NYC 2014 Day #2

After a great morning sleeping in, we helped the kiddos (and adult-os) get into a matinee show of their choice.  This was the morning that we learned if students had forgotten their high school ID card that they could pull up their school picture on their smartphone as proof of being a student.  We had students get into:  The Book of Mormon, Of Mice and Men (with James Franco and Chris O'Dowd-- the crowd at the stage door of that show was as crazy as when Julia Roberts, Bradley Cooper and Paul Rudd were all in a play together on one of our trips...), Cabaret, All the Way (with Bryan Cranston), Newsies- and some brave souls went off to explore Battleship Intrepid.  Since the Coxes and Kelly Riding already had their tickets (to see Idina Menzel in If/Then) and Jackie and I had our tickets (for Kinky Boots), we were off to explore EATALY down by the Flatiron building.

First off, EATALY is basically like an Ikea for all things Italian.  We walked in the door and were greeted by the Nutella Cafe (Nutella floor to ceiling).  We wandered around lost in the homemade pasta bar, the seafood bar, the focaccia counter, the panini counter, the gelato bar, it just went on and on...
Brent and Amanda helped themselves to a meat and cheeses of Italy platter while Jackie and Kelly got focaccia.  I got a delicious panini and a strange Italian canned soda.  It was delicious and a place we will visit again (and the salted caramel gelato was amazing).
It was off to Kinky Boots with Kelly DeHaan (who had a delicious lunch of Pakistani food that everyone in our hotel got to experience over and over again...).  Kinky Boots was a lot of fun-- and Billy Porter was really amazing (we're glad we got to see him)-- but since it won Best Musical last year, with all the hype, we found it... ok... nothing spectacular, but ok... I'm glad we saw it though.
After Kinky I picked up some scripts for school at the Drama Bookstore and then back to the hotel to distribute tickets for: A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder.
After Kinky Boots, I was worried that this Best Musical winner would also be overhyped--- but it was not.  This show was amazing.  The 4 leads were spot on, having a fantastic time with each other and the audience.  This show was hilarious (from Jefferson Mayes and the spit flying from his lips in the Act 2 dinner scene to Monty Navarro's pitch perfect facial expressions and the two female soprano's beautiful voices), this was an amazing show from start to finish.  Everyone had a great time-- such a great time that I blocked out what we did after the show (I know it involved eating and making fun of Kelly DeHaan and his Pakistani lunch).  If you are in NYC, see this show.  It's wonderful.