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morning, September 29, 1983 as we had to get haircuts but more important we had
to find tuxes as the invitation said 'Black Tie Required' and we didn't even
have suits! One would think it would be easy to find a tux in NYC but it wasn't
and finally after hitting about 7-8 stores we finally found one that had suits
for both us. The tuxes cost $85 each and we had to run back to the hotel to get
dressed as the show started at 2 PM with the doors opening at 1:30 PM and we
wanted to be there early. We got there in plenty of time to see Buddy before he
had to go backstage. Some day I will have to blog how he left ACL in St. Louis for a guy!
ME AND DR.K (BOB) IN OUR TUXES AND BUDDY ON THE
RIGHT
THE TICKET, THE SILVER PROGRAM AND ME
The dress rehearsal was
unbelievable!!! Michael Bennett, in one week, had completely restaged a perfect
show to make it even better if that was possible and it was. He had 6 Cassies doing "The Music and the Mirror", 10
Pauls doing the monologue, "Nothing"
sung by the Japanese cast, the current company replaced by the original company
in the blink of an eye, over 400 on stage during the finale--and then the
'nerve' of Michael Bennett asking the audience to stay while the company
repeated the finale for a taping to be shown on NBC. The audience not only went
wild over that announcement they, we, didn't stop applauding, yelling until it
was all over.
My hands were swollen from
applauding so much that I couldn't get my rings off for days and I was so hoarse
from yelling I could hardly talk. While waiting to redo the finale the cast was
standing in all the aisles and since our seats were near the aisle Dr. K started
talking to one of the guys who explained to us how they were able to change
costumes so fast from the final line up to the finale--Velcro was the
secret!
I have never spent such an exciting, unbelievable, monumental time in the
theatre, not even the first time I saw "A Chorus Line" which I will blog about
in the future and its affect on me from that day forward. With the exception of
the last 10 minutes of the show we saw on Saturday nothing since seeing
the dress rehearsal of "A Chorus Line" has moved me in the theatre. In a way, to
a certain extent, that performance was to ruin theatre for me from then on.
After the show, completely
exhausted, we went to Marchi's, my
favorite all time restaurant in New York, then The Polo bar to meet Sue's friend and finally back to the hotel where I found it very hard to fall asleep
still excited by the afternoon.
NEXT--PART 3--THE WEEKEND IN NYC--MORE
THEATRE--MORE FOOD--FRIENDS