Well, Skip made it back from his San Francisco/Sacramento travels, the only problem being a delay on the second leg of the trip from Houston to Newark.
As to the time machine, I would travel back to anywhere Ethel Merman was doing GYPSY, whether on Broadway or on tour, assuming I could get a ticket. That's been the theatrical experience that I've most wished I could have seen. I guess it would be nice to see it in New York on a Wednesday or Saturday, so that i could catch another show, but if I could see Merman in GYPSY I wouldn't be picky about the other trappings.