HANDS ON A HARD BODY

A large group of us went to see Hands on a Hard Body on March 6th.  I LOVED IT!!  Apparently, the critics and a lot of New Yorkers did not as the show closed on April 14th.  We sat front row and tapped our feet to each and every song.  Amanda Green (composer & lyricist) and Trey Anastasio (composer & orchestrations) did a great job!!  We were all baffled when we had heard the show was going to close and we had planned to see it the last week of April.  The songs were FANTASTIC!!  I will most certainly purchase the cast recording.  Norma Valverde was my favorite female performer and I really liked Sutton Foster's brother Hunter Foster and Keith Carradine.  Jacob Ming-Trent had a wonderful voice as well!!

CINDERELLA

Me, Jen and my #broadwaybuddy Jill went to see Cinderella in late February.  We were super excited to see Laura Osnes in action.  She did not disappoint.  She was a typical fairytale princess with a beautiful face and lovely voice.  However, we were totally bummed that this version of Cinderella did not have the classic songs.  I guess we should've done our research!!  The fairy Godmother played by Victoria Clark was my second favorite role and I rather liked one of her stepsisters played by Ann Harada.  I would recommend this version for children and families.  The kids laughed up a storm!!  If you're going to spend full price on a ticket, I'd go to Lion King!!  I can't thank Audience Rewards enough for our discount tickets.  It pays to play trivia every week to earn points!!

Nicoletta - East Village

I had been passing Nicoletta (160 Second Avenue) on my bus ride downtown for months.  I finally ate here after seeing Emeli Sande at Webster Hall.  It was well worth the wait!!  In fact, I went back 4 days later to have dinner with friends.  The pizza is worth every calorie and the salads are great.  On Thursday, we shared the tartufata and their salad special.  On Monday, three of us split the tartufata & calabrese as well as a salad and brussel sprouts.  DELICIOUS!!  For people that are gluten free, they've got g-free pizza.  Plus, it's open till 3AM on Fridays & Saturdays.  Enjoy!!