I have visited New York City so many times I have lost count!
In college during the 80's, I traveled to New York
City on a college sponsored trip. I did not know the other students
well but each night at dinner I would run into classmates who would
invite me to join them at their table. I attended two plays, one alone
and the other was sponsored by the college. I also went to a very
late showing of "Star Trek: The Motion Picture", I was trying to win a
bet with a friend of which of us would see it the most often. Even
though I love Star Trek, I thought to myself "what the hell am I doing
watching this movie again". On leaving the movie house at
about 2 AM, I hailed a
cab and when it pulled up someone try to take it from me to no avail.
I visited with Tom and Dominic in the 80's, to
visit the sites, we walked up the Statue of Liberty and took a limo ride
through the city.
During my trip to Europe with my parents, we flew
through New York Kennedy Airport.
Starting in July 1995 with Love! Valour! Compassion!, I attended a play
almost every month with my friend Jeff, it was my "Broadway Year".
We saw both Broadway and Off-Broadway shows. My favorite was
Sunset Boulevard with Glenn Close.
During the 90's, and 00's, I would return many times
to attend plays alone and with friends. I've attended several
tapings of "The Late Show with David Letterman", alone, with Jeff and
with Bill. I visited the city to celebrate my 45th birthday with
Jimy & Josh and attended
Wicked. I have visited several times with Jimy, on one trip
we saw the latest Star Wars movie and on another we attended a
performance of Cirque de Soleil. I've visited a few times with Josh, on
one trip I walked around
Greenwich
while he had a photo shoot.
During these trips I have visited many landmarks,
the Statue of Liberty, Empire State Building, Macy's & Gimbels and
Ground Zero (the footprints of the World Trade Centers).
Other than New York City, during the 90's, I attended the
Belmont Stakes with my parents. Also I have visited Buffalo several
times on my way to Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.
I spent a night in Syracuse on my ill-fated attempt
to drive Josh to Montreal in 2008. He left me in Syracuse and I
took the train home the next day. He continued onto Montreal.
In April 2008 I went to see
Spamalot and to sign up for a Chase promotion to get 20,000 miles
for Continental Airlines.
In October 2008 my friend Josh move to New York to
join STREB. I helped move him
into his apartment in New York
In July 2008 I took my first trip on the
Megabus (excellent round trips fares!) to see
39 Steps. I have since returned using Megabus to see
Young Frankenstein
(October 2008), to visit MOMA
(November 2008), to spend the night at the Hilton - Times Square
(January 2009).
In March 2009, spent the evening in New York at the DoubleTree in Times Square and went to see
Avenue Q.
In July 2009, spent the evening of the 4th in New York and saw the Lion
King.
2009 Megabus trips to New York:
March 2009, Blithe Spirit with Angela Lansbury
May 2009, Josh in his performance at
STREB
June 2009,
Mary Poppins
November 2009,
Hamlet
2010 Megabus trips to New York:
March 2010, Norma Doesmen
April 2010,
Mr. & Mrs. Fitch with John Lithgow (whom I
briefly met on the elevator)
May 2010,
Promises, Promises with Sean Hayes (saw with Bill & Keith),
also went to MOMA to see the Tim Burton exhibit.
July 2010, Mary Poppins with my sister, Frances, and nieces, Stacey &
Amy
2010 New York plays:
September 2010, Addams Family
September 2010, It Must Be Him
October 2010, La Bęte
October 2010, A Life in the Theatre with Sir Patrick Stewart
October 2010, Chicago saw with my niece
Stacey
November, 2010 helped Jimy move to New York. Drove
the Budget rent-a-truck to New York!
2011 New York plays:
April 2011, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
(also spent the night at Jimy's place and helped with Josh's school
photo shoot project)
2012 New York plays:
January,2012, Close Up Space. Also saw
Blue Man Group with Josh. Spent the night at
the Muse Hotel.
July 3-4, 2012, The Columnist starring John Lithgow.
Spent the night at the Radisson Lexington. Also saw
Harvey starring Jim Parsons with my niece Stacey.
December 24-25, How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Spent Christmas
Eve night at the Lexington, formally a Radisson hotel. Used the
Uber black car service between Amtrak's Penn Station. Returned
home on Christmas day.
Visited July 3-4, 2013 stayed at the Radisson Martinique Hotel on Broadway.
Attended three plays:
Newsies,
80 Days
Around the World and Vanya, Sonia, Masha and Spike.
Visited December 26-28, 2014 stayed at the
Radisson Martinique Hotel on Broadway. Attended five shows:
A Delicate Balance,
It's Only A Play,
The Curious
Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,
The
Christmas Spectacular at Radio City and
You
Can't Take It With You.
Visited April 17-19, 2015 stayed at the Radisson
Martinique Hotel on Broadway. Attended five
shows: Pardon My English,
The Audience,
The Unexpected Guest, Simon Amstell in
To Be Free and
The Book of Mormon.
Visited in July 2015 Attended three
shows: An Act of God with Jim Parsons,
A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, 39 Steps, and
On The 20th Century
Visited September 6-7, 2015 stayed at the Sofitel Hotel (got it
through Priceline). On Sunday I attended
Something Rotten. On Labor Day Monday went to Yankee Stadium to
watch the Yankees vs the Orioles (unfortuately the O's lost).
Visited January 1-3, 2016 stayed at the Radisson
Martinique Hotel on Broadway. Attended
four shows: The Greatest Pirate Holiday Spectacularrrr,
Something Rotten (second time), King Charles III
and the
Nutcraker.
Visited August 26-28, 2016 stayed at the Radisson Martinique Hotel on
Broadway. Attended three shows: Cirque du Soleil
Paramour, The
Perfect Crime and Alladin. Also watched the Orioles play the
Yankees at Yankees Standium (unfortunately the O's lost).
Visited April 21-22, 2017 stayed at the Radisson
Martinique Hotel on Broadway. Attended
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. On the 22nd flew out of JFK
to Thailand, returning on the 29th.
Visited May 14, 2017. Attended The Play That Goes Wrong.
Visited July 8, 2017 with Frances. Attended Hello Dolly with Donna
Murphy and
David Hyde Pierce.
Visited Flushing Meadows–Corona Park on October 13-14, 2017 to see the site
of the 1964 World's Fair. Saw the Unisphere, New York State
Pavilion, the Observation Towers and the Queens Museum. Vistied
New York City on October 14-15 with Stacey and Charlie. We stayed at the DoubleTree Suites
in Times Square. We attended The Play That Goes Wrong,
Kinky Boots and Wicked. We
also had dinner at Serendipity
3.
Visited December 22-24, 2017. Attended Meteor Shower,
Spamilton, Come From Away and
Elf: The Musical. Visited Santa at Macy's.
In December 2017 and then again in February, 2018, worked in
Buffalo.
In July 2018, attended Aladdin with
Frances.
In August,2018 for my birthday weekend visted with DeAndre and went
to
Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out.
In October and November 2018, meet up with Renzo in NYC. Went to
Chicago, Kinky Boots, Wicked,
The Lion King, Blue Man Group, and a
Drag
Brunch.
Unfortunately, I have been lazy in keeping up my website, so I'm sure
I missing several shows I have seen. I will try to do better.
In June 2019, visited NYC.
In August 2019 visited NYC with Dre and Renzo.
In October 2019 visited NYC for a day with Dre and Davon.
In October 2020 visted NYC for a weekend.
In February 2022, visited the NYC area with Dre and he attended a
Ball.
In November 2022, visited NYC and attended A Sherlock Carol.
In March 2023, visited the NYC area with Dre and he attended a Ball.
In March 2023, visited NYC with EJ and Renzo. Attended Moulin
Rouge the Musical and Little Shop of Horrors.
In July 2023, visited NYC with EJ, Attended Peter Pan Goes
Wrong, Back to the Future, and Some
Like It Hot.
In October 2023, visited Queens with Dre and Jonnie, stayed at an
AirBNB. They attended a Ball. I rode the bus to Times Square to see an
Off-Broadway show.
In June 2024, visited NYC. meet up with Renzo. Attended a taping of
the Late Show aith Stephen Colbert.
In July 2024, visited NYC for the July 4th weekend and meet up with
Renzo. We attended The Wiz.
In August 2024, visited NYC with Dre and Jonnie. We attended
The Wiz.
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