Every year, my tennis friends & I go to NYC to see a Broadway show. (Some of my favs have been Wicked, Billy Elliott, Jersey Boys.)  Usually it’s in June, the day after the Freihofer’s race but someone (our driver) couldn’t go so we re-scheduled to yesterday.  (Fortuitous since I broke my foot at the Freihofer’s race.)

First we go out to a nice restaurant for lunch. (I loved Tavern on the Green but it closed, also Becco’s is a favorite.)

first time here

I chose this restaurant since it was nearby, I could make reservations through OpenTable and I liked their prix fixe brunch menu.

A good choice – we all enjoyed our meals. (I had the fruit, pancakes & pannecotta).

Then we walked to the theatre. Eighth Avenue was closed for a street fair. Unfortunately, we didn’t have time to shop.

My first choice for a show was Kinky Boots (but someone already had tix – it’s hard planning with 10 people.) This show also was nominated for many Tonys.

Summary:

Our heroine is a precocious, somewhat mischievous bookworm named Matilda, who’s saddled with a family that just doesn’t understand her. Dad is a pompadoured oaf who dotes on his older son, a TV-fixated dolt. Mom is a competitive ballroom dancer. The outside world proves no refuge for young Matilda, either. Though she finds the sympathetic ear of a local librarian and an advocate in a pretty teacher named Miss Honey, her new school is run by a dictatorial harridan named Miss Trunchbull…

before the show

We loved it. It was so creative and the kids in it especially the lead were amazing!

the stage before

I love going to NYC.  The day was too short as usual.  Running in a race in NYC is on my bucket list.

Happy Running!  Do you visit NYC often?  Have you done a race there?