Had a good first day at the BROADWAY, NY store. Theater’s are “dark” on Monday’s (a full day off for cast/crew) so we weren’t super busy with theater-goers. We had a steady flow of tourists and locals – usually it is a mix of all three, or so I’m told.
I learned how to fold shirts and stock sheet music. I also checked in new merchandise –hundreds of variations on the I LOVE NY theme. The store has all kinds of stuff: T-shirts, mugs, magnets, snow globes, matches, key chains, etc., etc., etc.
Visit: www.broadwaynewyork.com
After work I met up with Elizabeth and we walked over to Bryant Park. Tonight they had a FREE concert in the park featuring some of the leading men on Broadway. Every year Bryant Park plays host to Broadway Under the Stars. It was a two hour concert with a huge orchestra, numerous Broadway folk and the Rockettes. The best part – all FREE.
The concert began at 8:30. The lawn was opened to the public at 6:00. It was incredible to see thousands of theater-lovers stampede to claim their own piece of land for the show. Elizabeth and I both got totally caught up in all. It was frantic mad dash into the park, blankets under our arms and cooler in hand.
There were over 15,000 people crammed into that small park to enjoy an evening of music and I am proud to report that Elizabeth and I scored a spread right up front.
Once we spread out our blanket and kicked off our shoes we settled into the realization that we had 2 ½ hours until the show started. I left for food and she talked on the phone to Nathan.
When 8:30 finally rolled around the crowd was ready – even if the tech side of the show wasn’t. They were filming it to be televised later in the week, so there was stopping and starting and re-doing of the opening song (half way through they completely lost their lighting). Everyone was a good sport about it the delays sprinkled throughout the night and enjoyed the performances.
Sweet Charity star, Christina Applegate hosted the night and some of the men of the evening were, Brent Barrett, Cheyenne Jackson, Tom Wopat, Marc Kudisch, and many others.
It was an evening was a nice tribute to the music of Cy Coleman and Fred Ebb (both of whom passed away within the last year.) and I’m glad that we were able to share in it.
Visit: www.bryantpark.org
Now, bed time.
