Last Day in New York
Wednesday was a good day.
I had a ticket for a Shawn Colvin show at night, so I was looking for something nice for the afternoon. I looked over Broadway shows that had matinees and lotteries(so that I could both have the time to go and afford to) and found very few. I was basically down to Shrek and Wicked. Since the Wicked lottery was first, I went to it and I got in. That makes 3 years in a row of seeing Wicked from cheap, front-row seats. It was actually really nice, because I could compare performances and see different ways of playing the same character. Also, it took them about 20 minutes to really get going, but they were really good.
After the show I goggled at Time Square a bit (so wonderfully touristy),did some last bits of shopping, wandered around SoHo and then went to the Shawn Colvin show. It was at the City Winery, which is a fairly new venue and pretty good. The sound was good everywhere and my seat was pretty close to the stage. Unfortunately the tables are communal, namely you book a specific seat when you order a ticket and other people can book the open seats at the table. This meant that at some point I just moved from my seat further back due to the other people at the table being annoying. But Shawn Colvin was excellent. As she said, it was all songs of death and regret, moving, dark and good to hear. Glad I went.
Then it was back to Jersey City for some good conversation and annoying packing. I actually need to finish up the packing this morning, so I'll go now and post from home next.
I had a ticket for a Shawn Colvin show at night, so I was looking for something nice for the afternoon. I looked over Broadway shows that had matinees and lotteries(so that I could both have the time to go and afford to) and found very few. I was basically down to Shrek and Wicked. Since the Wicked lottery was first, I went to it and I got in. That makes 3 years in a row of seeing Wicked from cheap, front-row seats. It was actually really nice, because I could compare performances and see different ways of playing the same character. Also, it took them about 20 minutes to really get going, but they were really good.
After the show I goggled at Time Square a bit (so wonderfully touristy),did some last bits of shopping, wandered around SoHo and then went to the Shawn Colvin show. It was at the City Winery, which is a fairly new venue and pretty good. The sound was good everywhere and my seat was pretty close to the stage. Unfortunately the tables are communal, namely you book a specific seat when you order a ticket and other people can book the open seats at the table. This meant that at some point I just moved from my seat further back due to the other people at the table being annoying. But Shawn Colvin was excellent. As she said, it was all songs of death and regret, moving, dark and good to hear. Glad I went.
Then it was back to Jersey City for some good conversation and annoying packing. I actually need to finish up the packing this morning, so I'll go now and post from home next.