monday night
yesterday night, i booted off after work into the city to desperate search for another taste of broadway! I headed off to the TKTS booth on broadway and 42nd(i think). anyway, this place sells tickets for shows that evening at hugely discounted prices(generally 50% off). so not only is nyc one of THE best places to watch musicals because of the variety, and the quality (the best of the best are here), its also amazingly affordable.
anyway, i booted over to the booth, and i guess monday nights are a "dark" night for theatre - thats what they were calling it. i guess it means that most theatres are closed to recuperate from the weekend. Actors usually are exhausted when the weekend is over, because they are also performing matinee shows as well as their evening time slots. I was fortunate enough to score a GREAT seat for the infamous rock musical RENT! i got my ticket for $48 (cheap!) and headed off to explore Chinatown and Little Italy before the show.
I figured just as much that Chinatown would probably feed me for a pretty cheap, and i gotta at least be around my people for a couple of hours while i'm in nyc. the chinatown is huge! and everywhere you go, even in the evenings are bustling with life. i would have taken pictures but nothing really stood out. just the usual chinese store houses with souvenirs stacked all over the front door. i got some pretty good deals. i got an FDNY tshirt for $6. a leather belt for $3. and i was so excited when i saw a BUBBLE TEA PLACE! i was like, this has got to be the bomb, i mean its NYC and bubble tea - it must be good! I walked in with my sister on the phone with me, and hoped for a passionfruit bubble tea. as i left the store, i confirmed that the milky white substance was indeed passionfruit. my fellow asian barista chirped enthusiastically "yep, is passchren flute" i walked out with a milky coconut drink with jelly instead. it was quite amusing.
i found a cheap chinese buffet place for 4 sides for $4. actually with the soup and rice it was like 6 items for $4. chinese food can be cheaper in richmond, BC. but i thot it was worth an honourable mention when you find such good value in the NYC. of course my sister is laughing, cos she gets lunch in ecuador for like 20 cents.
as i walked into RENT, i was trying to notice any signs that forbade photography/video. i didn't, so i immediately pulled out my camera and took this shot of the stage.
i then opened my playbill, and in the front cover it said, photography wasn't allowed. oh well, i snapped the pic before i saw anything! lol.
RENT was really good, but very different from any other musical that i've seen. i've seen Joseph and the amazing technicolor dreamcoat, les miserables and of course beauty and the beast(which was AMAZING). and they were all grand musicals, with tremendous costumes and elaborate stage layouts. the songs were always memorable and everything was too the enth degree. rent was different. it was the like the emergent version(for all my seminary friends), of the modern musical. the stage stayed the same the whole time. and a lot of the focus wasn't on sweeping numbers or beautiful backdrops. it was in a real story with real people. very postmodern, very cool. the songs weren't as approachable, but they were real, and heartfelt. it was a great experience.
stay tuned folks, more stories to come, got lots more to see before the week ends!
DL
anyway, i booted over to the booth, and i guess monday nights are a "dark" night for theatre - thats what they were calling it. i guess it means that most theatres are closed to recuperate from the weekend. Actors usually are exhausted when the weekend is over, because they are also performing matinee shows as well as their evening time slots. I was fortunate enough to score a GREAT seat for the infamous rock musical RENT! i got my ticket for $48 (cheap!) and headed off to explore Chinatown and Little Italy before the show.
I figured just as much that Chinatown would probably feed me for a pretty cheap, and i gotta at least be around my people for a couple of hours while i'm in nyc. the chinatown is huge! and everywhere you go, even in the evenings are bustling with life. i would have taken pictures but nothing really stood out. just the usual chinese store houses with souvenirs stacked all over the front door. i got some pretty good deals. i got an FDNY tshirt for $6. a leather belt for $3. and i was so excited when i saw a BUBBLE TEA PLACE! i was like, this has got to be the bomb, i mean its NYC and bubble tea - it must be good! I walked in with my sister on the phone with me, and hoped for a passionfruit bubble tea. as i left the store, i confirmed that the milky white substance was indeed passionfruit. my fellow asian barista chirped enthusiastically "yep, is passchren flute" i walked out with a milky coconut drink with jelly instead. it was quite amusing.
i found a cheap chinese buffet place for 4 sides for $4. actually with the soup and rice it was like 6 items for $4. chinese food can be cheaper in richmond, BC. but i thot it was worth an honourable mention when you find such good value in the NYC. of course my sister is laughing, cos she gets lunch in ecuador for like 20 cents.
as i walked into RENT, i was trying to notice any signs that forbade photography/video. i didn't, so i immediately pulled out my camera and took this shot of the stage.
i then opened my playbill, and in the front cover it said, photography wasn't allowed. oh well, i snapped the pic before i saw anything! lol.
RENT was really good, but very different from any other musical that i've seen. i've seen Joseph and the amazing technicolor dreamcoat, les miserables and of course beauty and the beast(which was AMAZING). and they were all grand musicals, with tremendous costumes and elaborate stage layouts. the songs were always memorable and everything was too the enth degree. rent was different. it was the like the emergent version(for all my seminary friends), of the modern musical. the stage stayed the same the whole time. and a lot of the focus wasn't on sweeping numbers or beautiful backdrops. it was in a real story with real people. very postmodern, very cool. the songs weren't as approachable, but they were real, and heartfelt. it was a great experience.
stay tuned folks, more stories to come, got lots more to see before the week ends!
DL
posted by Cheryl & Darrell | 7:53 PM
3 Comments:
I lOVE RENT! Talk about a real story of to-day. Glad you got to see it. Am going to really miss your travelogues when you return to the prairies here. Enjoy your last weeks of touring the east.
There won't be much travelogging happening back in SK...thats for sure! Oh heres the Bean...and subway, and the gas...station... thats it!lol
RENT in NYC....SOOOO Jealous! I saw it in Van city at the hight of it's popularity and loved it! Glad to see that you have time to squeeze in many sights before you head out for the long trip back to SK. Make sure you check out Niagra..on both sides...and I don't know where it is but in Ontario there's a "big apple" I went to it years ago with Mich. It's a giant apple...not one of the top things to see in the world but it has stuck in my mind cuz then I can say I've been to the big apple. You can say you've been to the big apple's. I'll e-mail you soon - have lots to fill you in on :-D
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