The last couple of days have been Crazy...and now it's Opening Night! Yes, it's opening night!

I cannot honestly believe that Opening Night is finally here. On one hand, it feels like it's been a long time since I found out I had gotten into the Festival, and on the other: No time at all.

Part of me has been counting the days until this night, and part of me doesn't want it to come, so that this experience never ends (sort of like Christmas...).

But it came, just the same! (btw, does anyone ever get all these recursive references?)

How can I explain what this experience has meant to me? That despite the ups and downs, ins and outs, the forwards and backwards, there is nothing I would rather be doing. How can I really express how touched I am at all the support and encouragement I've received? And then there's the good old fashioned FUN I've had living and working on my musical in New York!

Because this is a festival, today is a long day. All festival shows tech and open on one day (which is certainly not the case on Broadway!) So I'll take a moment to say kudos to the creative team and cast who are running this marathon!

And here is my note that appears in our "Planebill". I think I summed it up pretty well:

A NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR

PLANE CRAZY opening on 42nd Street in New York City! A dream come true.

These last few months have been an emotional whirlwind of excitement, fun, hard work, and amazing collaboration. I have tried to savour each and every moment.

PLANE CRAZY is a very personal story about the challenges that women face as they are pulled between the demands of motherhood and opportunities of a career. I set Plane Crazy in America of the 1960s...the optimism and spirit of those times has always appealed to me, and it gave me an opportunity to really explore my four favorite aspects of that decade: the emergence of Feminism; the dawn of the Jet Age; the Golden Age of advertising; and the general explosion of pop art and culture. Writing PLANE CRAZY was a real labor of love, and seeing it come to life on the stage has been incredibly rewarding.

I have to thank everyone who believed in me, challenged me, and expected great things of me and wouldn't settle for less. My producers Michael Rubinoff and Kendra Bator who were willing to take the time to develop this project properly. My amazing creative team and cast who have worked tirelessly on my baby. My investors who were willing to put their money where my heart is. And NYMF for having such good taste.

But most of all I have to thank my greatest fans -- my family. My mom, my two beautiful daughters Myrna and Trinity and my wonderful husband Grad. Without their love, inspiration, and unconditional support, PLANE CRAZY would still be just an idea flying around in my head.

PLANE CRAZY is dedicated to my father, Thomas Ibronyi, who first introduced me to the excitement and glamour of transatlantic air travel at age five.

SUZY CONN

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