來美的第一站是水牛城。在北京長大的我真的很不適應，憋了兩年就拜拜了鄉土氣息太濃的水牛城，一步踏入曼哈頓。當年真如劉姥姥進了大觀園，走在街上的我都覺得輕飄飄地。在水牛城唯一可吃的就是聞名世界的水牛城雞翅，可那東東也不能天天吃吧。進城後立誌第一吃遍所有好吃的餐館第二看遍所有好的百老匯輕歌舞劇。闖蕩曼哈頓十年的我可以很自豪的說基本實現了。
第一個看的百老匯演出是Cats. 雖然看的時候很震撼，兩個小時的載歌載舞大大飽了眼福，過後隻記得一幫扮裝成貓的演員在台上群魔亂舞和一兩首歌。如The Phantom of the Opera這種好的輕歌舞劇其實不多，幾乎每首歌都是經典。一般的隻要有一兩首歌就不錯了。
現在雖然很少看百老匯輕歌舞劇，但是一有載歌載舞的電影我是從來不會放過地。最近看了兩遍電影《悲慘世界》，印象最深的就是芳汀唱的這首歌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
雖然Anne Hathaway演的唱的都不錯但是也太杯具了。在油管裏找了一下雖說蘇杉大媽版最受歡迎，但是不夠杯具。最喜歡的版本是這個。
可是這首歌本身還是太杯具，咋唱都沒給人希望。還是回到Cats。更喜歡《Memory》這首歌。
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
雖然這首歌給人點希望，還是杯具了且有點歇斯底裏懷舊的味道。今年春閨女演奏的二重奏West Side Story的一首《今夜》偶很是喜歡。這首歌唱出了對美好愛情的僮憬。
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
