, tonight
There's only you tonight
What you are, what you do, what you say
Today, all day I had the feeling
A miracle would happen
I know now I was right
For here you are
And what was just a world is a star
Tonight
Tonight, tonight
The world is full of light
With suns and moons all over the place
Tonight, tonight
The world is wild and bright
Going mad
Shooting sparks into space
Today, the world was just an address
A place for me to live in
No better than all right
But here you are
And what was just a world is a star
Tonight
Good night, good night
Sleep well and when you dream
Dream of me
Tonight
