Beth Feeback from the Concord Standard & Mount Pleasant Times here. It's about 1 a.m. and the children are sleeping all snug in their beds while your correspondent pulls her hair out trying to resolve a few technical difficulties so she can post photos of the kids in concert today at St. Patrick's, at lunch at Carnegie Deli, enjoying sightseeing, dressing up for the theater, and on their way home from the theater with Times Square in the background.
I'm on a pay-to-play computer in the lobby right now, just to post a few lines about the musical we saw tonight, "Wicked." Hopefully tomorrow morning we can get some photos uploaded.
"Wicked" was the most amazing theatrical production I've ever witnessed first-hand. It's the story of the Wizard of Oz told from the Wicked Witch's point of view. The children were rapt as the music and story unfolded. So were the young at heart among us. The costumes, set, voices, actors and Cirque du Soleil type acrobatics of the flying monkeys were amazing to behold.
What a neat thing for a kid to be able to come to New York City on a bus and see something like that. This is an opportunity I never had as a kid. At 40 years old tonight I saw my first play on Broadway. I appreciate the Arts Experience for the chance to tag along and experience the magic.
It gets even better - tomorrow the children will tour backstage at Lincoln Center in the morning, then we'll ride the subway to Battery Park where we'll catch a ferry to Liberty Island. The choirs will sing in front of the Statue of Liberty. And after that - tomorrow evening, the children will get a visit from a cast member of Wicked. They will have a chance to hear from someone behind the scenes of the spectacle. I can't wait.
Looking forward to seeing Lady Liberty tomorrow. I will certainly feel like a tired, poor huddled mass by the time we get there, because this is a whirlwind trip.
