NYC for the Holidays! Marm and Reiki's adventure
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Juju2bigdog | Monday, December 22, 2003 - 12:35 pm     Well, sheesh, Marm, we also WANT to see a picture of you and Sandra. I knew the one with the Survivor logo on her butt was Marm, but wasn't sure who the one on the right end (so to speak) was. I correctly guessed Yankee and Maris. |
Foliage | Tuesday, December 23, 2003 - 09:39 pm     Dragging the kids and dh to NYC 12/25-12/30 as well Marm! Also meeting Grandma and asst. in-laws from St. Louis as well. I'm not sure the in-laws know how fast we walk and how many shows we see when we finally make it to the city! We have tickets to Wicked & Hairspray. Hope to find reduced price tickets for Avenue Q,& Gypsy or Millie. I'm so excited, the kids and I even wrote some Wicked fan mail today. This will be our best Christmas ever! |
Schoolmarm | Wednesday, December 24, 2003 - 05:40 am     Foliage....is your profile pic from a production of the Music Man? I'm originally from Iowa, (well, and Illinois) and have been in the Music Man multiple times! I'm SOooooo jealous that you already have tix to Wicked! I'll be in the lottery line 2.5-2 hours before every curtain until I'm successful! Gypsy is incredible! Avenue Q, Gypsy and Millie were all on the TKTS board last week, and this week. Millie only sold 38% out last week. Millie and Little Shop of Horrors are my backups. If you want to meet, I'm available between 12:30 and 5:30 on Christmas Day, and also in the morning on Friday and Saturday....but I will have to be in line to get tix, and I wouldn't mind seeing the Rockettes at Radio City! I know about dragging Grandma around. I took my folks (from downstate Illinois, just 2 hours north of St. Louis) to NYC for my 40th birthday! We saw a revue show (and Charo cooochee cooed my Dad) and Kiss me Kate and Phantom of the Opera. Mom was highly noticeable in her bright tourquoise cape! Can't believe that Dad went to all the shows with me! Maybe I'll see you on the TKTS line. I have a purple umbrella! LOL! |
Yankee_In_Ca | Wednesday, December 24, 2003 - 09:50 am     Hey, everyone. We're still in NYC -- and I will post my pictures and give my FULL report once I'm back on my computer (and not in internet cafes) next week! So far, we've done a lot of walking and hanging out -- went to see Henry IV, incredible -- had lovely dinners at Tao, Lupa, Gramercy Tavern and Mercer Kitchen. We went to the movies twice! -- saw Mystic River and the Lord of the Rings: ROTK for the SECOND time. Hung out at the dog run in Washington Square Park, and generally had a great time. Will write more later! Still really glad I met Marm, Reiki, Secretsmile, Ginger and Maris -- really wish I had more time with each of them.... Sasman, I didn't know you live in NYC -- would have LOVED to have met Jack! |
Schoolmarm | Wednesday, December 24, 2003 - 09:59 am     Foliage---I had the wrong show...Sound of Music, I bet for your pic! Yankee...sounds like you are having a BLAST! I'll be back tomorrow morning! |
Foliage | Wednesday, December 24, 2003 - 06:19 pm     Yep, Sound of Music, daughter #2 & I did it this summer. I'll look for you in the tickets line. We probably won't get checked in until 5-ish. Would it be rude of me to abandon the Missouri crowd to try for a show Christmas night? I'm worried there won't be much at tkts being a major tourist week. I see you are a music prof, what is your instrument? I play flute, daughter oboe and we all sing. Speaking of singing off to choir warm-ups in an hour for midnite service. |
Schoolmarm | Wednesday, December 24, 2003 - 06:43 pm     Foliage, I'll be in the TKTS line for EVERY show unless I get the lottery tix for Wicked. I go to Wicked at 5:30 for the 6:00 lottery drawing, and then to TKTS if I'm not successful. There is also standing room tix if things are selling out. Nah, I wouldn't feel guilty about ditching your folks for a show!!! I teach music education and pipe organ. I just got done playing for candlelight services. Feel like I've run a marathon, but I feel great! I'm going to the 11am service at St. Thomas in NYC, if I can get on the road at 4 or 5 am! |
Reiki | Wednesday, December 24, 2003 - 08:24 pm     Drive safe Marmie. Good luck in the lottery. I'll be watching for you on the Times Square webcams. |
Foliage | Wednesday, December 24, 2003 - 09:59 pm     Still up from candlelight service as well. Drive safe and good luck on the lottery. Ave.Q has a lottery as well that I may try for Sun. or Mon. Lots of normally "dark" shows are open Mon. I surfed into St Thomas website, I may try to worship there Sun. They actually have a choir school, amazing. We had a Royal School of Church Music program for our choristers (eventhough we are Presbyterians)up until we lost our organist. TVCH needs a special hat or something so that we can recognize each other! |
Schoolmarm | Thursday, December 25, 2003 - 07:01 pm     No luck on the Wicked lottery, so I got in the TKTS line and got the RADIO CITY Spectacular for under $40! Whoo Hoo... It's not as crowded here today as last week. Gotta run, it's pay per minute here! Having a FABULOUS time! |
Juju2bigdog | Thursday, December 25, 2003 - 07:38 pm     Yay, Marm! Glad you made it there after your late start. You are an inspiration to us all. |
Schoolmarm | Friday, December 26, 2003 - 10:01 am     I'm a WINNER!!!! I'm going to see Wicked in an hour!!Front row tix for $25 in the lottery. Fourth time is a charm! WHOO HOOO! NYC is not as crowded this week, and there are FABULOUS shows and short lines at TKTS. Went to the Toys R Us after Christmas sale, nephews and nieces will be happy! Trying for Chicago with Patrick Swayze tonight. It's up right now for 50% off the matinee. Also need to see Urinetown. Don't ask! Hugs to everyone! |
Lancecrossfire | Friday, December 26, 2003 - 10:08 am     WTG DR. Marm!!! Have a great time. |
Pamy | Friday, December 26, 2003 - 12:36 pm     WOW! that is so cool!! Enjoy tonite! |
Juju2bigdog | Friday, December 26, 2003 - 01:35 pm     Yay Marm!!! Front row!!! |
Twinkie | Friday, December 26, 2003 - 03:11 pm     Marm, I'm so happy for you!!! That's great!! |
Reiki | Friday, December 26, 2003 - 03:19 pm     Oh Marm - I am so happy for you. Well happy and jealous, but mostly happy. If I didn't already have my third row ticket for January I would be more jealous than happy, but I do so I am. |
Schoolmarm | Friday, December 26, 2003 - 07:58 pm     Wicked was AWESOME!!!!! I would go again at FULL price at the drop of a pointy hat! It should get several Tonys. Tonight I saw a play called "Take me out" about a gay baseball player. Lots of full frontal nudity. (WHHOOOO WHHOOOO!) I'll try for Chicago tomorrow afternoon. I am planning on coming back in January so I could see Urine town before it closes, and also do standing room for the sold-out Producers with Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick! Reiki...WHEN are you going to Wicked? |
Mocha | Friday, December 26, 2003 - 08:06 pm     WTG Marm!! |
Reiki | Friday, December 26, 2003 - 08:28 pm     I'm going on January 21st, which is a Wednesday, to the matinee - so that I can go and come home the same day. I am so glad you liked it! Was Taye playing the Fiyero part? I have just finished reading the book and it was very good too. In the book Fiyero is identified as a Winkie (or rather as a prince from Vinkus). If you remember, the Wicked Witches guards in the MGM movie version were Winkies. The "Oh-we-owe Oh-Oh" guys. The book also explains how Nessarose becomes the Wicked Witch of the East. I used to be afraid of the MGM Wicked Witch. She gave me nightmares. Now I feel sorry for her. Someone does mourn the wicked. |
Schoolmarm | Sunday, December 28, 2003 - 03:56 pm     Ok, I'm home (momentarily...I leave at 6am tomorrow to do "Christmas" with the folks in Illinois)! Reiki...you will LOVE Wicked! Taye was playing Fiyero. THe music is awesome, the sets are awesome, the singing is awesome, the costumes are SUPER awesome, the book is incredibly awesome. What can I say! AWESOME!!! I will be going again sometime after I finish reading the book. Fiyero is the Prince of Vinkus, and has two castles...one that they live in and the other, scary one with all the secret tunnels! The musical explains how all of the characters in the Wizard of Oz get to be who/what they are. You will LOVE the witch in the musical. Glinda is a hoot! Favorite line--Glinda to Elpheba (when Elpheba was mourning her sister's death) "It's only shoes....let it go!" LOL! OK, now for a real update.... Only took 5 hours and 5 minutes to get to the hotel owing to NO delays going over the GW bridge. I've NEVER had such smooth sailing! Got to the parking lot ($20 per day and across from my hotel) and checked into my little tiny room with bathroom down the hall. Reiki...remember how HOT our room was last week? Well, I had an open vent in the air conditioner, so this room was COLD the first night! Got in the Wicked lottery line (token Protestant, and ONLY blond! Shabbot Shalom!) and didn't get tix, but meet lots of cool people. Got to the TKTS line and got my Radio City Christmas Spectacular ticket with just enough time to get to the 7pm show. It WAS spectacular! All of the costume changes and set changes were amazing. Then off to Tad's Steaks to eat chicken in a hurry, and off to look at the lights. On Friday morning, I got up in time for the opening of Toys R Us and got the neices and nephews and Dad some more presents! Then off to the Wicked lottery line and SUCCESS!!! I've already told about the show, so I'll skip the recap! Went to an incredible deli and had a chicken parmesian sandwich and a pickle. Very tasty! Saw the show, and then got in the tix line for my evening show. The TKTS lines were getting a little longer, and Urinetown went off the board just 3 minutes before I got to the window. Got tix for "Take me out," a play about a baseball team and their reaction when their superstar comes out of the closet. OUTSTANDING script! The best parts were the shower scenes....REAL water and REAL naked men. JUST FIIIIINE by me! An excellent play, and closing on January 4th. I'm glad that Urinetown was off the board, so I could see "Take me out." Oh, yeah, I grabbed supper (read that as a "bad steak in a hurry" at a different Tad's steakhouse). Walked around a little bit and looked for some souveniers...didn't buy anything. I DID buy the book to Wicked and started reading it that night. Next morning, checked out of the room, and stuffed all my stuff in a locker for the day. Got in the TKTS line right before it opened at 10 am and the line was already in three layers on both sides. (That means at least an hour wait!) Chicago wasn't on the board, so I got tix to Urinetown. Met some very nice young people from Germany and Austria behind me in line, and practiced my German a bit. Hopped on the subway down to Union Station and went to The Strand bookstore! 16 MILES of books! Bought a book about Steinway pianos and a philosophy of music book. Ate a chicken sandwich at a very good deli! Got to Urinetown early. It is a very funny show, and spoofs several other Broadway shows. You can't take it seriously! It closes January 18th because the theatre will be torn down and they couldn't find another theatre. Highlight was Charles Shaughnassy (Shane from Days of our lives, and the Dad in the Nanny). He can really sing and dance, and unlike many TV actors, can act BIG enough for the theatre. A fun time. Got out and needed food in a hurry....and yes, another TAD's steakhouse. Steak was better at this one. Service is NOT good. It would help, I think, if I spoke Spanish fluently. Got the car out of the garage, and 20 minutes later was across the GW bridge on my way home. NO traffic at all. When arriving home, some moron threw either a large white animal OR a chunk of ice at my car and broke the antenae off. I think it was ice because small animals don't leap up that high, and I found no road kill. SHEESH! Foliage, if a nice lady in the Wicked line on Friday afternoon asked you if you had relatives in St. Louis, it was me! There was a girl by me in line that looked JUST like your daughter's pic. That was as brave as I could get....could you imagine walking up to a total stranger and asking "Are you Foliage?" LOL! A FANTASTIC trip! NYC was starting to get crowded on Saturday, and I'm glad I'm going to the cornfields of Illinois for New Years! Can't wait to hear about Yankee's return and Foliage's adventure! |
Mocha | Sunday, December 28, 2003 - 04:52 pm     Marm I'm worn out just reading that. Sorry bout your car. Yay Taye!! |
Juju2bigdog | Sunday, December 28, 2003 - 05:00 pm     Yay Illinois cornfields. Thanks, Marm. |
Grannyg | Sunday, December 28, 2003 - 05:51 pm     Marm will need the laid back life of the cornfields to recoup from the New York life!! |
Yankee_In_Ca | Tuesday, December 30, 2003 - 03:51 pm     Marm -- It sounds like you had quite the adventure! Glad Wicked was so great. Now I want to go back soon to see it myself... As for me, I'm back in Vancouver after a whirlwind 2 weeks in NYC and DC. We had a great time but now I'm completely exhausted. And of course I have to be in Los Angeles next week for work, so not much time to breathe... In any case, wanted to post my two photos from my wonderful TVCH meeting. The first is the "butt shot" -- probably looks exactly the same as the one posted previously, and the second was taken from behind while we were waiting for the Wicked lottery to be called that night. In that photo, you can see the heads of me/Yankee, Marm, Ginger, Reiki, and Maris (in no particular order)!
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Foliage | Tuesday, December 30, 2003 - 08:07 pm     We got back from NYC about an hour ago. Had a fabulous trip, but I don't think I will go back at Christmas time Sun-today was miserably crowded. A quick recap: arrived Christmas evening hung out with the inlaws ate at Petrorussian ($$$ on Grandma!) Fri- Bloomies in am, Hairspray matinee, Harvey is adorable. Four of us entered the Avenue Q lottery my niece won a pair of tickets $20 each. We had struck up a conversation w/ another couple waiting for the drawing. They live in Winter Garden, Fl & we used to live in Gotha, Fl. Anyway they one the last ticket drawn, a single and immediately offered it to us! I handed her $25 and they "played along" to pick/pay for "their" ticket. Very nice. Everyone must see Avenue Q, it is hilarious! Sat- Went downtown to Canal St, World Trade site,& Century 21. Saw Wicked! Agree w/ Schoolmarm, our FAVORITE part of the whole trip! We played stage door groupie got Idina, Taye, Michele Federer, etc. autographs. Kristen and Joel snuck out another door. Idina and Taye were very sweet to the crowd. Sun-I tried tkts line. The crowds were awful! For the evening shows they only had Taboo, Cabaret, the Caretaker (at 50%) off and Rent at 25% off. I sprung for Rent since the kids hadn't seen it and only the kids and I were game for another show. The cast was uneven (I didn't like the Rodger) and a bunch of understudies were on. Mon- We looked into Gypsy, but my budget was blown, I couldn't spend another $400, tkts had yukky stuff up and HUGE line. So went went out for a nice dinner. Shopped a bit and rode up to stroll Columbia U and St. John's Cathedral before flying out One more fun happening. We were in a deli having breakfast Sat. am and in walks a family from our home town! They are even church friends! Twenty minutes later on a subway platform a guy in a Buffalo Bills shirt asks me "is this train going downtown near World Trade." I responded "as far as this NC girl knows". He said "what town", I said "Wilmington", He said "Wilmington", I said "Delaware?" He said "No! Wilmington, NC!" It's a small world after all. Enough rambling, thanks for your patience! |
Reiki | Wednesday, December 31, 2003 - 06:45 am     Thanks for the update Foliage! Sounds like you had a great time. Some Wicked Tics info: If you try for the lottery and don't get picked DON'T LEAVE. Go inside to the ticket window furthest away from the doors and you may be able to buy tickets at full-price in the cancellation line. I've been reading a Broadway message board and it was funny to read people talk about being there for the CD signing or the lottery ticket line. For some reason Kristen Chenowerth wasn't at the signing. I've got an orchestra ticket for January 21st matinee. Close to the stage but stage right so I will still be trying my chances with the lottery. If anyone still has their Real One accounts you can listen to the Wicked Cast Album through Real's Rhapsody component. Re Gypsy: Rumor has it that John Dorsett has signed on for the role of Herbie at least until September 2004. Bernadette's contract ends in March/April 2004 but there is some speculation that she will extend her contract. So there may still be some time to see this great musical. |
Ginger1218 | Wednesday, December 31, 2003 - 07:24 am     Also, Reiki, I got an email that there are discount tickets for Mamma Mia - go to BroadwayBox.com, they have seats for 65 dollars or something like that. I have heard that this show is incredible, and I want to see it as well. Have to decide when. Happy New Year to you and everyone else here!!! |
Tntitanfan | Wednesday, December 31, 2003 - 07:37 am     Mamma Mia is indeed incredible! The audience about blew the roof off of our theater here when the touring company performed!! |
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