Quick trip report: 5 shows over the weekend

[Wee Thomas2]

Posted: 11/29/22 at 8:20am

We arrived in NYC Friday AM and left Sunday after the matinee:

subwayed from lower Manhattan to Lincoln center TKTS on Friday, arrived just after 11, hoping for shorter lines than Times Square. Lines were shorter, but only two active windows meant 75thnin line or so took about a hour. Inside the building for most of the time helped.

 

Bought Piano Lesson for matinee and Strange Loop for evening.  Piano Lesson was tremendous, we love all of Wilson’s plays.  Loop was very good with excellent songs and performances, I wasn’t as thrilled with the way the story moved

 

Saturday AM we went to the express line at Times Square and bought Leopoldstat for Saturday night (we already owned Funny Girl matinee tix) and Topdog/Underdog for Sunday matinee. 
 

Funny Girl and Julie Benko filling in was very good and lots of fun as expected.

 

I am not a Stoppard fan, but enough people told me I’d like this show more than the prior ones I had seen that I gave it a chance, and I did like it more, but didn’t love it.  Topdog is an excellent play, we preferred the prior production but this is definitely  worth seeing 

[inception]

Posted: 11/29/22 at 9:49am

Wow, TKTS really seems to be the way to go these days even for big shows.
Thanks for sharing.
Jetblue didn't really have any Black Friday or Cyber Monday sale, but I finally booked my flights for March. This will be my first time trying Jetblue's direct flights between JFK & Vancouver. It was about $200 more than what I paid last year to fly United. In the winter season United doesn't have a redeye, and their other direct flights are about $500 (double!) more than what I paid last year.
Is it any wonder tourism is down? I could have paid much less & spent a week on a beach in Mexico. Even flights to Hawaii are cheaper. ( though food & accommodations there are about the same as NYC)

Updated On: 11/29/22 at 09:49 AM

[Wee Thomas2]

Posted: 11/29/22 at 11:06am

There weren’t any online discounts in advance for the weekend.

 

I think everything but Hamilton, wicked, Lion King, and Six we’re on the board on Friday.

[buffalospeedway]

Posted: 12/5/22 at 2:40am

Thanks for the review - sounds like a fun weekend! I thought The Piano Lesson was great, too.