AF-1 Posted February 23, 2020 #701 Share Posted February 23, 2020 George C; I just saw the 50th Anniversary tour of the Beatles White Album. The muscicans were Christopher Cross, Todd Rundgren, Mickey Dolenz, and Jason Scheff from Chicago. It was at our local art theater; it was an awesome show. And of course in addition to playing the songs from the Beatles album; they all did three songs from their groups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George C Posted February 23, 2020 Author #702 Share Posted February 23, 2020 10 minutes ago, AF-1 said: George C; I just saw the 50th Anniversary tour of the Beatles White Album. The muscicans were Christopher Cross, Todd Rundgren, Mickey Dolenz, and Jason Scheff from Chicago. It was at our local art theater; it was an awesome show. And of course in addition to playing the songs from the Beatles album; they all did three songs from their groups. Would love to see that show, seeing Christopher Cross again in a couple of weeks, we went to more than 15 shows on cruise, wife wants to see Todd Rundgren again in nyc on our May visit decent tickets over 200 , not a bad seat for all the main shows , music by the pool was great with people like Edgar Winter . Of course this cruise was not cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AF-1 Posted February 23, 2020 #703 Share Posted February 23, 2020 I know; we did Where the action is cruise last year on Princess. The line up was: The Buckinghams, Gary Lewis, Danny & the Juniors, 1910 Fruit Gum Company, Paul Revere's Raiders, and Badfinger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George C Posted February 25, 2020 Author #704 Share Posted February 25, 2020 Just bought Todd Rundgren tickets he is at Gramercy in NYC from 5/21 to 5/23 , he show on Infinity was great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenquixote66 Posted February 25, 2020 #705 Share Posted February 25, 2020 On 2/10/2020 at 1:16 PM, Lois R said: This sounds awesome I wonder if anyone ever thought of writing Twilight Zone ,the musical .That would be something very different . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George C Posted February 26, 2020 Author #706 Share Posted February 26, 2020 Just bought tickets to Girl from the north country, they had cast on Jimmy Fallon last night . Will use tkts for other shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare markeb Posted March 2, 2020 #707 Share Posted March 2, 2020 I've been following "Come From Away" on their UK social media feeds for a while now. The show would seem on the surface to be North America centric, and in fact the creative team had some concerns (a couple of minor script changes) taking it to Dublin and ultimately the West End. We were impressed, and a little amazed over the holidays at just how good the production was, and how full the house was. The show won four Olivier Awards (equivalent to the Tony) last year, including Best New Musical. Following along tonight as the show won 5 What's On Stage awards (public voted), including Best New Musical, and Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Rachel Tucker in the role of "Beverly and Others". (She takes over the role on Broadway this week.) Clearly a great show is a great show, and the North America focus of the show has not kept it from being fully embraced in the West End! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ams cruiser Posted March 12, 2020 #708 Share Posted March 12, 2020 (edited) San Francisco has just canceled all gatherings of more than 1000 people for at least the next two weeks. (Our Golden State Warriors will play home games in an empty arena.) The local news is reporting that today was Hamilton's last performance. Nothing official from the theaters yet, as this is "breaking news", but I am anticipating that my Hamilton tickets for late March will be refunded. Disappointing, but a minor concern, in the grand scheme of things. Stanford University (and Harvard) has asked all of their students to move out of the dorms, as they shift to online learning for the remainder of the year. UC Berkeley has suspended in-person classes until the end of March, when it will be re-evaluated. Just saw an article saying that an usher who worked part time at "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" at "Six" has tested positive for COVID-19. The usher is quarantined, but, after "deep cleaning" both shows will go on. Our local news also just reported that the Curran Theatre (Harry Potter) with a seating capacity of 1667 will continue performances with reduced audiences of no more than 1000 people. I am hoping that this is some kind of mis-communication, and common sense will prevail. Edited March 12, 2020 by ams cruiser clarity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ams cruiser Posted March 12, 2020 #709 Share Posted March 12, 2020 41 minutes ago, ams cruiser said: San Francisco has just canceled all gatherings of more than 1000 people for at least the next two weeks. (Our Golden State Warriors will play home games in an empty arena.) The local news is reporting that today was Hamilton's last performance. Nothing official from the theaters yet, as this is "breaking news", but I am anticipating that my Hamilton tickets for late March will be refunded. Disappointing, but a minor concern, in the grand scheme of things. Stanford University (and Harvard) has asked all of their students to move out of the dorms, as they shift to online learning for the remainder of the year. UC Berkeley has suspended in-person classes until the end of March, when it will be re-evaluated. Just saw an article saying that an usher who worked part time at "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" at "Six" has tested positive for COVID-19. The usher is quarantined, but, after "deep cleaning" both shows will go on. Our local news also just reported that the Curran Theatre (Harry Potter) with a seating capacity of 1667 will continue performances with reduced audiences of no more than 1000 people. I am hoping that this is some kind of mis-communication, and common sense will prevail. https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/theater/broadway-sf-cancels-hamilton-the-last-ship-performances-due-to-citys-ban-on-public-gatherings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Langoustine Posted March 12, 2020 #710 Share Posted March 12, 2020 (edited) All Broadway shows are closed starting tonight until April 12. Edited March 12, 2020 by Langoustine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Got2Cruise Posted March 12, 2020 #711 Share Posted March 12, 2020 10 minutes ago, Langoustine said: All Broadway shows are closed starting tonight until April 12. The Metropolitan Opera, Met Art Museum, Billy Joel concerts all shut down also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George C Posted March 12, 2020 Author #712 Share Posted March 12, 2020 We are scheduled to visit and have tickets for some shows in May , looks like we have a 50/50 chance I hate to cancel our annual trip . Glad we have insurance on airfare at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ams cruiser Posted March 12, 2020 #713 Share Posted March 12, 2020 12 minutes ago, George C said: We are scheduled to visit and have tickets for some shows in May , looks like we have a 50/50 chance I hate to cancel our annual trip . Glad we have insurance on airfare at least. With all of the confusion about what insurance will cover, I'm wondering under what circumstances they will cover airfare (besides the normal covered reasons, like getting sick.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George C Posted March 12, 2020 Author #714 Share Posted March 12, 2020 7 minutes ago, ams cruiser said: With all of the confusion about what insurance will cover, I'm wondering under what circumstances they will cover airfare (besides the normal covered reasons, like getting sick.) I hope I don’t have to find out , have visited every year since I Moved from there in 1982. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ams cruiser Posted March 13, 2020 #715 Share Posted March 13, 2020 1 hour ago, George C said: I hope I don’t have to find out , have visited every year since I Moved from there in 1982. Fingers crossed things will have calmed down by then! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Langoustine Posted March 13, 2020 #716 Share Posted March 13, 2020 All branches of the New York Public Library are closed starting March 14 through the end of the month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenquixote66 Posted March 15, 2020 #717 Share Posted March 15, 2020 On 3/12/2020 at 3:08 PM, Langoustine said: All Broadway shows are closed starting tonight until April 12. It is now April 20.We have tickets for Tina on April 29 through a theater club for mainly disabled seniors.My thinking is that it is not very likely that the theaters will re-open in April.We also have tickets for West Side Story on May 20 and may not get there either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George C Posted March 16, 2020 Author #718 Share Posted March 16, 2020 My tickets are for May 21 and 22 so we will decide sometime in beginning of May if we fly to New York really hope we can do our annual trip if not we will just postpone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Langoustine Posted March 16, 2020 #719 Share Posted March 16, 2020 All restaurants in NYC are now closed except for takeout or delivery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenquixote66 Posted March 16, 2020 #720 Share Posted March 16, 2020 5 hours ago, Langoustine said: All restaurants in NYC are now closed except for takeout or delivery. That is so difficult to believe.I have lived in NY all my life and never have experienced anything like this . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Noxequifans Posted March 17, 2020 #721 Share Posted March 17, 2020 (edited) I was a child during WWII and remember the many restrictions/shortages, etc. that we lived through. But we got through. Edited March 17, 2020 by Noxequifans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenquixote66 Posted March 17, 2020 #722 Share Posted March 17, 2020 3 hours ago, Noxequifans said: I was a child during WWII and remember the many restrictions/shortages, etc. that we lived through. But we got through. So was I . The only thing even close to this was the blizzard of 1947 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare markeb Posted April 6, 2020 #723 Share Posted April 6, 2020 I know all the theaters are dark, and NYC has a lot to deal with these days, but this appeared today and made me smile, and produced a few tears. Skip ahead to about 8 minutes. The whole thing is CC safe; there are no political or other comments, but from about 8 minutes on is amazing. Try to watch Aubrey's face... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George C Posted April 7, 2020 Author #724 Share Posted April 7, 2020 2 hours ago, markeb said: I know all the theaters are dark, and NYC has a lot to deal with these days, but this appeared today and made me smile, and produced a few tears. Skip ahead to about 8 minutes. The whole thing is CC safe; there are no political or other comments, but from about 8 minutes on is amazing. Try to watch Aubrey's face... Very cool, fun video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenquixote66 Posted April 7, 2020 #725 Share Posted April 7, 2020 This is great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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