*3:45 a.m. wake-up call and out the door at 3:58.
*6 a.m. flight to Chicago, smooth as silk
*6:45 a.m. stop for a quick trip to Admiral's Club, then board my 747 for NYC
*8:30 a.m. boring, headache-inducing cab ride into midtown Manhattan.
*10 a.m. checked into Roosevelt Hotel (NOT too nice, but air conditioner worked!)
***11 a.m. spent 45-minutes watching part of the NYC St Patrick's Day Parade (which lasted FIVE HOURS!!!!!) The single greatest collection of drunks the world has ever seen, replete with passed-out teenage girls, guys yelling "F@#* YOU!" over and over as they walked through the crowd, and people that constantly bumped into me because they truly had no control over their own balance!! Cool bagpipe troupes, some great marching bands, and lots of genuine patriotic pageantry, but finally got sick of the alcoholic nonsense.
*11:45 a.m. The next 2 hours were spent walking through Times Square, Flatiron District and Hell's Kitchen. Discovered "BisCo and Latte", a lemon-yellow hippy joint with it's own biscotti sampling bar of 25 biscotti flavors and large latte's served in fiestaware cereal bowls. COOL!!
Also on the walk, spotted a club called "Birdland", that was featuring a concert last night by my favorite Broadway songwriter, Jason Robert Brown! (more on this later)
*2 p.m. MEMPHIS, THE MUSICAL Wow! Just plain WOW! I mean, in the most sincere context of the word, WOW! Great commentary on society in the 1950's south, with amazing acting, a terrific soundtrack, creative sets, and a really well-paced script. Two and a half hours of pure, unbridled musical-junkie overload,...I LOVED it!
*5 p.m. 4-mile run through a very crowded Central Park. 71 degrees and sunny, and the parade was STILL wrapping up! Beautiful run through the elms and horse-drawn carriages. If it wasn't for hearing yet another drunk slut of a girl yelling racial slurs at a jogging African-American, the work-out would've been just about perfect.
*6:30 p.m. Met Chad Alexander (a friend from my business) at Birdland Supper Club, and were seated IN THE FRONT ROW for supper and the Jason Robert Brown concert. Very solid supper, though not great, but the concert was totally thrilling. He did about 10 of his Broadway "greatest hits" plus a couple new ones I love about Vegas and Millionaire's. Halfway through the concert, he brought Aniki Nonni Rose (Dreamgirls movie, Princess Frog) to the stage to join him for 6-7 additional pieces that were total highlights. If he'd have just not cussed out (literally) a lady who tried to take a picture of him and stopped to pout in the middle of a song, then the concert would've been even better. (Learn from this Jason, you looked like an impudent little tantrum-throwing baby!)
9 p.m. An unexpected surprise. Got a call from friend and client Christy Owen. I was informed that my Carlbad, CA group's medley from Next to Normal had been uploaded to Broadway.com, and that the entire cast and crew of the musical had been watching it, AND LOVED IT. Though some purists had been trashing it online, one of the show's stars went online to defend the group, my interpretation, and their artistry, calling it "awesome".
9:30 p.m. Standing on Times Square had a 10-minute talk with my oldest daughter about my day. She informed me that she'd gotten the soprano solo to the song I wrote for next week's Evening With The Ambassadors! Go Wooda!
10 p.m. After a quick trip to M & M world for some much-needed peanut butter M & M's, I trekked through the land of Drunkard Irish Pubs and back to my hotel.
11:30 p.m. A bit of tv, checking the Broadway Dance Center schedule for tomorrow, going over my judging itinerary for Friday, and off to slumberland.
Thanks God, for a great day of life!
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