We went to New York City this weekend, primarily to see the Signature Theatre Company's production of
Angels In America. We saw the matinee of Part 1: Millennium Approaches and the evening performance of Part 2: Perestroika. In all, it was about 7 hours of play with four intermissions and a 2 1/2 hour break for dinner.
The show was amazing. The theater was very small. We sat in the seventh row for the first performance and the second row for the evening show. We had already seen the HBO production of the show, so knew what to expect, but seeing it live was well worth it. Prior Walter was played by Michael Urie, who played Marc St. James on
Ugly Betty. I was never much of a fan of that show, and I knew he looked familiar, but did not realize who he was until after the first performance. The whole cast did an excellent job, especially Adam Driver, who played Louis.
Prior to the first show, we walked down (in the freezing cold) to the Hudson River and saw this aircraft carrier parked nearby, which made us feel quite safe from military attack during our visit.
We ate dinner at this Japanese restaurant between shows. It was very good. We both had teriyaki chicken and miso soup, but mine also came with shrimp sumai, seaweed salad, and vegetable tempura.
I had already ate one of the shrimp sumai.
When we arrived on Friday evening, we went to this piano bar, Don't Tell Mama, which has a back room for show tunes only. It was also lots of fun. I drank a Sexy Mama. Mmmm.
