The Great Comet of 1812 a the Imperial Theater
We skipped the hotel breakfast and headed to lunch at a restaurant called Trademark Taste and Grind just down the street. The decor of the restaurant was great, it felt like I had taken a step back in time. We started with Garlic knots with Burrata. I could have made that a meal by itself but I refrained knowing that I had ordered a fried chicken sandwich. Overall, glad we tried the place out.
We hung out at the hotel for a few hours and then headed out to see “The Great Comet of 1812”. Unfortunately, as we headed out to the Theater, I received an email message from Telecharge stating that Josh Groban would not be performing in this afternoon’s performance. I was a little bit disappointed that he wasn’t going to be in it but I intentionally chose a show that I wanted to see as opposed to choosing a show based who is in it.
The play itself was a lot of fun I found the staging of it to be very interesting. The entire theater was the stage. The had taken out some seats and build small stages throughout the theater. The Cast and musicians were constantly moving around and using the entire theater. It made you feel as if you were in the play. At times, the actor was at an arms distance. The actors regularly interacted with the audience at times talking to us, other times handing us things.
The set of ‘The Great Comet of 1812’
I noticed the guy sitting next to me had fallen asleep. Not sure how he could have done that with all that was going on. Then again, it was pretty clear that he had no interest in the play, he was there for his wife. At one point, there was an actor on a walkway right in front of us, he saw the guy next me sleeping and looked at me. I laughed and he smiled and rolled his eyes while nodding his head.
Overall, I enjoyed the play. I didn’t come out humming any tunes but it was enjoyable. We headed to Becco for dinner and because I didn’t bring my umbrella, it started to rain.
Becco is Lidia Bastianich’s restaurant. My friend Allan took me there a few years ago after we saw Tennessee Williams the Glass Menagerie. Becco offers and set menu of salad and pasta that is outstanding. I remember when I took a bit of the Cesar salad and thought, this is what Cesar Salad is supposed to taste like, this is why the Cesar Salad became so popular and it is so unfortunate that you rarely get Cesar salad that tastes like this. Needless to say, I wanted to go back there to see if it was as good as I remember it. We got the set menu and everything was just as good as I remembered.
Ricotta Cheesecake at Becco
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