The Casting Car

I understand that there are many aspiring actors/actresses in NYC. It's one of the many things that adds to the city's charm. That being said, I was rather surprised to encounter all of them in the same car of the downtown E-train at 9:30 on Wednesday evening. Seated on either side of me was a man, dressed all in black, intently reading a script. Across from me was a woman, wearing more makeup than I've ever seen on a single face, perusing a stack of her own headshots. No fewer than three young ingenues were actually delivering soliloquies out loud to the unintentional audience around them. (Actually, to be fair, only one of them was bellowing her part--the other two were muttering theirs, but super-audibly.) The best, however, was the girl who was either rehearsing for Mary Poppins, which is currently playing on Broadway, or attempting to seduce any chimney sweeps who may have been lurking on the train, as she kept on singing the chorus to "A Spoonful of Sugar" at the top of her voice, only to interrupt herself by shouting "Supercallifragillous!"
Next time I get on the E, I'll have to bring two friends with me and stage Coppenhagen.