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

Sunday, February 20, 2011

WAR HORSE

LOOKS LIKE THE NEW YORK TIMES' BEN BRANTLEY MAY ALREADY BE SMITTEN BY WAR HORSE---   WHICH HAS HAD A PHENOMINAL 3 YEAR RUN IN LONDON.

HE ASKS, "WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME A PUPPET MADE YOU CRY?"  HE THEN GOES ON TO SAY THE TEARS HAVE BEEN FLOWING IN LONDON FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS.

TRUTHFULLY, I DON'T GET IT..... IS WAR HORSE A MUSICAL OR A DRAMA?

SO HOW IS THE STORY OF A HORSE CONSCRIPTED INTO THE INTO THE ARMY IN WORLD WAR 1 AND SEPARATED FROM HIS "COUNTRY BOY"  A MUSICAL.....   HOW ABOUT A DRAMA WITH MUSIC SET TO IT.

OR, IS IT ABOUT THE ONSTAGE PUPPETS......AHA.... I THINK THAT IS WHAT IS AMAZING.
ANYWAY WE ARE OFF TO THE VIVIAN BEUMONT TO SEE IT ON

APRIL 9, 2011

AND AGAIN ON     MAY 21,2011

THEN I SOULD HAVE MY ANSWERS.

SEE YOU ON BROADWAY     SANDIE

Sunday, January 30, 2011

SPIDERMAN NO FEAR

WELL WELCOME TO OUR FIRST BLOG....

               SPIDERMAN TRIP   MAY 21, 2011   9 TICKETS LEFT.

ALL THE QUESTIONS  WE HAVE BEEN GETTING LATELY,  HAVE BEEN ABOUT THE PROBLEMS WITH SPIDERMAN....

WE GET A LOT OF "WE HEAR IT IS CLOSING>>>>>>>    I DON'T THINK SO!

WITH ALL THEIR PROBLEMS, THEY ARE TAKING IN AN AVERAGE OF A MILLION DOLLARS A WEEK     I SHOULD HAVE SUCH PROBLEMS!  YES, THEY WERE THE #1 BOX OFFICE THE FIRST WEEK IN JANUARY WITH 1.5 MILLION DOLLARS.

THE THEATER, ONE OF THE BIGGEST, HOLDS 1930 PEOPLE AND MOST PERFORMANCES HAVE BEEN SELL OUTS AND THEY ARE NOT DISCOUNTING THE TICKETS..

YES, THEY HAVE POSTPONED THE OPENING UNTIL MARCH 15 AND CANCELEED TWO SHOW IN JANUARY SO THAT THE CAST CAN CATCH UP WITH THE SCRIPT CHANGES.

WORD HAS IT THEY ARE LOOKING TO CHANGE THE ENDING TO A REALLY BIG SPECTACUAR ONE.

SO, WE ARE STILL SCHEDULED FOR ALL OUR SPIDERMAN TRIPS

ALAS, WE ARE SOLD OUT FOR ALL EXCEPT 9 TICKETS LEFT FOR THE
SATURDAY, MAY 21, 2011 TRIP.

COST OF THE TRIP IS $231.50     
CALL  US AT 410-358-SHOW