Quick bite of the Big Apple
Just about finishing my quick stint in New York - it's the shortest time I've spent in Manhattan in the six years I've been here!
I spent the bulk of the time doing Broadway shows... saw Monty Python's new Spamalot musical, which features most of the well known routines from Monty Python's Quest for the Holy Grail movie.
Waited around with crowds of others after the show to try and get autographs - got Hank Azaria's (Huff, Simpsons) and David Hyde Pierce (Frasier), plus a few others. (Unfortunately, Tim Curry didn't come out for a signing session with the others, but Hank Azaria was the best of the bunch anyway - he did the French Taunter part brilliantly, plus Lancelot and Knight of Ni... however he leaves just after this weekend's Tony Awards to shoot the new season of his TV series, Huff).
Yesterday, I hopped on a bus and went back to my old summer-camp-day-off-stomping-ground, the Palisades Center Mall in Middletown... had to make the essential trip to pick up some new gear from Abercrombie & Fitch/Aeropostale/American Eagle/Steve and Barry's!) In the evening, I went to see the musical Wicked - saw it last year as well, but this time had a front row seats, and the cast was largely changed.
Today I nipped down to CNN to do a tour of the place there - pretty cool setup and studios, altho unfortunately there were no live shows going on while I was there. The rest of the day was spent doing a double header of shows - Altar Boyz at the new Dodger Stages in the afternoon (very cool setup - five small-mid size theatres in one converted cinema multiplex)... and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee in the evening (great book/script - very funny - but the music was a bit crap unfortunatley).
Have an early morning start tomorrow to fly from New York back to LA to catch up with the Pheloung gang... we've got dinner at the Medieval Times theme restaurant/show at night, which should be fun, then Disneyland/Universal Studios for the next few days before I have to come back home, and back to reality again ;-)
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Nice blog!
Just a hello from Spain ;)
marco
There is a lot of interesting material at a new blog that may interest you:
lookinginnz.blogspot.com/
Here are the topics so far: “Isreali Apology Like Labour Tax Cut”, “The Rapping Foetus”, “It Looks Like an Election as Labour Back Tracks Furiously”, “Will the Left put Peters into Government?”, “Islamists Charge Conservative Lesbian with Bias”, Verbal Diarrhoea and Simple Muriel”, “Tamaki Hate Tape Passes Censor”, “Cultic Cruise Shows True Colours” and “PM Hires Tutors for own Kids”.
Eclectic, interesting, and bound to infuriate the Right, the Left, the Centre and all points further out. But just as likely to amuse.
Manhattan rocks. Next time you are there if you are looking for a Kiwi style steak and cheese pie. call Garath at dubpies.com and try one....