Too Much Excitement!

[Ocean Lover]

T-minus three days--I have a really long list, a boat load of maps, and a book with a dozen little flags in it.

Here's the funny part: I just found out Friday night that my high school drama teacher, who often hires me to play for her shows, is going to be in town at the same time. This is where you start humming "It's a Small World."

(And this is where you stop humming. I hate that song.)

Tomorrow night is the big planning session. Wanna hear what is planned so far? (Sure you do)

• Friday: Get off the plane at LaGuardia at 1:29.
• Arrive in Harlem to dump suitcases at 3-ish.
• Breathe for no more than 10 minutes.
• Guggenheim at 5:45, since they have a special thing on Friday night.
• Maybe the Empire State Building.
• Saturday: TODAY show at 7 a.m.
• Tour Rockerfeller Center. Check on tickets for SNL.
• Jump on down to WTC site.
• St. Paul's/Trinity Churches
• Federal Reserve, NYSE, pet the bull.
• If this is finished by 10:30, check on the Staten Island Ferry times.
• SPRING AWAKENING at 2:00
• Empire State, if we missed it on Friday.
• Museum of Natural History, probably just from the outside.
• Chinatown, Little Italy
• SNL, if possible
• Sunday: toward Brooklyn. See if we can find "Friends" apt., just for funn
• Cross Brooklyn Bridge.
• Grimaldi's Pizzeria with friend from high school, if he's available
• Check on the Chili Festival, HAZMAT Modine
• Head back to town and take off up 5th Avenue to see all that junk
• Central Park.
• Another show, possibly. Thinking about HAIRSPRAY or CURTAINS.
• If no show, do all the other stuff we didn't get to do yet.
• Monday: Breakfast with my kid who's in SPRING AWAKENING, I hope. Catch a flight out of LaGuardia at 11:20.

Ambitious? Maybe. Exciting? Fer Sher.

I love a girl with a plan...have a grayt time!!!!!! Can't wait for the report...and pics!!!!

 

[dbuck]

WOW!! Have funn.

 

[Gypsea]

Spring Awakening was a great show and the music was fabulous!!! Was Blake sitting in the chairs on the right side of the stage? Also, when you talk to Blake, would love to know about how many actors had to audition for each part.

Your Saturday schedule sounds ambitious but I hope you get it all in!!!

 

[NoHall]

wow...i'm dizzy...and you're actually going to see HAZMAT modine have funn!

You've never steered me wrong. I'm hoping to catch up with Eddie in Crooklyn

I don't see any mention of watching football on Saturday?

Not unless you can find me an Australian Rules game in Manhattan.

I thought the Today Show fired Katey Kouruck. If they didn't, they should have. Scratch that one from the list.

Katie Couric is now the anchor for the CBS Evening News. (I like her, by the way!) They replaced her with Meredith Vieira, who was on "The View" and the daytime version of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" I was underwhelmed when they announced they were hiring her, but she has grown on me. I just want to stand in Rockefeller Plaza (I figured I could hold up a Chicken, to represent my hometown, with a SoWal sticker on it.)

 

[NoHall]

Spring Awakening was a great show and the music was fabulous!!! Was Blake sitting in the chairs on the right side of the stage? Also, when you talk to Blake, would love to know about how many actors had to audition for each part.

Your Saturday schedule sounds ambitious but I hope you get it all in!!!

I'll report back to you on this!

 

[NoHall]

The play-by-play continues:

My little traveling companion just came by so that we could cover all the bases (I think I mentioned that she hasn't been on a plane since she was really little.) Besides the packing, we went over the tentative itinerary with maps, schedules, websites, etc. in hand.

I brought up the idea of adding another show, since we're both theatre geeks. HAIRSPRAY, CURTAINS, and LEGALLY BLONDE (believe it or not) were the shows that my drama teacher recommended based on the quality of the production, but as we went down the list of other stuff on Broadway, she looked at me sheepishly and asked, "What about SPAMALOT?"

In the words of the immortal and infamous Biff, "BWHAAAAA!" I told her that in my secret heart of hearts, I was wanting to see that, too. So add that to the Sunday evening at 7 slot. (We even got good seats at about 30% off!)

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[Miss Kitty]

...EXCELLENT CHOICE!!! NoHoHall...we saw a production of this at the Dallas Summer Musicals in July. We laughed so hard and truly enjoyed it the best of all the shows!!! I need to see it again to laugh at all the stuff I missed!

 

[Mango]

I think I heard her get off the plane today.

 

[DD]

I think I heard her get off the plane today.

 

[Mango]

NoHall in the Apple.........
I have the crud, I wouldn't be able to keep up.