I went to a Broadway show tonight...

[brooklynite]

I can safely say that the tourist hordes are not avoiding NYC (or the US) because of a fear of shootings.

[Deuxcents]

1. Good to know. What did you see?

[brooklynite]

13. Summer, 1976 with Laura Linney and Jessica Hecht

One of the better shows this season.

[Ms. Toad]

2. What a coincidence!

I was in a Broadway show tonight! . . . Well, not on broadway since 1966 (the original) or 2009 (the most recent revival) . . . and our performance was on Main Street, rather than Broadway. But it was still a Broadway show!

No tourist hordes here at all, avoiding shootings or otherwise.

[Tomconroy]

3. I went to see Hamilton at the Richard Roger's Theater.

a couple of weeks ago. Took the train in. I think every seat was sold. Wildly enthusiastic crowd, many of them young people. Sweeney Todd was across the street (saw that with Angela Lansbury 40 years ago). Crowds were everywhere. Good thing we made a reservation at Joe Allen's restaurant several days in advance. Otherwise you had no shot at a table.
Broadway is definitely drawing a crowd. As always, I felt safe in the City.

[Scrivener7]

6. Hey! I saw it a couple of weeks back too! Wasn't it great??

I bought tickets before Covid and had to keep postponing, and finally saw it. It was worth the wait.

[Tomconroy]

8. OMG! Such a great show. Just wonderful theater.

First trip into the City for me since covid.

[Scrivener7]

9. My niece lives in the East Village, so I go in a lot. My fear is that,

with all the offices half empty, the city will become too dependent on tourists. I would have hoped the empty spaces would lead to a drop in rents and real estate prices, bringing people back in, but that doesn't seem to be happening. My niece pays $3K for 400 square feet. Though she is looking to move to the Upper West Side where she can get slightly bigger for slightly less money.

But I go to a lot of shows. I was worried Hamilton wouldn't live up to the hype, but it was the best I've ever seen.

Hoping to snag some tickets to the new Camelot through my union.

[CTyankee]

11. well, 40+ years ago I lived there and carried an umbrella to whack creeps who wanted to maul me

on the subway. I wielded that umbrella menacingly. I also had the "feeley" guys on the packed subway where we were all standing. I mashed their feet with my high heels and they stopped.

No gun, just ways of dealing with creeps.

[mainer]

4. I felt very safe in NYC

I was there just a few days ago. Remember thinking, as I walked in busy midtown, that I was far less likely to be shot there than in Texas.

[Scrivener7]

5. I lived in NYC through the 80s and 90s, when there really WAS a crime

problem. After that I moved slightly north of the city but commuted to work in the South Bronx for 20 years. I understood the risks, but I also understood how to be careful and stay as safe as it was possible to be in those places in those times. It wasn't scary.

What I find REALLY scary is rural places where no one can hear you scream.

And, as you say, the crazy gun states. Wouldn't go near those places.

[tavernier]

7. This is slightly off topic

but theater related and politically astounding.
My daughter sent me snap chat pics last night of the local dance studio recital held at the high school auditorium. The twenty high school age girls were in costume doing a number from A Handmaid’s Tale, red dresses, capes and bonnets. The politically astounding part? It was in a highschool auditorium in Florida. Way to go ladies and dance instructor! I bet De Santis would have blown his top if he had known about this willful display!

[Scrivener7]

10. Nice.

[CTyankee]

12. That's wonderful! Young women won't put up with this shit. Ronnie boy will see more brain drain like

that until the voters vote his white ass out of office and put in somebody who respects the rights of people. All the people.