Wednesday in the City with Corinne

Corinne made a special day trip up to NYC on Wednesday for one of the last performances of Sunday in the Park with George. She had seen the cast perform on the Tony's and decided she just had to go; and of course I couldn't pass up the opportunity to A) spend time with my BFF and B) see the show. We got cheap tickets to a matinee and grabbed a quick bite with Mark in Bryant Park before dashing over to the theatre.

The show, a revival, was up for a bunch of Tony's this year, and for good reason: It's a unique and enlightening look at the life and influence of the neo-impressionist Georges Seurat and centers around his famous painting A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte. This is a very familiar painting--I'm pretty sure we "studied" this painting or a similar work by Seurat with the Art Lady/Man, (the "Man," of course being none other than Mr. Dreskin--Corinne's dad--perhaps the only Art Man to ever walk the halls of Whetstone!).

The second half focuses on Seurat's ficticious great-grandson, who himself is an artist struggling with same inner-demons Seurat did hundreds of years prior. It was different and super-serious for a musical, but we both really enjoyed it. Afterwards, we hung out for a bit in the West Vill. before C trekked up to Queens for her ride home. It was a great day and felt almost like we were living in the same city again!