NYC Adventure (2010 Day 5)

I woke up early on Saturday morning to take a group of students down to Union Square to get student rush tickets for Fuerzabruta a crazy show that takes place on the ceiling above your head (while you stand). I thought their box office would be open at 9:00am- but I was wrong. The box office didn't open until 1:00pm- which was cutting it really close to our 2:00pm matinee performance of Lend Me a Tenor- but I told them to play around Union Square and get their tickets fast at 1:00pm and meet us at the theatre for Tenor. Well I was wrong again because they didn't sell student tickets until an hour before the show- and they waited in Union Square all morning for nothing (but I did show them where crazy Max Brenner's chocolate shop was).

At the same time, Jackie was with people helping them get Sunday matinee tix at the TKTS at the Seaport. They sell matinee the day before- but a lot of what people wanted to see were not available- so after hanging out there a bit, us and and Coxes headed over to S'Mac- a tradition that cannot be missed whenever we're in NYC. I ate what I always eat- the Moroccan mac & cheese and I never regret it.

After that, we were off to the matinee of Lend me a Tenor- which had it's fun moments (but Boeing-Boeing in 2008 and Noises Off in 2002 were funnier). After that, I ran to the Drama Bookstore to grab a bunch of scripts for my drama room.

We met my family at In the Heights to help them get lottery tix. Nate was the first one called so he got 2 front row tickets- which he used with my mom, leaving my dad to sit up in the balcony with strangers. Then they helped us get tix for Rock of Ages- which we saw that night. What I liked about Rock of Ages:

1- Our usher. Best usher ever in a Broadway house- he was hilarious and had NO FEAR when it came to putting drunken middle-aged women who were sitting in the wrong seats (and were adamant that they weren't) in their place.

2- The mom of one of our students LOVING every song that came up that reminded her of her high school years (this show uses every hit hair band song from the 80's that you could think of- in other words, my mom's version of hell).

3- The cast of the show. They were having a ton of fun (and I don't know how they sing that way 8 shows a week) and Constantine (from American Idol) was really good.

4- The way that a beer vendor would come out and show his wares whenever a hit song was about to begin. I'm going to start this at my high school during our shows. Great fundraising opportunity.

My only issue is that I couldn't understand some of the dialogue- I don't know if it was me or the speakers. But I was partially deaf when the show was over. A successful Saturday night in NYC (except for the students that didn't make it to Fuerzabruta- but they went to Serendipity instead).