Well it is that time of year in the Big Apple again. The department store window displays are up, the hot dog vendors are selling chestnuts, and my students are freaking out about finals. Oh yes there is a bustle that no words can describe.
A couple of weeks ago I did enjoy some Leonard Bernstein related activities. Leonard Bernstein would be 90 years old this year so the city is doing lots of celebrations around him and his work. I took Esther to the Paley Center for Media for "An Evening of Leonard Bernstein". Theater greats such as Phylis Newman, Donna Murphy, and Beth Fowler were there. They also had original cast members of West Side Story and 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in the audience. Esther and I find it funny that we love some of these events because we are often the youngest two in attendance. There was only one other person from my generation in the audience but since John Gallagher Jr. has a TONY and I don't, I can't quite count us in the same group.
Later that week Esther took me to ENCORES for On the Town. The dancing was incredible. ENCORES is a neat program where they revive former Broadway shows but only for six performances. Many of the actors may be performing another show on Broadway during this run so their understudies will have a chance to be on stage for a couple weeks. Andrea Martin was the big name celebrity of this show but I recognized actors I had seen over the past years in "Legally Blonde", "A Catered Affair", and "Spamalot".
Last week the majority of the Rosenberg clan were in Florida, celebrating Thanksgiving at Esther and Michael's. It was a very relaxed vacation which included plenty of pool/gym time, window shopping in Delray Beech, and spending time with the family.
So I am now back at home and trying to get everything caught up during these last 3 weeks of school.
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