I had forgotten how much fun it is to see a Broadway play in New York. Guess what! I thought the being in a wheelchair would be difficult in the City. It was easy.
We arrived near Broadway around 1:30 to see a 3:00 play. The theater was on 45th Street, and we found a very nice parking lot only a couple of
blocks away.
It wasn't free...but $25.00 to park so close to our destination eased us into a relaxing afternoon at the theater. Here is the parking lot on the right.
The Bernard Jacobs Theater, at 242 West 45th Street was wonderful. Our play was "God of Carnage," and at the door it was suggested that since there was no intermission in the one hour and 30 minute play, using the restroom was a good idea before hand.
I was directed to the wheelchair accessible restroom. It was perfect, large, bright and easily accessed with my electric wheelchair.
The theater was packed. My friend and I were directed to my wheelchair accessible seat and his companion seat, which were the first two seats in the tenth row on the left side of the orchestra seats.
I wanted to pull out my camera and take a photograph of the beautiful theater. I didn't get a chance. Luckly a man right in front of me did the same thing, and the theater usher told him that taking photographs inside the theater was forbidden. He was a little upset, but put the camera away.
I questioned the usher, who was standing right in front of me as to why we couldn't take pictures. She nicely explained that since 911, photographs inside the theater were not allowed. Too bad, no photos for my blog, so I instead sat back and looked around the beautiful Shubert theater.
The play starred Hope Davis, Jeff Daniels, Marcia Gay Harden and James Gandolfini. We didn't know what to expect, even though we had read the review in the New York Times. The staging was simple, a couch with chairs, and vases of white tulips.
Was this going to be good? We sat back and the next hour and a half, I looked over at my friend and saw him laughing as hard as I ever saw him laugh. And guess what? I was laughing too. The tulips and the actors were a hit!
Two encores later, we left the theater. We were going to hang out and get some signatures on my program, but we were hungry. We jaunted down the street, and found a Smith's Bar and Grill about a block away where we had beers and hamburgers. The burgers we
re great, only $8.00!
This was a great experience. I managed to take a few photographs before the rain fell.
People in New York were very accomodating. I spy another trip in the near future!
