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NYC: Museums, Actors, and Friends
Yay! I'll be traveling to NYC on October 30 and be there until November 6, a glorious week. The better half had his week at the Pebble Beach Concourse and I'm having mine in museums. I'll probably freeze my keister off but I'll have fun while freezing. On the agenda thus far:
MUSEUMS
- The Brooklyn Museum. Oh yes. Assyrian collections. Egyptian collections. I may melt from the overload.
- The Met. I'll be revisiting the Temple of Dendur, Mr. Nips (with a polarizer this time), the incredible Assyrian Reliefs, and may find time to move on to that modern stuff. Like Rembrandt, Tintoretto, and Canaletto. ;-)
- The Cloisters? The Frick Collection? The Museum of Natural Science (carefully avoiding all dioramas of funny brown people)? I absolutely adore NYC museums.
ACTORS
- Gale Harold and Blythe Danner. :)![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jalabert has kindly consented to keep me company at Suddenly Last Summer. What is the etiquette for getting playbill autographs? Do I lurk around the back of the building and hope to catch an actor/director/stagehand-type? I'm not likely to get shot or anything because I'm mistaken for a mugger, right?
- Michael Shanks, Cliff Simon, Carmen Agenziano, Beau Bridges. Stargate geekgirl heaven. :) Except...no Teryl. And that's just wrong. I better start figuring out what to have ready for them to sign. I've become blase about getting their autographs I have so many of them now. What a jaded fangirl I've become. Best enjoy it since this is SG1's last year. *sniffle*
FRIENDS
mcroft immlass jalabert selmak triciabyrne1978 janiekins moonshayde la_directora? yams69 (the bum deleted his LJ account -- but I love him anyway *smooches, K*) And many others who are not on LJ (or haven't admitted to me that they are).
If the past is any guide, I'll be returning with multi-GB of pics and utterly exhausted.
MUSEUMS
- The Brooklyn Museum. Oh yes. Assyrian collections. Egyptian collections. I may melt from the overload.
- The Met. I'll be revisiting the Temple of Dendur, Mr. Nips (with a polarizer this time), the incredible Assyrian Reliefs, and may find time to move on to that modern stuff. Like Rembrandt, Tintoretto, and Canaletto. ;-)
- The Cloisters? The Frick Collection? The Museum of Natural Science (carefully avoiding all dioramas of funny brown people)? I absolutely adore NYC museums.
ACTORS
- Gale Harold and Blythe Danner. :)
jalabert has kindly consented to keep me company at Suddenly Last Summer. What is the etiquette for getting playbill autographs? Do I lurk around the back of the building and hope to catch an actor/director/stagehand-type? I'm not likely to get shot or anything because I'm mistaken for a mugger, right?- Michael Shanks, Cliff Simon, Carmen Agenziano, Beau Bridges. Stargate geekgirl heaven. :) Except...no Teryl. And that's just wrong. I better start figuring out what to have ready for them to sign. I've become blase about getting their autographs I have so many of them now. What a jaded fangirl I've become. Best enjoy it since this is SG1's last year. *sniffle*
FRIENDS
mcroft immlass jalabert selmak triciabyrne1978 janiekins moonshayde la_directora? yams69 (the bum deleted his LJ account -- but I love him anyway *smooches, K*) And many others who are not on LJ (or haven't admitted to me that they are).If the past is any guide, I'll be returning with multi-GB of pics and utterly exhausted.
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Stage Door Etiquette: Immediately after the show take your Playbill to the stage door. Make sure you have a good quality working pen with you--Sharpie pens are good on the Playbill material. Have the book opened to the page you want signed, the covers are sometimes black.
Just wait patiently and when the actors start leaving ask them politely if they would sign your Playbill. It's usually nice to comment on the performance if you're not tongue-tied.
Have fun!!!
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Let me know what theater you're talking about, though, and I'll see if my Broadway stagehand friend knows anything about that particular theater.
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Any suggestions/advice would be welcome. It's Suddenly Last Summer at the Laura Pels Theatre.
In fact, I rather expect to not be successful in getting Gale Harold's sig. My impression is that he's somewhat reclusive and not so taken with fans. I'll be disappointed but I won't be crying in my Cheerios. Hell, I've learned not to count on such things when I've specifically paid for them at a con. :\
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Tongue-tied will definitely be a problem for me. Embarrassing and pathetic but true. Perhaps if I practice, "Thank you, I enjoyed your performance," I won't embarrass myself? At least, until I accidentally say it to a stagehand. ;-)
I'm certain I will have an excellent time in NYC, even if I don't get Gale's or Blythe's sig. The city is energizing, the architecture is fabulous, and the museums leave me a happy, happy girl no matter what. Gale and Blythe are the icing.
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Weekdays are touchy for me because of work and some possible directing projects on the horizon, requiring rehearsals. But I'd be open to meeting you and whomever else after work for dinner if I end up with an unscheduled day. Mostly, though, I'm feeling happy about the Saturday and Sunday looming on my calendar with NOTHING ON THEM at the moment. :)
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How many days would you like to go to museums? Oh! We could also spend time running around and taking pictures of architecture. I don't know anyone else who might tolerate doing that with me. :)
And definitely Michael should meet us for dinner. Since I'll be staying in the dining purgatory of Secaucus, I intend to eat my dinners in Manhattan.
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I just tried to check the website for the schedule and it has a problem so I can't be certain when I'd be likely to blow stuff off. My first guess is Friday because that's typically become "filler" schedule. I have to register and hit the dealer room while it's still freshly stocked that day but the guests are likely to be unexciting. I don't know, really, how it will turn out because once the con starts, it's really about seeing friends and being stupid together rather than about seeing scifi icons. Man, but I'd love to go back to the Cloisters and wander around Inwood. There's NEVER enough time when I visit. I even planned my travels for Mondays since that's when museums are closed.
I DEFINITELY want to get together for dinner while I'm in town. So far, my itinerary looks like this:
Monday night/Tuesday morning -- arrive Newark
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday -- The Met / Suddenly Last Summer
Friday -- Register for Con, Friday night cabaret (or whatever they're calling it now)
Saturday -- Con from about noon to late night, I think
Sunday -- Con Breakfast to about 4 or 5, I think
Monday -- Leisurely check out and flight out of Newark
Either Tuesday or Wednesday is The Brooklyn Museum. I think Wednesday because
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I have work M-F, but I can possibly get free for an evening, meeting after 7 or so.
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*squints suspiciously* That's one of those literate-society things, isn't it?
I am looking forward to seeing you for dinner(s)! My handy-dandy, laminated, fold-out subway map is already packed.
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I faced the same stage door dilemma in August when
stalkingwatching Teryl in those plays on Vancouver Island a couple months back. Fortunately it was a small production and we were the only fans there, so we just hung out in the lobby until the actors started wandering out, and I heard one of them say, "I'm gonna check and see if Teryl needs a ride..." I stopped him and asked if he'd let her know we wanted to say hello after traveling all that way to see her, and he very gamely bopped off to fetch her. :) The wait-politely-with-a-Sharpie plan sounds like a much better idea, tho'.I hope you have a fabulous time!!
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I just adore Teryl. You know if she isn't completely exhausted, she'll make an effort to meet with fans and that it means something to her. I don't necessarily get those vibes from Gale Harold so...*shrug* Damnit, I really, really wish Teryl were going to be there. Or Don. Or Peter Williams. Playing hookie and visiting museums sounds so much more appealing when they aren't there.
Any fanvids in particular that I might be seeing? :)
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Well, seeing as I haven't sent them anything new for a while - probably not. I just harbor this happy little fiction in my head that they'll play all of my stuff Just Because. ;)
And for the record -- I don't mind Daniel. However, I think Shanks' convention presence leaves a lot to be desired.
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I'll make a list this time of the vids they play. I really, really hope that they play vids having something to do with guest about to appear. Unless they choose to do all Janet and Daniel vids. Then I'd be riveted to my seat. ;)
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Poor