Scrappy Travels

It's hard for me to talk about just how lovely BroadwayCon is without thoroughly gushing about everyone and everything. It's just one of those things that you need to experience to really understand what makes it so wonderfully unique. However, I am going to try to give you a sense of its awesomeness by writing small samplings (vignettes if you will...) of each day of the Con, which will hopefully send you head over heels and push you to buy a ticket for next year's event! Here goes Day 1... ~ Shopping the Vendor Hall: So. Many. Cool. Things. The vendor hall is a Broadway lover's dream. Everything you can think of - tees, prints, jewelry, decals, etc. - are all there for purchasing. Last year I went hog wild, but this year I tried to keep my head. I managed to purchase a super cute Come From Away necklace (that matches my Come From Away Playbill flower headband from last year perfectly), and some decals that will need to wait until I get a new car to reveal th...

This was posted on all of Hamilton's social media feeds on Tuesday August 8th.  I'm fairly certain that the folks behind Hamilton knew exactly what they were doing when the posted it - basically working the entire fandom up into a frenzy.  What does it mean?!  How is Friday going to be, in Lin's own words, a #BitofaDay?  It's all so puzzling.   As a member of this particular fandom, I have been pondering this very idea for the last few days.  And while I may be completely off base, I do have a few ideas.  I'm pretty sure, that whatever it is, will be something I never even thought of because if there's one thing the Hamilton-crew can do, it's definitely surprising their fan-base. So, my thoughts, in no particular order but in increasing levels of ridiculousness... ~ Lin's making his return to Broadway playing the lead.  Javier Munoz is rocking the part, but maybe, just maybe Lin is missing his long locks so much that he's willing to step...