Had a great day on Broadway Wednesday, complimentary tickets for two plays in one day! I love being a member of the Gold Club with Theatermania. It's so worth the initial membership fee. I've easily saved hundreds of dollars on discounts for play tickets and been able to attend several plays for just $4.50 that covers the processing fee for the comp ticket. I was able to see the new Kathleen Turner play HIGH for the Wednesday matinee performance. The play is still in previews with opening night being the 19th. There are only 3 characters in this play and KT is in every scene. She is really an amazing actress. I think it helped me appreciate the play more for having had a Catholic upbringing. It is about a nun who is a counselor in a Catholic drug rehab residential program. Lots of references to Catholicism. The young actor who plays the addict is also an amazing actor. There is great chemistry between the two on stage. It was very cool to be out in line with hundreds of other play goers all waiting for the doors to open for the 2pm matinee performances. There were lines everywhere for blocks and blocks and blocks. Such a unique experience this whole Broadway scene. Later that night, Bob and I went to RAIN, A Tribute to the Beatles, also on complimentary tickets to celebrate his birthday. He's been wanting to see it since he passes by it to and from work every day and has been impressed with the sound track they play outside the theatre. The four musicians who play the Beatles are highly talented in their own right and have been doing this show for decades. Their performance of the songs are pretty convincing and certainly encourage a lot of nostalgia. There are videos and backdrop screens showing vintage video and advertisements during the time the Beatles were popular. They encourage a lot of audience participation and people are into it. They get a good turnout for their performances. It was fun, more so than I thought it would be. It certainly got me going enough to come home and down load the Red and Blue Beatles albums off of ITunes. I definitely like their later music. The Beatles really were genius musicians and song writers. Rain performed 30 songs and it seems like their set was just the tip of the iceberg for all the well known Beatles songs.
Looking forward to our upcoming weekend away to Cape May, NJ and Spring Lake, NJ. We will be staying in B & Bs near the shore at both places. The weather is predicted to be decent so we should be able to do some exploring of the area. We've had two absolutely beautiful weather days this week. So tempting to start thinking that Spring is really here. There are about 20 plum trees along 47th and 49th that are in full bloom and other trees are budding, and daffodils and hyacinths are in full bloom. I've always loved Spring as a season and NYC is really beautiful when it gets into the full swing of spring.
Still can't quite believe my incredible good fortune to live the life I am living now. I am trying to take as good advantage of all the opportunity that I can, because not to, would be a huge waste and plain stupid. Just gotta come to terms with all my Catholic guilt, it goes deep that's for sure. It's a constant internal dialogue of "why me?" I wonder if people who win the lottery have similar feelings/
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