songbird's crazy world

So last night we went to see the revival of Sondheim’s Follies. You know how I love live theater! Our evening began, as it frequently does, in Ellen’s Stardust Diner. We love this place! You go for the atmosphere, not for the food.   This is not a place for quiet conversation.. Ellen’s, as I’ve probably mentioned before, is a salute to the pop culture of the 1950’s, the outside designed to look like an old subway car, and inside   you’ll find old fashioned diner tables, video screens showing scenes from I Love Lucy and real vinyl records and album covers (from artists like Johnny Mathis and Elvis Presley) on the walls.   It’s also the home of the singing wait staff, where the person who just took your order is the next person to grab the mike and sing. The wait staff used to be very 1950’s as well.   The guys would wear red bowling shirts and paper soda jerk hats.   The girls would be in poodle skirts, red t shirts and little scarves tied around their necks...

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I loved the movie with Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye.  And live theater is my passion. so when Drew said "let's see 'White Christmas' on Broadway,"  you know I was so there. So we saw the matinee today. We took the train into the city. funny thing happened -- there were four ladies sitting on the train, just across the aisle from us, talking about going to a show. those same four ladies saw "White Christmas" -- and sat nexr to us in the theater. (as always, click to enlarge the photos)   They've kept the basic story but changed a few details, added a few songs and dropped others, but for the most part it's exactly what you'd expect. I love the Marquis Theater -- a new theather, but one that loves to salute Broadway history. After the show I made Drew crazy as I tried to capture a phot of One Times Square -- you know that the New Year's eve ball sits on top of that building 365 days a year now?  couldn't get a go...