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Sent a picture on Monday of my favorite NYC building  that was suppose to also have verbage with it.  Tried typing it twice but every time I got to a certain spot it wouldn’t let me go any further so I guess I have to use this blog thing Marc set up.  Of course I could just spare you all my old lady opinion about what people wear to travel but I am still thinking about it 3 days later so I am going to have my say.  I understand comfort and travel.  However, I do have to wonder how grown men can look at themselves and think flannel pj bottoms are okay.  One on our flight in same with a faded t shirt and a faded green hoodie and flannel pjs with pickup trucks all over them.  For all I know he could have been a successful entertainer because he could afford first class.  The other fella had on short flannel pjs with cartoon dogs on them.  We had an hour delay in the flight so I just sat there people watching and I think personal pride is on the ...

I can just see in my head Dave Steakley and Abe Reybold saying to themselves “well that’s not a surprise”.   I didn’t like Angels in America... Made me angry that we put so many people through this horrible disease before anyone would take it seriously and fight back.  How many amazing human beings died before someone like Elizabeth Taylor put a stake in the ground and said Enough.  Why can’t we have empathy for our fellow humans.   I didn’t like that it was loud with actors screaming at each other.  It was dark and scary.  I know Broadway is crazy about the Angel.  I thought she was awkward and ugly.  Scene changes were disturbing because they had the crew dressed in black camo and instead of walking out to move a prop they slithered around looking snakelike and evil.  There was one woman actor who played the parts of Ethel Rosenberg and a mother as well as a rabbi and a Russian general.  When she was female I liked her very much but wh...

Oh my gosh I almost forgot about Jimmy Buffett’s play. Was nice to pretend you are on a tropical island when it’s windy and 30 degrees outside. Think the best way to describe it is like an Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon beach movie with overt drinking and more hinted at sex.   Entertaining...not bad just not great. And songs you have been carrying around in your head for years. Girl meets boy on an island, boy falls hard, girl has other fish to fry, girl goes back to USA, boy stays on island till volcano erupts, goes to find girl, girl still more interested in career, boy goes back to island, girl works hard get what she thinks she wants, discovers she misses him, goes back to island, They kiss and get married and thats pretty much it. Second banana couple were good.   Marc, who has been reading up on what makes for success, tells me all these stories especially musicals need a second couple story.   Big beach balls thrown into t...

For those FB folks who are also ZACH employees, had dinner with Jessie Pitluck and her associate and went on with them to the Vineyard Theatre where Jessie works.  I really like this non profit theatre.  It’s small and supports new works and in some cases pushes them on to larger theatres after a buzz has been created. The Amateurs was very interesting.  Starts with  6 characters on Stage representing the 7 deadly sins in these grotesque masks...one of the 6 has to turn his mask upside down to be the seventh sin.  Anyway, they are traveling thespians during Mediveal times trying to outrun the Black Death and establish the importance of the Arts.  Very well done...thoroughly enjoyed it.  Always amazes me how much actors can do with minimal props.  Good acting will win out. This is one I would actually like to see again some time.  Doubt that will happen though. The Vineyard is going to be the theatre for our most recent investment.  Get t...

Hamilton had been first choice on Maya’s list of what she wanted to see.  However, of the three she saw it was her least favorite. Honestly, it didn’t hold up for me the third time.  I felt guilty taking up a seat knowing so many people want to see it.  The newness of the production and the music has worn off for me.  It currently has one of the best ensembles.  Those kids really work and their dances and movements are so synchronized it’s a joy to watch. If it weren’t for our lemon drops both Maya and I might have nodded off.  Like a lot of other kids she knows every song on the soundtrack so she would perk up when a favorite came along.  Subject is a little deep for kids...Maya might say boring. She is a good theatre goer though...no fidgeting and no whining.  And now she can say she has seen it...bragging rights you know. Lin-Manuel Miranda was there that afternoon and came out on stage which was a crowd pleaser.  It will be a long time be...

While Marc goes to see Anastasia with friends from Marble Falls and Austin, I am here in bed with what is starting to look more and more like a broken toe. If it is, I did it well over a week ago and have been hobbling around on it which is probably why it still hurts.  Happened on its own do not remember any trauma.  So Anastasia and Maya...,I wish I could get across to you all how incredibly special this whole experience with being a producer on the Broadway show Anastasia has been for us.  Every single person we come in contact with has been a plus in our lives. This one adventure is leading us into more productions and some thrilling theatre.  It has also made me even prouder of what I see happening at Zach.   Anyway, of the three shows Maya saw while she was here Anastasia was her favorite.  And why not, especially when we took her back stage to meet Christie, Derek, and John who treated her like she was Anastasia.  Derek took her on stage, John f...