Celebrity Sightings

Not too many sightings this trip--Jeremy Irons walking down the street, Howard Stern getting into a cab, Phoebe Cates at her new store, Blue Tree, on the East Side, Lauren Graham and Oliver Platt signing autographs after Guys and Dolls, Art Moore (Program Director of Live with Regis and Kelly) having lunch . . . hopefully more to come!

Day Three In NYC!

Nothing makes the CultureBuddies happier than a big Broadway musical with a full orchestra, great songs, a gorgeous set, and lots of dance numbers. Because there is nowhere on earth that you can see a show of this scope and size other than on Broadway, we were in CB heaven Friday night at Guys and Dolls. Has anyone ever written a better score than Fred Loesser did for this show? Just one amazing song after another. The numbers were wonderfully performed by Lauren Graham as Adelaide, Kate Jennings Grant as the Mission worker Sarah, and Sky Masterson adorably played by Craig Berko. Oliver Platt played Nathan Detroit, and he is definately the weakest link, but he held his own with all the singers and dancers. This show is just plain fun! The dance numbers alone make it worth the price of admission:
Luck Be a Lady Tonight was wonderful with every male in the cast involved in this great dance number which was beautifully choreographed. The other standout song and dance number was Titus Burgess' full blown Gospel rendition of Sit Down You're Rockin' the Boat. Lauren Graham is just adorable as Adelaide. It was a great night of musical theater.

Earlier in the day we travelled up to the Lincoln Plaza Cinema to see the Swedish film Everlasting Moments. A 2 1/2 hour film about a woman in the early 1900s locked in a marriage with her only outlet a camera. A long, lovely, very moving film which the CBs recommend.