Great Museum at the Intrepid
Lucky me, I got a full blown (after hours) tour of the Intrepid Aircraft Carrier musuem up in New York. Fantastic !! They did an amazing job with the restoration. They also added a great collection of airplanes !
The NEW Intrepid
I’m riding the train back from New York as I’m typing this, posting from my iPhone. Cool stuff. Visited the Intrepid aircraft carrier tonight, which recently reopened after a two year overhaul. Very impressive.
This is definitely NOT theatre
Not every night is theatre, on Mondays, I get to play a little volleyball !
So many plays…
By far, my favorite thing to do in this blog is reviewing plays that I’ve seen. The last play that I reviewed was August : Osage County, way back in May. While I haven’t written a review lately, I still have seen a few productions along the way… For fun, I just looked back over the list :Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (New York, May 2008)
Top Girls (New York, May 2008)
Happiness Lecture (Phila Theatre Company, June 2008)
“Reading Hebron” at Interact - Israeli/Palestine Conflict (Interact, June 2008)
Our Town in Philadelphia (Arden, June 2008)
Young Frankenstein (New York, June 2008)
Seed of a Nation (Lancaster, July 2008)
Ten Percent of Molly Snyder (Montgomery Theatre, July 2008)
Private Lives (Cape May Playhouse, July 2008)
Shakespeare in the (Community) Park - Meg was Juliet ! (Ft. Washington, July 2008)
Quilters (Abilene Kansas, Aug 2008)
State Fair (Walnut, Sept 2008)
Streetcar Named Desire (NJ Shakes, Sept 2008)
Rock and Roll (Wilma Theatre, Meg saw it opening night, I went later with Jim)
Reefer Madness (11th Hour at Philly Shakes, Nov 2008)
War Party (Interact Theatre, Opening Night, Nov 16th, and night with parents, Nov 2008)
In the Heights (By myself, New York, Nov 2008)
Last Night of Ballyhoo (Montgomery Theatre, Nov 2008)
Gee’s Bend (Arden Theatre, Nov 2008)
Hairspray (Walnut Street Theatre, Dec 2008)
Cherry Bomb (1812 Productions, Jan 2009)
Streetcar Named Desire (Walnut Street Theatre, Jan 2009)
My Name is Asher Lev (Arden Theatre, Feb 2009)
Wow ! That’s alot of plays !!
Raining in the Adirondacks
Lots of rain here on our first day of vacation, sure wish it was snowing instead ! Maybe we’ll see a moose !
New Gazebo at the Art Musuem
Did you see the new gazebo behind the Art Museum ? It overlooks the river, and has a terrific view ! It’s made of metal and wood. My only critique is that the metal seems to be oxidizing, and while that could potentially give it good character, in my opinion, it just makes it rather ugly. Maybe they’re going to paint it ?Have a walk, and go see for yourself…
Skiing Movie !
No, not that kind of skiing. Going cross-country skiing ! I’ll be honest, I used to be a big downhill guy, but recently have really gotten hooked on cross-country skiing…In honor of this year’s trip, I’ve made a little movie of last year’s trip.
My New Mii
Check it out, I finally starting playing Wii, and I made myself a Mii ! Startling resemblance ? Or just wishful thinking ?
My review of My Name is Asher Lev (The Arden)
Loved it. Really loved it.I was engaged from the first line. That’s rare. Usually, it’s takes me a good 20 minutes to get into a play, but they hooked me from the first line, and I don’t know why. I just found the story really compelling. I’d say it’s because it meant alot to me personally, but the two main themes were Judaism and artistic suffering. I’m not either, but just the same, really enjoyed the journey.
I did start to drift during Asher’s first trip to Europe, about half way through the play. But surprisingly, they hooked me again during the 2nd half, and held me raptured right through the end.
The cast was great. Karl Miller played Asher, and spoke quite directly to me. I was impressed. Adam Heller played all the other male parts, including Asher’s Father. What I found remarkable was his ability to shift between characters, sometimes without even leaving the stage. Wow.
Oh yeah, really liked the lighting too. Subtle, but super-effective. Way to go lighting guy.
Go see it. You have until March 15th.
Subscribe via RSS
Did you know that you can subscribe to my blog via RSS !What is RSS, you say ? Let me tell you. It’s kind of like the high-tech equivalent of a magazine subscription. Rather than coming back to my blog over and over, you subscribe via RSS, and every time I post something new, it just shows up in your RSS reader.
What is an RSS reader ? Why, it’s the tool you use to read all your RSS feeds. Lots of websites of use RSS feeds. One of my favorites is the New York Times. In fact, they have different feeds for the different sections of the paper. Meg’s favorite is the Arts section of the paper, so she only subscribes to that feed. Neat huh ?
There are many RSS readers out there, but my favorite is the Google Reader
So here’s the steps :
- Sign up for an account on Google Reader
- Come back to my page
- Scroll down, and on the right, click on “subscribe to the rss feed”
- On the next page, just click on the “Google” icon to select your reader
Easy and Fun !