I might go see "The Gates" the public art installation Elmore mentioned earlier. One of the friends with whom I saw theatre this afternoon stopped by to see it on her way to meet me. She said what she saw was beautiful. It's up for 16 days.
I had a wonderful lunch with two friends from work. We went to Nick's on 9th Avenue and had Greek food. We split an appetizer of four dips and slices of pita. Don't know what the dips were (I couldn't spell them anyway since they are Greek names). They were delicious. I had a very good spinach pie, one friend had moussaka and the other had a gyro platter. We skipped dessert. We then went to see The Musical of Musicals - The Musical! I enjoyed it just as much as I did when I saw it earlier this year. Hoorah for funny, well-done and well-written material.
My friends then departed and I had two hours before my next theatrical encounter so I had a slice of pepperoni pizza (very easy to get in New York) and a root beer soda. Then I went to the best bakery in town, The Little Pie Shop, on 43rd Street and 9th Avenue. I know Elmore and other NYers have mentioned it. I had a wonderful slice of sour cream walnut apple pie and a cup of steaming hot coffee. A wonderful way to top off good meals. Unfortunately, I then had to attend the play at Playwrights Horizons. It wasn't horrible but just let me say IMHO (in my humble opinion and others are free to feel differently) Christopher Shinn writes turgid, overwrought melodrama filled with people for whom I care not a whit. I've seen three of his plays now and I'm not as impressed as the critics. There were good actors on stage but I just sat there for 90 minutes quietly looking at my watch wondering when it would end. There was no intermission (smart people they!) so I didn't have a chance to leave. Oh, well. I've sat through worse.
I did get a ticket to Spamalot for March 1st, no discount. Oh, well. A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do. I also got a ticket for All Shook Up, the new Elvis Presley jukebox musical. I'll be seeing that March 2nd. I got a cheap ticket for that. I will be going to the ticket office on Monday afternoon to purchase my ticket for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Tickets go on sale then. I have a discount coupon but they also have low prices for the balcony, $20 so I may try for balcony seats at the Hilton Theatre(formerly known as the Ford Center for the Performing Arts home to 42nd Street and Ragtime and other shows). I saw the show in London and had a grand time. I'm looking forward to seeing how well it transfers from across the pond. I missed a chance to get a ticket for the new William Finn show, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. It got rave reviews and has sold out for the rest of it's run. It's at a subscription theatre, Second Stage and it's a limited run anyway. It only plays through March 6th. Between the raves and the subscription base all tickets are gone. The talks to move it to Broadway are in progress right now and it will probably happen soon. I saw some clips on the television reviews and it looks quite good. I will definitely see it if/when it moves.
TCB, so glad you have returned to our friendly environs!
And now, to bed.
