We have just returned from seeing Spider Man - Turn Off the Dark, on Broadway. It was at the Foxwoods Theater (named after the local Indian Casino).
This $65MM production is ahead of its time. It has Cirque Du Soleil aerial effects, 3D imagery and original U2-type music from Bono/The Edge. Of course, being ahead of your time is not always a good thing. Since those things are relatively new to Broadway (which might prefer proven pop music, big stars and a traditional boy meets girl story), they are still tinkering with the story line and you can tell by it trying to figure out which way to go. It's not enough to follow the Spider Man movies.
We got here Thursday which was St. Patricks Day. Not the best day to be a non drinker in NYC. We had a nice lunch at Il Gattopardo (The Leopard) which was right next to the Warwick Hotel. I watched some of the parade on 5th Avenue.
Friday we went to visit Columbia in the morning and Princeton in the afternoon. We had Margie's limo driver Frank pick us up and we headed uptown to Columbia. It was very Ivy-League, with the info session in the old Low Library.
Afterwards, we headed south through New Jersey to Princeton. It was a good drive and we were glad to get there. We had lunch in the Frist Center and then met at Clio Hall for a large session. There were a lot of people there, so we went to Nassau Hall to continue the meeting. That was a stately building, the Lee Chapel of Princeton. We learned a lot and then Mike gave us a student tour. Tough odds to get in, 26,000 applicants and 2,300 admission offers. :(
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