I’m up in New York, where the temperature when my plane landed was a brisk 42 degrees, up considerably from the previous few days. Good thing I brought my winter coat.
Over the next eight days, I’ll be seeing 12 shows. That means I’ll be in the theater whenever there is a performance, including a rare Tuesday matinee of that perennial favorite, the Easter Bonnet Competition.
In addition, I’ll be gathering interviews, including one with lyricist legend Sheldon Harnick (Fiddler on the Roof, She Loves Me), who happens to turn 90 in 12 days, and another with the co-founders of Puppet Kitchen, the group that devised the ingenious Thai shadow puppets for the Maltz Jupiter Theatre’s The King and I and will create the puppets for next season’s take on The Wiz.
It should be a busy week, because in addition I’ll be filing daily postcards with quick impressions of whatever I encounter.
Today: I see James Lapine’s adaptation of Moss Hart’s autobiography, Act One, and the acclaimed new musical, The Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, based on the classic Alec Guinness comedy, Kind Hearts and Coronets.