BroadwayGirlNYC: #BwayConfessions

This week I finally saw Sister Act on Broadway!  I was thrilled not only to take in the remarkable Patina Miller, Victoria Clark, and their fabulous supporting cast, but also because my attendance marked a very special milestone for me.  As of this week, I can officially say that I've seen every show currently running on Broadway!!

In my excitement, and on a complete whim, I tweeted the following:

In honor of me finally seeing Sister Act, I invite you into my confessional to release your #BwayConfessions.  Welcome, my children... 

Little did I know that I was opening up the floodgates, and that Broadway fans -- and stars! -- would take up the call and enter my humble twitter confessional.  For the next three straight hours, and sporadically over the days since, I poured over hundreds of Broadway-related admissions.  And I have to tell you, reading them has entertained me as much as Broadway can do.

Some of the confessions are moving, and some are hilarious; some contradict each other while others echo each other eerily.  Some are adorable and innocent; a few are on the darker side.  Many involve secret dreams... and a satisfying number take pride in dreams-come-true.

The below are a few of my favorites.  I hope you're as amused, touched, and inspired by them as I have been.  And don't forget to tweet your own #BwayConfessions or leave them in the comments below.

rachelanne_ Lin Manuel Miranda single handily changed my life when he wrote In The Heights.

jstephmax American Idiot changed my life

ThrlyModernLily Broadway is what saved me from having a terrible childhood.

Ladybirdplane When I first saw Alice Ripley at the Tony's I said "Finally somebody that is like me"

MorgALittle The top 25 most played songs on my ipod are all from the musical "Next to Normal"

kaylalauricella i want a henry. #nexttonormal

theatregeekk I was in love with Gavin Creel a year after I saw HAIR

HannahC1891 All my crushes are Broadway actors. Who are homosexual.

aimeeshira I've had a crush on Terrence Mann since I was 12...that's 17 years!

ElderPoptart I want to grow up to be like Brian d'Arcy James.

LucasBrady I am the next Sutton Foster

fmanda I bought a standing room only ticket to "Anything Goes" for the sole purpose of seeing Sutton Foster's legs!

kevinddaly I've listened to the original cast album of "The Light in the Piazza" more than any other.

brian_sheola I saw The Little Mermaid 17 times

aimeeshira I've seen every vampire musical they were all pretty bad

Piscesboy69 It's been 21 years since I last bought a ticket to a Broadway show.

DivahliciousTay Im obsessed with bway but ive never seen a bway show

theatregeekk I cried when I sat down in my seat before Book of Mormon.   

kadelrossi When I saw the Ragtime revival, I cried the second the curtain went up...and didn't stop crying the entire show.

BroadwayGirlNYC The first time I saw RENT, I started crying before I even got to my seat.

alicehaef90 I didn't like rent when I first saw it, but now I do!

carlient It makes me sad that Angel killed a dog, and I can't listen to "Today 4 U" because of it

JamieInNYC I buy a window card for ever show I see. My hallway looks like shubert alley.

DavidJCotter I have more Broadway window cards than wall space

BroadwayGirlNYC More than once I've picked up a plastic souvenir cup from under someone's seat, so I don't have to buy a drink to get one

heyheyhallie My signed playbills are in sheet protectors, & if you take them out I will cut a bitch.

jmallo I have a Playbill binder for every theatre season. And then one just for Next to Normal.

cindyshadrick I'm 7 months pregnant and dancing around my house to the Mamma Mia! soundtrack. 

survivorqueen i have a broadway tattoo, and i want another one.

BrittMichelle6 My only tattoo is a reference to a Broadway show. And I'm planning on getting two more musical-related tattoos.

mrtylermartins I want to get a @FolliesBroadway tattoo.

omars5 The first time I saw "In the Heights" I was very tempted to stand up and dance along with the cast!

letsjustsing06 I know all of the choreography to "Don't Break the Rules" from Catch Me If You Can. No shame. None at all.

BroadwayGirlNYC I was always tempted to do the ensemble choreography from Spring Awakening when I had an on-stage seat

actresssinger7 I ALWAYS give a standing ovation for the ensemble of a show. They're just as important as the leads.

Meg429 Not every show or performance deserves a standing ovation, and I wish they were more rare and special.

jenniferlyn620 I waited on line numerous times in all kinds of weather for hours for Memphis tickets

kfarrel3 I had no desire to see Memphis .. until I heard Adam Pascal was going to be in it.

_extraordiMARY I'm 27 & six years out of school. I still use my college ID for student rush/lotto

RehearsalBanter I love it when something goes wrong in a show to watch how the actors cover

laurabenanti I miss being on stage

nadiaquinn I am now friends with Broadway people I used to geek out over.

kateshindle Two people got kicked out of legally blonde one night for  having sex in one of the mezz boxes.

share8bway showtunes turn me on!

ThrlyModernLily Cats really creeped me out.

aimeeshira I was scared of jekkies. Petrified.   

thattimeyoufell I wouldn't know the two best people I've ever met in my life if not for theater.   

rachelanne_ I've meet my very best friends online because of broadway   

survivorqueen some of my best friends i have met through theatre   

EricRingler I have met some of the GREATEST people because of bway!!

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