Upcoming May Trip to NYC!!

We're getting excited about our upcoming weekend in NYC, May 17-19th. We had tickets to see a new musical, Glory Days, an import from a theatre in VA that was a last minute addition to the spring Broadway season. Unfortunately, it received lukewarm reviews and the producers decided to close it after Opening Night. The consensus seems to be that the two 20-somethings who did the book, music, and lyrics are talents to watch but that this production didn't really have a chance. After much angst we decided to replace this open slot (it's always quite a debate to decide what productions are "slot-worthy") with another new musical, Saved, based on the recent movie of the same name. It is just starting in previews tomorrow, so we're just going on a hunch that it will be good. The cast is full of talented young actors we've seen in other productions, so the chances are good.
We'll get on the Greyhound bus early Saturday morning, probably go right from the Port Authority to Saved, check into our hotel, and then head to Brooklyn to see a well-reviewed production of Samuel Beckett's Endgame. Sunday afternoon we'll see Top Girls, which has an incredible cast that includes Martha Plimpton, Marissa Tomei, and Mary Beth Hurt.
The impetus for this trip was to see the last performance of Jonathan Groff and Lea Michel, the two leads in Spring Awakening. We've already seen this show three times (once from the audience, and twice sitting on the stage), but when we were in NYC in February and read that Jonathan and Lea were leaving the show on the same night we were up from the breakfast table and at the Box Office within about 15 minutes! We'll also be able to see Nashua's own Alexandra Socha who joined the cast this year which will be cool. Counting down the days!