I was writing a reply to someone else's blog then realized that it could be a blog post of my own.

I went up to see 9 to 5 the musical last weekend, Music and Lyrics by Dolly Parton.  The BF is a lover of Dolly, owns her CDs, and attends her concerts so he bought tickets ages ago and was the general funder of this trip to NY. 
As for the show, Alison Janney was great and stood out even with her spoken singing part.  Girl can't sing, but they wrote the part so she barely had to.  The other people blended into the production and Alison Janney was larger than life in a good way. 

I have to say I was conflicted.  I felt all sorts of envy because we couldn't go see more shows and the show I was seeing was practically ignored by the Tonys.  It ended up being great but I still wanted to see Alice Ripley in Next to Normal or Billy Elliot.  I want to get there soundtracks because if 9 to 5 was ignored they must be fantastic.

I did see two of the stars (Steven Pasquale and Marin Ireland) of the Neil LaBute play Reasons to be Pretty in the Starbucks across the street from their theater, the Lyceum.  We were chilling before seeing 9 to 5 and they were grabbing coffee before the show.  My BF said that the guy in line looked stoned and scruffy.  I agreed and then watched him and a girl walk straight into the theater next door.  Yay brush with fame.