Make Me A Rock & Roll Song

I can't believe this trip is almost over, I've been having such a wonderful time. Saturday morning (yesterday), we slept in a little bit and then got up, got ready, and then went to Colony Records where I was apparently their star customer. I asked if they had How Now Dow Jones and Woman of the Year, and while they didn't, the guys that worked there were very excited that I was asking about them. I ended up getting the London Song & Dance (funny that they had it when I couldn't find it anywhere in London), the 1984 (?) revival of Zorba with Anthony Quinn, 70 Girls 70, Young Frankenstein, and the one I'm most excited about, a show by Frank Loesser called Greenwillow staring Anthony Perkins. I had never heard of this last one, but as soon as I saw it, I just had to have it. So, I spent a lot of money, but I think it will prove to have been worth it. We then went acros the street for lunch at Ruby Foo's and then went to the Jacobs Theatre for Rock 'n Roll. We were in the second row, on the aisle, which was really nice. We did have to crane our necks a little bit, but it wasn't uncomfortable and it was great to be able to see everyone up close. Initially, I wasn't sure what I thought of Rufus Sewell's performance, when he first comes in he seemed really out of it without that being part of the character, but once the show settled in, I got used to it. Sinead Cusack was just superb as was everyone else. It really didn't feel like 2 3/4 hours, it just flew by. It was a very engaging story. Afterwards we went back to the hotel to drop our stuff off, rested a bit, and then went to Aquavit for a terrific dinner. That is the best restaurant in New York. We then walked over to New World Stages, although we had to pick it up to a brisk trot at the end to make it there on time and saw Make Me A Song, which, along with Gypsy and Grey Gardens, was one of the best things I've seen this year. We were in the first row, again on the aisle, and I was thrilled to see that the adorable DB Bonds, who was so terrific as Freddy in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels in August, was one of the casr members. If I had put that together in my head earlier, I definitely would have invited him as well to meet at Starbucks, but since that didn't pan out anywyas, that's fine. Unfortunately though, up close, he's pretty expressive when he sings and sends a lot of spit off the stage. It was rather unnerving to watch, but it was a fantastic show. Even without anything from Spelling Bee, they had a terrific assortment of songs, and I realized during the Falsettos segment, that since the show is closing today, someone would be well advised to mount a revival of Falsettos with these four anchoring the production. It really was wonderful, I can't wait for the CD. Then it was back to the hotel to get packed and get to sleep. I was pleasantly surprised with everything that I bought that I was able to fit it all into my new computer case/carryon, which should make things much easier at the airport. So now, we're sitting in the Hilton lobby near City Center enjoying some coffee and waiting for The Receptionst to start. My companion just called the airline and our flight is still on time, so I'll see you back in Chicago.