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Friendly New York. One
hotel employee summed it
up when he said, “There are
more lonely people in New
York than anywhere else in
the world. They are
suspicious of each other but
trust tourists.” It’s true.

When we decided to visit
New York, our main object
was to see as many
Broadway plays as we could
in eight days. Since the TV
reporting of the “Tony”
awards, we couldn’t wait to
see the plays that had ap-
peared in exerpts so we
planned every day around at
least one!

CAMELOT

Richard Burton admitted
that he was too young to play
the role of King Arthur in
the first performance many
years ago. Today, he is just
right and gives a magnificent
interpretation of the role.
The sets and costumes are
classy and the well-known
score needs no comment.

THE BEST LITTLE
WHOREHOUSE IN
TEXAS

No dull moments plague
this play. Go for an evening
of fun - raunchy jokes, some
purple dialogue and a lot of
catchy songs. (46th St.
Theatre)

PETER PAN

I felt hke an imposter at
this play. Reason? No kids
with me! Sandy Duncan is
terrific and is backed up by a
good cast. Still, it wasn’t the
type of entertainment I

enjoyed simply because ['m —

too darn old to believe in
fairies without a couple of
kids to re-enforce the thrill of
seeing Peter, Wendy and Co.
fly. Dozens of chauffeur
driven limosines waited
outside the theatre for their
cargo of pampered kids.

Souvenir sellers made a
fortune in programs and T-
shirts. At intermission, (two
of them) the audience milled
around - oddly enough, the
best dressed audience at-
tending any play we saw.
‘Lunt-Fontanne Theatre -
46th St.)

EVITA

“When you want to buy
tickets for the next per-
formance as you're walking
out of the theatre. you've
seen a hit.” Some pcopic
hate Evita. They must be
nuts. IUs a great rock opera
with incomparable stars and
meticulous staging Give it

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your first attention when you
reach New York.

As we stood im line,.
clutching our $24 tickets, we
were offered $100 to part
with them by people waiting
for cancellations. (Broadway

by Barbara
McCreadie

Theatre - Boradway at 53rd
St.)

SUGAR BABIES

Of all the plays we saw,
this one was the tops on my
MUST SEE list. After

spending nearly $50 for two”

tickets, we figure we wasted
our money. If you can live
through a deadly dull first
act, improved by the last
number (a minstrel show),
the second act may wake up.
The dancers are sloppy. the
sets early high school and
the costumes dreadful.

Ann Miller and Mickey
Rooney do one _ neat
sequence (the one you saw
on the Tony Awards) but it
doesn't help a boring overall
effort. Skip it.

WEST SIDE STORY

A revival of the onginal -
well done. All the
choreography and séts are
the same as the first time
around. Mana 1s lovely

despite the biggest feet Ive
ever seen on a dancer - and
has a voice you'll love to
hear. “Tony” isn't as hand-
some as he otta be and his
tenor is clear but light. Mom
wasn't impressed but I liked
it. (Minskoff Theatre, 45th
St.)

‘CHILDREN OF A

LESSER GOD

We didn't get to see the
star, Phillis Frelich, but her
understudy was magnificent.
This play, about a
profoundly deaf and non-
speaking woman attempting
to cope with the hearing
world - and a hearing
husband - is a beautiful love
story. It's done with class
and John Rubenstein as the
husband is so good that he
deserves every award he's
won. (Long Acre Theatre,
W. 48th St.)

If you're looking for
tickets for Broadway shows,
the box offices open at 10:00
a.m. Forget cheap seats. At
Lincoln Center (Camelot)
they were selling standing
room for $6 but the play is
three hours so unless you've
got the stamina of a mule,
you'll not need these. We got
“restricted view” tickets for
$24 apiece which meant that
we were seated off to the
side. If you've got no
alternative, take them - but
insist on “Rail” seats -
meaning that they are along
the edge overlooking the
stage and you can lean over.
They are the even numbered
tickets so you don’t get to sit
with your companion.

Should you wani tickets
for the next day, 5:00 p.m.
or thereabouts is a good time
to shop. The agencies return
unsold tickets about this
time and you might get
lucky.

There 1s a half-pnce ticket
center on Broadway, called
T.K.T.S. which opens at
3:00 p.m. but to get any
choice at all you should be
there, lined up, at 1:00 p.m.
Most tourists just don’t have
the time to waste

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Tickets range from $14
$28.a seat but you'll find that
the cheap seats are long
gone. Weekends cost the

If you plan to see several
plays, choose your favorite
first and get any tickets you
can. Then, by process of
elimination, add to your list.
Native New Yorkers were
amazed that we were able to
get tickets to seven shows in
one week but we did it by
blitzing the ticket offices all
in one day - working down
the list.

The theatres, except for
Lincoln Center, are grouped
between 5ist. St. and 42nd.
St. and bounded by 8th

block over.

Cabs aren’t easy to find
after a play so it’s wise to
Stay at a hotel in the vicinity.
I wouldn't recommend the
Howard Johnson~ even
though the room was large,
cool and quiet. Towels were
at a premium - you were
lucky to get a washcloth,
ashtrays were non-existant
and the _ restaurant is
marginal. Next time I'll try
the Picadilly on 45th St. and
8th Ave. for about the same
price ($70 range).

At intermissions, drinks
were sold in_ strategic
locations around the theatre.
The only place with decent
prices is the Lincoln Center
(Camelot) where it will cost
$2.75. I bought a glass of
marginal white wine at the
Longacre (Children of a
Lesser God) and had to pay
$2.50. Have a glass of water
instead!

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wardrobe - anything goes.

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From cocktail dresses to
jeans and T-shirts, the
audiences wore anything
they fancied. I wore white
slacks and a blouse to nearly
everything and met myself
coming and going. Men
wore everything from T-
shirts to business suits but
the suits were in a definite
minority.

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