Wednesday – May 30th

Slept in to 7 AM today. Got up and worked on a new play. It has potential but needs work.

When I got up, my legs were so tired I could hardly walk. After walking for a while they loosened up and didn’t hurt so badly but every time I sat down for a while it is hard to get them going again.

Headed downtown on the Subway then went to Tickets, tickets to get half-price tickets for a matinee of Deuce with Angela Lansbury and Marian Seldes.

Tickets/Tickets is quite an operation. They sell extra tickets for performances for half price the day of the performance. The last time I was in NYC, Tkts/Tkts was in an old trailer at the intersection of Broadway and 7th Avenue. You had to stand outside in the sun or rain to buy the tickets. Now they are building a new building but in the interim, they are located in the Marriott Hotel on Times Square. When I got there at 10:30, the line was hundreds of people long. Row after row after row of people. But they move it right along. You are constantly moving so it took about 30 minutes to get the tickets.

The half price tickets were $51.00.

I realized that the matinee was at 2 pm which meant we would get out at 4 and I have to get into line for the nights tickets. That would take a half hour then I was to meet hank at 5:30 for dinner. So I hotfoot it up town to shower and change for the evening (Remember the subway pass? Looking better all the time.) Then back down town and have lunch and see Deuce.

It is basically a two woman show. There are three other actors in minor roles. It ran 90 minutes and I thought that the pair did a great job. Nice set too.

That evening we went to see Frost/Nixon. Another two man show and one of the more popular shows on Broadway. Frank Langella played Nixon. It was an absolutely masterful performance. I don’t know what the competition for the Tony is but His performance was just about the best performance I have ever seen. It also had the BEST lighting I have ever seen in a show before. Like Deuce, Frost/Nixon has several actors that fill in supporting roles. One was Steven Kunken, another stellar performance. Frost/Nixon is about the time that David Frost interviewed Richard Nixon after Nixon had resigned. This play was two hours without an intermission. Not withstanding a full bladder, the first half of the show was just okay but that last hour has to be seen to be believed. It was absolutely mesmerizing.

Back to the room at 11 pm. Still too wound up to go to sleep. Have a beer and work on my play a little.

My legs are a little better by the time I go to bed.

Another GREAT day in the city.