"Murin learned that she was a true '80s child: a lover of Milli Vanilli, The Baby-Sitters Club books, compact discs ... and most especially, Debbie Gibson, a pop singing icon for tweens who liked their ponytails high and their concerts in malls. "I hope I get Debbie Gibson concert tickets," Murin, now a mom of two girls, wrote in a pre-birthday journal entry."
""That was like a reignition of my love for her because I was like, 'Oh my god, she's a pop star, but then she's also Belle on Broadway,' Murin gushes. 'How much cooler can you be?!' Murin may not be a pop star (yet), but she did get to be a Disney Princess, just like Gibson. She played Anna in Broadway's "Frozen" for two years. Even so, she never met her childhood idol."
"Murin credits her older sister as "the portal to all the pop culture of the time." Her sister had "the hat." "I believe in dance class that year, we somehow coerced my dance teacher to let us do a dance to 'Lost in Your Eyes,' Murin shares. "There was a lot of floor work." As she grew and began pursuing theater as a career, Murin had yet another reason to idolize Gibson: she was playing the role of Belle in Broadway's "Beauty and the Beast.""
Patti Murin rediscovered her fourth-grade journal and confirmed a deep childhood admiration for Debbie Gibson. She loved 1980s pop culture staples and most of all Gibson, even hoping for concert tickets. At age nine she received Electric Youth perfume, a prized collectible for Gibson fans. An older sister introduced her to Gibson's signature gaucho-style hat. In dance class Murin and classmates performed to "Lost in Your Eyes" with notable floor work. Gibson's role as Belle on Broadway reignited Murin's devotion. Murin later played Anna in Broadway's Frozen for two years and never met her childhood idol, prompting an Instagram plea.
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