In the cut-throat and competitive world of theatre, it is extremely hard to find work. It is known throughout New York City, and specifically the Theatre District, that anyone aspiring to be on Broadway is always welcome on the corner of Broadway and 51st. Nestled closely to Times Square and down the block from the theatre that houses Wicked, Ellen's Stardust Diner is famous for its food and its Broadway-like atmosphere.

Brittany Pierce moved to New York City about a year ago at the age of 23. She had big dreams of making it to Broadway and being able to dance for a living. A few months and about 12 auditions later, she found out firsthand that life out of Ohio was not as easy as it seemed. However, she did manage to settle into an apartment in the East Village and began working at Ellen's about 3 months ago. It has brought nothing but positive things for her. She has met some great new friends, has been spotted by people within the business and gets to sing and dance in front of an audience.

Some of her friends that she has made include: Tina Cohen-Chang, Mike Chang, Mercedes Jones and Noah Puckerman. All, except Puck, had the same dreams of making it on Broadway in any show that would take them.

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On 53rd and Broadway, Santana Lopez found herself in yet another boring conference. She was expecting a little more excitement out of being a lawyer. She was 25 and finished law school about a year ago. She and her best friend, Quinn Fabray, moved from their hometown in Upstate New York to New York City together after they got accepted into NYU's Law School.

They no longer live together. Quinn moved in with her girlfriend of 3 years, Rachel Berry. Rachel is currently in an Off-Broadway production of RENT. Santana moved into an apartment on her own in the same building as her close friends, Kurt Hummel and Blaine Anderson.

The meeting got out earlier than expected and Santana couldn't help but rush out of the office like it was on fire.

"How pointless was that?" Quinn said, catching up to her.

"I know. If I would have known what we were in for, I would have called in today." Santana said as the two reached their shared office.

Quinn glanced down at her phone and noticed several text messages.

"Looks like Blaine, Kurt and Rach are all free now. They want to go to lunch. Wanna go now?"

"Uh, yeah sure. But can we please go somewhere new. I cannot handle having McDonalds or Applebees for the 26th time this month."

"Fine, fine. No need to whine. I'll let Kurt decide. He seems to be the only one of us who is knowledgeable about food in this city that isn't takeout or fast food."

Santana nodded in agreement and sat down at her desk. After several moments, Kurt finally responded to Quinn.

"Ok, he suggested Ellen's Diner two blocks up."

"You mean the one where they constantly sing while you are eating?"

"Yeah." Santana's face immediately scrunched up. "What? You complain if we eat at McDonalds and now you're bitching cause they sing. You live in New York near the Theatre District and besides it'll remind us of our old Glee days."

"Ugh, don't remind me. Fine, that place sounds great. What time are we going?"

"Kurt and Blaine are by Central Park and Rachel's on the train. So I don't know, we could head over in like 30 minutes."

"Perfect. I'm not really hungry now, should be by then. And plus, it gives us a little time to get some of this annoying paperwork done."

"Wow, Santana Lopez willingly being productive. Never thought I'd see the day." Quinn teased, as she dodged a pen that Santana had thrown towards her head.