Spiderman on Broadway

February 25, 2012


The weekend after Andrew and I came back from Taiwan, we had tickets to go see Spiderman on Broadway. I bought these tickets for him ahead of his birthday. I had no desire to see Spiderman particularly but I know Andrew would really like it since he loves his superheroes and cartoons. And most of all, he's been asking to go! He rarely has these requests so I immediately put it on our "must-do" list. NYC Go happened to have a Broadway sale (BOGO) so I jumped on it!

We enjoyed the show very much overall. It is definitely differentiated since this is the only broadway show with high-flying action. The visuals were definitely over the top - it's amazing how creative it was and impressive with how much they can do with so little space. The music on the other hand was mehhh but hey, you don't go watch spiderman for the music right?

My only other complaint was that the theater had the tiniest seats ever. We've seen a decent amount of Broadways and this theater (Foxwoods) is the most cramped - even for me, mind you I have shorter legs than most humans :P. Not going to lie, Andrew and I were still a bit jetlagged and felt pretty tired half way through. 

Lion King on Broadway - Celebrating 5 Years

September 30, 2011 (This is yet another belated post - before 2012 starts bringing new adventures, I wonder if I could ever catch up on documenting some old ones from 2011.)

Our 5th year anniversary fell on a Friday :) I surprised Andrew with broadway tickets to Lion King. I had wanted to see it ever since Christine raved about it when she saw it a few years ago when we were still in college. We went to see the show right after work and found our relatively good seats in Orchestra Left of the theater. As soon as we sat down, we noticed how small the Minskoff theater was, relative to the Amber theater where we saw Chicago on the Allure of the Seas during our cruise two weeks ago. 

The show was outstanding and I was really impressed by the creativity of the costumes and setting/decorations with each scene, especially given the limited stage space. For many scenes, there was so much activity and creativity going on, it was difficult to capture and absorb in all the details. I was never a fan of the Disney's Lion King when I was young, and still admit that I am not a big fan. I'm more of the princesses and cheesy love stories kinda gal ;) Nonetheless, it was an amazing show because it was just so colorful and creative.

Before the show, excuse the business-y attire (we went right after work!)

Intermission. Cutie alert.

Fancy wood decor

End of show

It was actually pouring that evening and neither of us had an umbrella. We were starving by the time the show was over (the soda and snacks we purchased at intermission did not cut it), so we ran to Shake Shack Times Square and enjoyed classic burgers, fries, and frozen custard. It's funny because we had Shake Shack for our 3 year anniversary when we were still hungry after a sushi dinner at Poke in the UES. How serendipitous<3

Needless to say, we had an amazing anniversary. Happy 5 Years to us :)