I got to meet Broadway composer Henry Krieger today, best known for composing “Dreamgirls.” He works out at my gym, and he had an appointment with my personal trainer right after I did. The trainer introduced us. I told him that Matt plays “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going” several times a week, is obsessed with the show, and is counting down the days until the movie opens in December. He seemed genuinely flattered. After my session, I was on an exercise bike, and I heard him tell my trainer that he’s not used to getting name recognition. I’m sure he’ll be getting more recognition again once the movie comes out.

I couldn’t wait to tell Matt when I got home. Unfortunately, he was still asleep at 2 in the afternoon. Once I got out of the shower, he was awake, and I told him. He was psyched. Then he told me I had to blog about it so he could link to it. (Clearly it’s taken me a few hours.)

Now that I’ve met Henry Krieger, I need to meet the other two famous people who apparently work out at my gym: Victor Garber and the Verizon guy. (One of the desk workers at the gym asked me if I was the latter a couple of weeks ago. Must be the glasses.)