Last night, we went to see Sutton Foster and Joel Grey in Anything Goes. While Shane loved Jersey Boys and me not so much, this show had us reversing our roles. I loved this show and Shane found it old-fashioned and corny. Of course, it was very old-fashioned and very corny--the jokes were as hokey as anything you'll see anywhere--but I sat through the whole thing with a smile on my face. It reminded me of the old Carol Burnett Show--I was entertained. This was a Broadway musical.
Sutton Foster is amazing. She lights up the stage. Even Shane admitted that though he didn't like the show, she was by far the best thing about it. She deserved her Tony award for it. You just can't take your eyes off of her. Joel Grey on the other hand was a bit over-the-top. We were very disappointed that Jessica Walters (Arrested Development) was not in the show last night. We were looking forward to seeing her. The male lead was also played by an understudy, but he was very good.
Before the show, we went to dinner to a very good Italian restaurant on the Upper East Side near where we are staying, Bella Blu. We split a bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon, 2004 Vita Luce Cellars, which was very good. I had the salmon and Shane had the Lobster spaghetti. The only bad thing was that they sit you on top of each other, and we were between an older couple and a younger couple with two small children. The food was very good though.
After the Anything Goes, we went to a piano bar called Don't Tell Mama. They have a main room (for straight tourists from Ohio) and a much smaller back room where they do only show tunes and make fun of the other room. Guess where we went. We had a great time. The highlight was when the whole audience (about 15 people), including us, joined in on the first act finale of Les Miserables--"One Day More."
Today, we're going to see the hottest show on Broadway, The Book of Mormon, and we also have tickets to Silence, the Musical, which is off-Broadway, but highly recommended parody of the film, Silence of the Lambs. It should be a fun day.
3 comments:
Sutton Foster is def my fav Broadway performer. She was amazing in :"Thoroughly Modern Millie." Too bad you didn't see her in that :0(
'Anything Goes!' - such TERRIFIC songs. They truly don't write them like that nowadays.
Jessica Walter's last performance was July 31st, which was to be the end date of the original limited run when she signed on. Sadly, this was not well-promoted. I was there for her final show and no one I spoke to realized that she was leaving, nor was it ever announced or recognized at the show. I'm very sad that she but she's going back to tape her two TV series, Archer and Retired at 35 and she has a film coming out next year as well.
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