Dancing on Broadway
Mar. 30th, 2009 10:43 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wwcitizenYesterday was really, really fun. We moved through all our plans effortlessly and had so much fun catching up with my best friend Joe in spite of the drizzle and rain showers; they didn't even deter us.
Matt and I dragged ourselves into the city after 4 hours of sleep (the reason for that is coming in another post for later) by 11:30 and met Joe for lunch at Fig & Olive in midtown (10 E 52nd St). We'd been there before, and absolutely LOVE their flagship restaurant in the Meatpacking District, which is much bigger. Over brunch, we shared a plate of 3 fluffy pancakes (implanted with dried figs and accompanied by an amazing vanilla mascarpone spread), six different chef-created bruschetta, and tossed salad. Then we had separate breakfasty dishes - 2 orders of poached eggs in bread bowls and an omelette. Ultimately, it was pretty light: 2 bruschetta, 1 pancake, 1/3 salad, and two eggs apiece with bread and coffee. Very tasty and just filling enough for the afternoon.
We walked down to 45th St. to see Hair, the 60s/70s revival show in the Al Hirschfeld Theatre. It was a fantastically emotional show. I realized that I knew many of the songs in the show and sang them while stifling unexpected tears - it was strangely a religious experience in a way. Though there were a couple of segments that dragged a little, overall it was a great show; the cast does go completely nude for about 3 minutes in the middle and give out flowers before the intermission. At the very end the actors, BELTING out "Let The Sun Shine" (from Aquarius - the opening song of Hair), invite people to come up to the stage and dance with them. I went!! Matthew and Joe (a Broadway queen like you'll rarely meet - he's been to ALL the shows) stayed behind, but I simply had to go up there - how many theater-goers get a chance to dance on a Broadway stage? Plus, it really finished off the spiritual aspect of the whole show - togetherness, love, hippies, peace, and FLOWER POWER!
Walking on air and still basking in seeing the rest of the audience from the stage, we left the theater towards Time Square. Matt and I got free tickets for The Late Show with David Letterman for today (Monday, Mar. 30), and we're heading in by about 2:00 PM. Record or watch the Late Show tonight!! You might just hear us laughing or see us in the audience - they said there's always the chance that we might get on TV!!). The guests are Seth Rogen, Tom Dreesen, and Adele. I'm really excited to see Seth Rogen.
Joe had passed Bar Americain on the way to Fig & Olive on 52nd and asked what it was. It's a Bobby Flay restaurant where Matt and I had gone a couple of times and loved. So, we went there for a much bigger dinner than brunch at F&O. We had stuffed zucchini flowers, fried green tomato salad, tossed salad, bread, cocktails (a Pickle Mary - with pickle juice - very good), roasted rack of pork with creamed corn, porterhouse veal steak, and tuna (my dish) black/blue. The sides were grilled mushrooms and asparagus. For dessert we had coffee and all split an apple tart (tart for the tarts, eh?). Our waitress bagged us a couple of times checking out hotties in the place, came over and said, "Boys, now don't be so obvious! I'm gay, too, and those do nothing for me... but you have fun." So, we had a lipstick lesbian from England as our waitress - and she was very pretty, too.
After picking up the car, we took off to the Penthouse above Park on 10th Ave. for a bear lounge/dance party called Truck Stop. It was so much fun, and we ran into some friends, including![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
peterpandanyc, who we hadn't seen in a VERY long time. The venue was beautiful - Zen Garden-esque. The thunderstorms hit around 7:30 PM or so, and kept pounding the roof for about two hours. We left the party at 10:30 dropping off Joe at the train station and got home by 11:00. It was a fantastic NYC day.
Matt and I dragged ourselves into the city after 4 hours of sleep (the reason for that is coming in another post for later) by 11:30 and met Joe for lunch at Fig & Olive in midtown (10 E 52nd St). We'd been there before, and absolutely LOVE their flagship restaurant in the Meatpacking District, which is much bigger. Over brunch, we shared a plate of 3 fluffy pancakes (implanted with dried figs and accompanied by an amazing vanilla mascarpone spread), six different chef-created bruschetta, and tossed salad. Then we had separate breakfasty dishes - 2 orders of poached eggs in bread bowls and an omelette. Ultimately, it was pretty light: 2 bruschetta, 1 pancake, 1/3 salad, and two eggs apiece with bread and coffee. Very tasty and just filling enough for the afternoon.
We walked down to 45th St. to see Hair, the 60s/70s revival show in the Al Hirschfeld Theatre. It was a fantastically emotional show. I realized that I knew many of the songs in the show and sang them while stifling unexpected tears - it was strangely a religious experience in a way. Though there were a couple of segments that dragged a little, overall it was a great show; the cast does go completely nude for about 3 minutes in the middle and give out flowers before the intermission. At the very end the actors, BELTING out "Let The Sun Shine" (from Aquarius - the opening song of Hair), invite people to come up to the stage and dance with them. I went!! Matthew and Joe (a Broadway queen like you'll rarely meet - he's been to ALL the shows) stayed behind, but I simply had to go up there - how many theater-goers get a chance to dance on a Broadway stage? Plus, it really finished off the spiritual aspect of the whole show - togetherness, love, hippies, peace, and FLOWER POWER!
Walking on air and still basking in seeing the rest of the audience from the stage, we left the theater towards Time Square. Matt and I got free tickets for The Late Show with David Letterman for today (Monday, Mar. 30), and we're heading in by about 2:00 PM. Record or watch the Late Show tonight!! You might just hear us laughing or see us in the audience - they said there's always the chance that we might get on TV!!). The guests are Seth Rogen, Tom Dreesen, and Adele. I'm really excited to see Seth Rogen.
Joe had passed Bar Americain on the way to Fig & Olive on 52nd and asked what it was. It's a Bobby Flay restaurant where Matt and I had gone a couple of times and loved. So, we went there for a much bigger dinner than brunch at F&O. We had stuffed zucchini flowers, fried green tomato salad, tossed salad, bread, cocktails (a Pickle Mary - with pickle juice - very good), roasted rack of pork with creamed corn, porterhouse veal steak, and tuna (my dish) black/blue. The sides were grilled mushrooms and asparagus. For dessert we had coffee and all split an apple tart (tart for the tarts, eh?). Our waitress bagged us a couple of times checking out hotties in the place, came over and said, "Boys, now don't be so obvious! I'm gay, too, and those do nothing for me... but you have fun." So, we had a lipstick lesbian from England as our waitress - and she was very pretty, too.
After picking up the car, we took off to the Penthouse above Park on 10th Ave. for a bear lounge/dance party called Truck Stop. It was so much fun, and we ran into some friends, including
peterpandanyc, who we hadn't seen in a VERY long time. The venue was beautiful - Zen Garden-esque. The thunderstorms hit around 7:30 PM or so, and kept pounding the roof for about two hours. We left the party at 10:30 dropping off Joe at the train station and got home by 11:00. It was a fantastic NYC day.
