It took long enough for me to post this: MY NY trip 5-2 through 5-6.

[Qfan2.0]

Posted: 5/13/06 at 1:58pm

Sorry it took so long to post this. I've been busy. I just got cast in a show basically once i got back to school. So, this week ahs been hectic

Well, Thank you everyone for your suggestions and here we go day by day:

TUESDAY(5/2): I arrive and on the flight to ny (Jetblue baby!) i saw that Tom Cruise was going to be in Times Square for TRL. I don't care about TRL anymore but, actually am a fan of tom cruise so i stood out in times square and was waved to by Tom Cruise after an hours wait.
Later that night i had tickets to "Tarzan". It was the first day that the show was Frozen. We got to the theatre and the stage curtain was amazing. We had the best seats in the house. dead center. Next thing we know...most of the creative staff sits in the 8 seats next to me (Yes, even phil collins and even thoguh she isn't involved in this show Susan Stroman). The show itself was beautiful and the acting was nice and it was a nice little spectacle show yet, i thought the book and the actual new songs hurt the overall show. I really liked Chester Gregory as Terk. He was a lot of fun. Overall: B-

WEDNESDAY (5/3): We head to the Jacobs theatre for our first show of the day, "three Days of rain". I think it was overall pretty good. The guys were great. I see a tony nomination in the future for Bradley Cooper. Julia Roberts wan't that bad she was competent. Nothing too terrible about her performance. Staged doored it and yes, i got her autograph (she doesn't talk at the stage door, at all) and i got Paul Rudd's autograph and he is one of my favorite overall actors. He was really nice. Good experience i'd say overall the show was a B-.
Then we head into times square and some asks us: "Hey do yuo want to be on Letterman tomorrow?". And me and mom said: "yeah". We got the question right then they said come to theatre tomorrow.(more on that later)
That night we had tickets for "The Drowsy Chaperone". This may possibly be the funniest thing i've ever seen on broadway. I couldn't breathe. The performances were brilliant(especially Bob martin). I wish the show was longer but if it was a two act show it would not have worked as well. And that last scene of the actual show was beautiful i was crying. It touched me so deeply overall. The cast was nice at the stage door (Beth Leavell, Sutton Foster, and georgia engell didn't come out). Bob martin should win the tony for best actor in my humble opinion. Overall:A+/A

THURSDAY(5/4): As i said earlier i won tickets to Letterman. As soon as we got their there are rumors circling who the guest is (Rumor was it was Julia Roberts and Pearl Jam, it was). Well, the show was fun and a cool(and cold) experience. So i had (BAD JOKE WARNING!!!): "Two days of Julia Roberts". Yeah a bad joke.
That night we saw "Sweeney Todd". Nothing about this show ahs not been said already. Except that the music is memorized, jeezus! Overall: A

FRIDAY (5/5): We decided to see David Blaine and catch a flick. It took an hour to see David Blaine once we got to the Lincoln center. He seemed nice in his bubble. Then we went to see "Art School Confidential" I liked it since i'm an actor who goes to an art school.
"Wedding Singer" was just fun and a better show than everyone said it was. Laura Benanti, I'm so ahppy she improved so much from (what i heard) Seattle. stephen lynch was great. Felicia Finley was amazing in her 10 minutes of stage time. Great fun. Overall: B+

SATURDAY(5/6): It was my last day in nYC. I hate whenever that happens. Well, thank god my last show was a lot of fun. "Lieutenant of Inishmore" was a lot funnier than i thought it would be. I was laughing throughout the whole show either in disbelief (especially the ending that i'm not going to ruin but holy **** you gotta see this show). I liked the character of davey a lot he was very funny espeically in the first scene. Overall: B+

The trip was a lot of fun and i thank everyone for helping me choose what to see between Sweeney and Jersey Boys. thoroughly enjoyed every minute of my trip. Thanks for reading it i didn't think it would be that long. But, thanks

[zepka102]

Posted: 5/13/06 at 2:00pm

great reviews... sounds like you had fun! and we were at the same performance of Tarzan... i was dead center too... front row!

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 5/13/06 at 11:42pm

Glad you had fun. You lucked out with Letterman.

[being.jeremiah]

Posted: 5/14/06 at 12:00am

BTW, have you seen the latest The Drowsy Chaperone print ads? Very witty and wonderful.

"The Drowsy Chaperone- puts the gin in original!"
(with a picture of the Chaperone)

"The Drowsy Chaperone- puts the fan in fantastic!"
(with a picture of the Man in Chair)

And two more that escape me... the one with Janet and one with Aldolpho.

[Qfan2.0]

Posted: 5/14/06 at 1:38am

i'll definitely look for it