Tuesday, March 27, 2012

OUR PHONE NUMBER IS 410-358-7469
OUR EMAIL IS PLAY-BOUNDSANDIE@YAHOO.COM

WE GET YOU BROADWAY TICKETS AND UP TO 40% DISCOUNT
(SORRY NO BOOK OF MORMON OR WICKED)

RESTAURANTS IN NEW YORK CITY

WHERE TO EAT........

WE ARE UP AND RUNNING OUR TRIPS BEGINNING APRIL 14, 2012

SO MANY OF YOU WANT OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR LUNCH/BRUNCH

                FIVE NAPKIN BURGER
                CORNER OF 45 STREET AND 9TH AVENUE    (THEATRE DISTRICT0

NOW WHEN I FIRST HEARD THE NAME I WAS TURNED OFF THINKING THIS WAS A MCSOMETHING PLACE                WRONG        IT IS A REALLY NICE RESTAURANT

LET ME TELL YOU THEIR BURGER RANKS IN THE TOP 5 BURGERS WE HAVE FOUND IN THE BIG APPLE     (OK  LITTLE OWL IS @1)

THE FREE FORMED BURGER COMES PERFECTLY COOKED, JUICY ON A WONDERFUL BUN.  THE FRIED ONIONS, I HATE FRIED ONIONS, WERE AMAZING....I BECAME A CONVERT.   OUR HOSTESSES BARBARA DECLARED " IT IS THE ONLY BURGER I DID NOT HAVE TO PUT KETCHUP ON".  THE FRIES AND ONION RINGS ARE FIRST RATE TOO

NOT A BEEF BURGER EATER.   WELL THE VEGIE BURGER, BIRD BURGER AND ALL THE REST OF THE LIST, ALL MEASURE UP TO THE SAME STANDARD AS THE BEEF BURGER.

NICE WEATHER YOU CAN SIT CURBSIDE AND WATCH THE PARADE OF INTERESTING PEOPLE WALK BY.

MOST OF THE THEATRES ARE BETWEEN 8TH AND BROADWAY...SO IT IS JUST ONE BLOCK OVER TO GET TO YOUR SHOW

WE USUALLY MAKE A 12:30 RESERVATION    OH YES --- RESERVATIONS ARE A MUST

IN THE TOP 5......  I WILL GIVE YOU THE OTHERS ANOTHER TIME

BARRY LEVINSON'S DINER COMING TO BROADWAY

AND SO ARE WE  ------ WE WILL BE THERE     WILL YOU?

SO YOU ALL HAVE HEARD BARRY LEVINSON IS BRINGING DINER TO BROADWAY.

YES, AND A LOT OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT SHERYL CROW IS DOING THE MUSIC

BINGO AGAIN

YES, THE SHOW WILL PREVIEW FALL 2012 IN SAN FRANCISCO AND COME TO BROADWAY, EARLY 2013  

THE STORY IS ABOUT THE 6 DINER GUYS...... NOW AS FAR AS I KNOW, THERE ARE ABOUT 100 GUYS RUNNING AROUND TOWN CALLING THEMSELVES "ORIGINAL DINER GUYS"   YES, I DID GO TO HILLTOP DINER BUT IN THE 50'S WHEN THIS ALL I HAPPENED, I WAS STILL IN PHILADELPHIA.   I DIDN'T GET HERE UNTIL EARLY 60'S

I THINK THE SHOW WILL BE TRUE TO THE MOVIE

YES WE WILL A ZILLION BUSSES GOING UP TO NYC FOR THE SHOW.   WE HAVE ALREADY PUT IN FOR TICKETS.... YES, PLAYBOUND WILL BE ON TOP OF IT.

LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE HEARD

Monday, May 23, 2011

WOW - BROADWAY IS SOOO HOT THESE DAYS

SANDIE SEZ                                 CALL US AT 410-358-SHOW (7469) FOR ALL OUR TRIP AND TICKETS TO BROADWAY

JUST BACK FROM 3 FABULOUS DAYS IN THE BIG APPLE.  EVEN THE WEATHER WAS GOOD.  

SAW SPIDERMAN.   WELL THE NICE MAN IN THE BOX OFFICE GAVE ME 5TH ROW SEATS.  WHEN SPIDEY FLEW, MY HAIR RUFFLED.   FRIEND BARBARA SAT IN ROW U ORCHESTRA WITH GRANDSON T.J.  HIS FIRST TRIP TO BROADWAY.   THEY HAD THE PANORAMIC VIEW OF SPIDEY FLYING AND LOVED IT..... TRUE SHE WAS WATCHING THE AWE ON HIS FACE.    NOW WE HAD A GROUP IN FLYING CIRCLE....ADULTS AND KIDS.

AGREED ---  THE PLACE TO SEE THE SHOW FROM IS FLYING CIRCLE

MUSIC BY BONO AND THE EDGE -  GOOD    LOVED THE ONE 'THINK AGAIN"  MAY BE THE SHOW STOPPER

SPECIAL EFFECTS   WOW WOW WOW   THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO JUMP INTO MY LAP.  THERE ARE ACTUALLY 8 GUYS FLYING, LEAPING AND DOING THE SPECIAL EFFECTS (ONLY ONE AT A TIME)

THE STORY ---   WELL WHEN I GO TO SEE SUPERMAN, I KNOW HE LIKES LOIS LANE AD SHE LIKES HIM BUT THE STORY IS HIM FIGHTING GOOD AND EVIL AND SHE IS THE BACK STORY.   IN SPIDERMAN, THE FRONT STORY IS HE LOVES MARY JANE AND SHE LOVES HIM.  THE BACK STORY IS HIM FIGHTING GOOD AND EVIL....   SOMEHOW, THEY GOT IT MIXED UP.   THEY SHOULD HAVE WATCHED MORE SUPERMAN.   THE AUDIENCE WANTS HIM TO SAVE THE WORLD......
     
DEFINITELY TAKE A KID.  IT ENHANCES THE WHOLE SHOW 200%. TO WATCH THEIR REACTIONS.    tICKET PRICES ARE OFF THE WALL.... BUT WE ARE GETTING SOME DISCOUNTS SO CALL US FIRST TO SAVE MONEY
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PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT  --- THREE BUS LOADS THIS WEEK AND THE UNANIMOUS DECISION WAS IT IS "FANTASTIC"     THE GUYS????  ARE GORGEOUS.
THE CLOTHES, COSTUMES OUTRAGOUS.  THE MUSIC FABULOUS  --- ALL SONG WE REMEMBER.....

CONSENSUS ----   THEY WERE ROBBED BY THE TONY AWARDS STAFF
SOULD BE A UNION THING SINCE THEY USE CANNED MUSIC.  

CONSENSOUS.......     THIS IS  A MUST SEE..... IF YOU SEE ONLY ONE BROADWAY SHOW THIS YEAR.   THIS IS THE ONE

WE ADDED BUSSES FOR SEPTEMBER 10 AND SEPTEMBER 17
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DRAMA  ---   WE SELDOM RUN TRIPS TO SEE DRAMAS  BUT WE CAN'T RECOMMEND ENOUGH
                                       THE NORMAL HEART

THE STORY IS ABOUT THE DOCTOR WHO FIRST DISCOVERED THE AIDS VIRUS AND CALLED IT A GAY DISEASE - PLAGUE,   EPIDEMIC.   ELLEN BARKIN SHOLD BE PREPARING HER TONY ACCEPTANCE SPEECH NOW

ALL I CAN TELL YOU IS THE FIRST LIST OF HER PATIENTS WHO DIED OF AIDS WAS PROJECTED ON THE BACK WALL AND LOOKED TO BE ABOUT 20.  BY THE TIME THE SHOW ENDED, THE LIST RAPPED AROUND THE THEATRE.  I WAS IN TEARS.   YES, LIFESONGS FOR AIDS, THE BALTIMORE GROUP DID A LOT OF GREAT WORK, BUT I HAD TO REMEMBER SO MANY THAT DID NOT SURVIVE.  MARC AND NATHAN WERE WAY TO YOUNG TO DIE AND TO DIE OF THIS DISEASE IS SO SAD. 

POWERFUL     LARRY KRAMER DELIVERS THE MESSAGE BRILLIANTLY.

JOHN BENJAMIN HICKEY DESERVES HIS TONY NOMINATION.  BUT HIS CATEGORY IS A TOUGH ONE
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THE BOOK OF MORMON

LOVE SALT LAKE CITY....... STARTING TO LOSE IT WITH THE MORMONS....NOT THE RELIGIOUS ONES, THE BROADWAY ONES

TICKETS....... WHY DO THEY HATE GROUP SALES??????   OH COULD BE THEY EVEN WANT TO RAISE THEIR HIGH PRICES HIGHER SINCE THEY RECEIVED 14 TONY NOMINATIONS AND WILL PROBABLY WALK AWAY WITH 1/2 THAT OR BETTER.

HEARD THEM ON NPR THIS WEEK.   IRREVERANT IS THE WORD THAT COMES TO MIND BUT SO WHAT.......    I WANT TO JOIN THE PARTY TOO

WE HAVE TICKETS FOR SEPTEMBER 10 AND 17TH     TRYING FOR OCTOBER 1.   CALL US   410 -358 -7469    TO GET ON THE WAIT LIST.   IT IS A DAILY FIGHT AND EACH DAY WE WIN A TIC KET OR TWO.    YOU COULD BE A LUCKY ONE.
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FINALLY...   WAR HORSE

YES, IT WILL WIN BEST DRAMA.  
NO IT IS NOT A PUPPET SHOW FOR KIDS
THIS IS HEAVY DUTY   
CAROLYN SAYS THAT AFTER THE FIRST 10 MINUTES- GIVE OR TAKE A FEW-- YOU FORGET THERE ARE MEN MAKING THOSE HORSES MOVE AND BELIEVE THEY ARE REAL HORSES ON STAGE.

FRIEND CAROLE KEEPS TELLING EVERYONE THE MUST, MUST , MUST SE IT AND WE AGREE

WE HAVE TICKETS FOR OCTOBER 1      QUICK, JUST A LIMITED SUPPLY
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THE SLEEPER ---       LOVED THIS ONE ------    JUST LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO REST MY FEET UNTIL WE HAD TO BE BACK ON THE BUS.    BOY, WAS I PLEASANTLY SUPRISED

CATCH ME IF YOU CAN

OK. I SAW THE MOVIE TOO..... I KNOW THE STORY OF THE CON ARTIST KID.....  I KNOW HE WAS A PILOT FOR PAM AM, A DOCTOR IN THE EMERGENCY WARD AND A CHECK FRAUD GUY.....  BUT

WHAT I DIDN'T KNOW WAS
                          HE COULD BE SO TOTALLY ENTERTAINING

LOVED THE SHOW....    DEFINITELY A SLEEPER BUT NOT ONE TO LET YOU EVEN GRAB A TWO MINUTE CAT NAP...  GREAT MUSIC,,,, GREAT ACTING..... GREAT FUN AND LAUGHS

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------DON'T FORGET   WE ARE HOOKED INTO MOST OF THE BOX OFFICES AND THEY DO GIVE US UP TO 40% DISCOUNT ON TICKETS
SO CALL US AT 410-358-7469 FOR YOUR TICKET TO BROADWAY

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

LA CAGE AUX FAUX

LOOKS LIKE THE BIG APPLE CAN'T SUPPORT TWO DRAG QUEEN SHOWS.

ALAS, WE MUST BID ADIEU TO LA CAGE ON BROADWAY WITH HARVEY FIERSTEIN ON MAY 8.   IT HAS BEEN A GREAT RUN AND WE KNOW THERE WILL BE ANOTHER RESURRECTION IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS ----  THERE ALWAYS IS.

SO FOR OUR FRIENDS WHO HAVE TICKETS.....  WE RECOMMEND YOU SWITCH OVER TO SEE PRISCILLA.    THE HOTTEST SHOW ON BROADWAY...YES THIS IS ACTUALLY ON BROADWAY NOT ON A SIDE STREET

THE BIG QUESTION IS HOW MANY TONY'S CAN THIS SHOW GET..... LOTS AND LOTS

Monday, April 4, 2011

PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT

Monday, April 4, 2011

PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT

AS THEY SAY ON THE INTERNET     OMG   -- TRANSLATION OH MY GOSH!

We had a full bus on Saturday to New York to see Priscilla and it was a unanimous decision....this show is fabulous.

From the first moment we are bouncy to the music.  The New York Times said too much feathers, sequins and glitter....NO WAY.... CRITICS THINK THEY HAVE TO BE CRITICAL SO THIS IS THEIR CRITICAL COMMENT.   Priscilla is actually the bus the three drag queens travel across Australia in.  Reminds me of the pschodellic pink submarine  but on wheels.   

How many Tony awards will this show get?  Look for lead Will Swenson to be a nominee.  Can't imagine that Tony Sheldon doesn't get best support actor...or is that best supporting actress?  Are they going to put him up against Nick Adams the third drag queen?   and then there is Ashley Sprnecer, Miss Understanding who has to be nominated for best actress.

Choreographer Ross Coleman absolutely outdid himself and definitely will be a nominee.

BUT THE ALL TIME WINNER HAS TO BE THE COSTUME DESIGNERS TIM CHAPPEL AND LIZZY GARDINER  -  I would change the the words  of the song "I Will Survive"  which features in the show, to "I Will protest" if they don't win.

We even have to nominate our Play-Bound goer, Leslie Goldberg, for a Tony....Leslie was pulled out of the audience and ended up on the stage WHOOPING IT UP WITH THE CAST.  We had to ask Leslie for her autograph.  Yes, you can be one of the lucky ones plucked from the audience to make your stage debut on Broadway.

Yes we are going back so get on our bus,,,,,not Priscilla....  Saturdays,May 14, May 21 and Sunday June 26     call our office 410-358-SHOW for info