NYC Day 4

We woke up this morning around 8:30 and went to the TKTS booth at 10, which is the time it opened to sell matinee tickets. When we got there the line was already extremely long and the tickets they had for Mary Poppins were only 30% off instead of 50%, so we went over to the theatre for Mary Poppins and bought tickets at the box office with our discount codes.

Around 10:45 we met mom’s childhood friend, Sharrie, from Pennsylvania. We ended up going to eat at The Bubba Gump Shrimp Company, and stayed there until mom and I had to leave for the show. It was so fun to hear so many of the stories from mom’s childhood!

Mom and Sharrie at Bubba Gump

There were so many kids at Mary Poppins I thought I was going to loose my mind, but they were all very well behaved. The show was incredible! Our seats were in the right mezzanine, but were so perfect, especially at the end of the show! I don’t want to spoil anything for people who may want to see the show, but Mary flies! She ended up flying right in front of us – so close that we could have touched her! I will not lie….I shed a tear or two! The sets, staging and costumes were unbelievable! I should have known to expect spectacular with Disney, but I was shocked at how spectacular the show really was!

Every show is participating in Broadway Cares: Support HIV and AIDS this week and after every show you had the options of buying signed posters, playbills, etc., so we did not go to the stage door for either show we saw today.

Mom and I before Mary Poppins

The Amsterdam Theatre

After the matinee we went to the box office for Billy Elliot to try to get student rush tickets. While we were waiting to get tickets, we saw James Gandolfini, aka Tony Soprano, from God of Carnage! It was awesome!

I know it is a horrible picture, but I had to show it to you!

There was a pretty long line for tickets to Billy Elliot because the show is so popular right now, but we ended up getting tickets! We went out for dinner and then went straight to the show. The show was fantastic! It was a great story and the dance numbers were pretty incredible. The kid who played Billy was phenomenal! This is a show in which you laugh and cry all in the same scene. This show will definitely be nominated for and win Tony’s this year!

Again, we didn’t go to the stage door, but that was ok! We went back to the hotel and packed our bags. We had an incredible trip and can’t wait to do it again!

Weather permitting, Kevin and I will be going to Vegas on Friday. We will see what the weather has in store for us! Thanks again for following along on this great journey with me!