Broadway and Presidential
Thursday, December 26th, 2013
I had never been able quite understand how Bob could sit through so many Broadway shows in New York City, and had considered skipping out on a one or two of the four that he was seeing. But in the end, I attended all of them with no regrets whatsoever. Wednesdays are the standard day that there are matinee performances as well, so on this Wednesday, May 29, 2013, we saw two shows, both of which were outstanding. But even with two shows on our docket, that didn’t stop us from getting a few other important sites under our belt that day. Read the rest of this entry »
Back in the day (and I’m not exactly sure when that ‘day’ was), this would have been a success story – one that I would have been thrilled to report. However, over the years things change – and what I once would have been ecstatic to report is now only arouses the basest of emotions. This could simply be because I’ve become spoiled over the past ten years, getting more one-on-ones with celebrities than the average person will ever dream of encountering across the span of ten lifetimes. But the fact is that seeing a celebrity in the flesh doesn’t thrill me in the slightest. Merely getting an autograph doesn’t thrill me in the least (see 
I’ve mentioned in the past how oftentimes it is more fun and meaningful to me to be able to meet ‘obscure’ actors who had some memorable role in some memorable film, but the average Joe wouldn’t recognize them if they were standing in line in front of them at McDonald’s…or even if they were serving them. In this particular case, the one thing these two gentlemen had in common was that they both worked in 
There are times when I literally have no idea who I’m talking to when I meet a celebrity – and that often leads to a pleasant surprise. Case in point: Steven Bauer. He was set to appear at the Chiller Theatre show on October 27, 2012, and I knew from a cursory search of his career that he had played a major role in the 1983 Al Pacino film Scarface. In fact this was his first major film role. At that point I stopped researching him and just added him to my ‘maybe’ list.