Over the ocean and far away

4 hours before the show begins… yes, we are that lazy or that bad planners, if you will! We only got there 4 hours in advance… and got really good tickets! Aren’t we lucky?

Well, now we have 4 hours to kill. Just across the theatre there is a nice café, with a huge line outside… let’s check it out! I hope it’s for the best brunch in town, hopes my hungry stomach!

There is a blackboard with some words neatly written on it, just outside the café. And while we approach it, hoping it’s the menu, the cruel reality hits: we are in the land of the famous… This café is the celebrity café and these people are lining up to have their photo taken with some star… A glance at the list of names and I am just as confused as before… I’ve never heard of any of them… but they must be somebody. This just proves my ignorance.

We move away and find no-celebrity café, have a late lunch and then return to the theatre for more street entertainment.

And now, the best show I’ve ever seen: the pre-show auction. They are auctioning very creative tickets to various shows: ticket that allow you backstage, tickets that come with the main actor handshake, tickets that include flight to London etc… I can’t believe my eyes, my ears, my anything… I must be dreaming. Did I really just witness those 2 ladies bidding against each other for the chance to appear in a show? How exciting! Someone just paid 1500 dollars for that…

But, ladies and gentlemen, the hot ticket of tonight is actually 2 tickets, followed by on-stage appearance, followed by dinner with the main actor and endless possibilities there after… And the starting price is only 500… And here we go! 1000! 1500! 2000! 2500! Now I am all ears, sometimes I have to remind myself to breath as the bid goes above 5000! And then 6000! 7000! 8000!

No, no, no! This can’t be true! It just sold for 8500!

I am curious to see who the lucky winner was. But the bidders were two black men, talking incessantly on their mobile phones. I hope it’s not the main actor trying hard to appear popular…

Well, that’s all for my Broadway experience… We did see the show. And it was funny. But the auction was far better.

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