Good morning, all! I need new shoes.
This morning, I return to Toyland to continue packing up the place. Our latest info is that the lease should be finished by tomorrow or the next day and we can move this weekend. I will believe this, of course, when it happens, but -whatever occurs now - we have to be packed up for the movers.
Yesterday was quite a long day: After five hours of edits, I stood in line for forty minutes at the main post office to mail HARRY POTTER to Charlotte, only to learn that an overnight delivery on Sunday, which cost $24.00 would not arrive until Tuesday. I think this is criminal, but I had no other options but to go with it. While I was waiting, an older black gentleman keeled over, taking several of the current equivalent for velvet ropes with him. I have no idea if it were the heat or the long standing in line. The emergency crew took about 15 minutes to arrive and they were tending to him when I left. I got around 3:30, had to wait 30 minutes for a neighbor to use the laundry room, and I finished up my laundry about 6:30. After that I watched the final three episodes of UPSTAIRS DOWNSTAIRS Season 4.
TOD: the first major outdoor production I remember fondly is the original Public Theatre cast of PIRATES OF PENZANCE twice in Central Park. The Broadway transfer was fun, but the production in the Park was the perfect end to a hot summer day. The only thing I've enjoyed nearly as much was the revival two years ago of the musical TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA. In this case, in which I saw the original production after it had moved to Broadway, the original cast was superior, but the revival was one of the better revisicals I've seen.