We left with Larry about 4 or 5 hours later to take the subway up to the TKTS booth to see what shows were available. Of course, you can guess that we went to BYE BYE BIRDIE. Even though I'd heard negative things, I do love Bill Irwin so I had to go. I was glad, too, because it made me realize what stellar singers are in the cast of FINIAN'S RAINBOW. This show was obviously cast on star power, not vocal power. (Although I will say that Gina Gershon sang better than I expected and looks nice in lingerie.) John Stamos was pretty dreadful and hammed it up. I did like the sets, and the costumes were a little weird the way they were color coded, but it wasn't that bothersome. Conrad had no charisma and a weak voice; I'm not sure where they got him. Bill had his moments; singing wasn't one of them but he had a lot of great physical comedy. Afterwards we met him outside and he said that he didn't know what he was going to do next...I guess they hadn't expected the show to close that soon either. But he said it was a really fun show to do and he was going to miss it.
Oh, between buying tickets and the show, we had a nice Thai dinner at Pongi on 48th. I had been there a few times when I was mixing a film at Sound One, and had forgotten how good (and cheap!) it was.
Then we came home and opened our bottle of champagne and watched the first reel of our baseball film. I had been saving Greg because I value his opinion so much that I wanted him to see it with a fresh eye. But now the champagne is winning and we're crashing.