Grease - My First Broadway Play/Musical

rwe205t · Member

Grease - My First Broadway Play/Musical

MrE1111 · Guru

Becco's - a delightful Italian restaurant (reserve in advance) opened by Lydia Bastianich(who has one of the PBS cooking shows) and her son. They have a pre/post theater price-fixed dinner of all you can eat of their 3 pasta dishes of the day. Comes with a caesar salad. $22 or so, per person. Located on 46th Street between 8th and 9th ave.

Kodama Sushi - great sushi, if that's your thing. Located on 8th Ave, between 45th and 46th.

Nonie · Veteran Member

Thanks for this thread, it will be very helpful for my NY visit to see Grease. Thanks also to MrE, I love pasta and I am now craving it.

BBS420 · Guru

Nonie wrote:
Thanks for this thread, it will be very helpful for my NY visit to see Grease. Thanks also to MrE, I love pasta and I am now craving it.

sounds good, doesn't it?

Nonie · Veteran Member

BBS420 wrote:

Nonie wrote:
Thanks for this thread, it will be very helpful for my NY visit to see Grease. Thanks also to MrE, I love pasta and I am now craving it.

sounds good, doesn't it?

Yep, I'm now starving. This part got my attention: "all you can eat of their 3 pasta dishes of the day", toss is a salad and I'm in heaven!! biggrin

BBS420 · Guru

Nonie wrote:
BBS420 wrote:

Nonie wrote:
Thanks for this thread, it will be very helpful for my NY visit to see Grease. Thanks also to MrE, I love pasta and I am now craving it.

sounds good, doesn't it?

Yep, I'm now starving. This part got my attention: "all you can eat of their 3 pasta dishes of the day", toss is a salad and I'm in heaven!!

the pasta's probably homemade too.

rwe205t · Member

Thanks Mr. E1111 for your reply. I will check these places out. I hope they have internet sites.

Grease is the word...

-- Edited by rwe205t at 00:45, 2008-06-11

gem · Member

I went to Beccos years ago when my daughter was a struggling actress and was working as a hostess there. The food is the best I've eaten in NYC and the pasta was sensational . I'll be going to New York for the 4th so I will certainly go back there.

DogsandBirds · Guru

gem wrote:
I went to Beccos years ago when my daughter was a struggling actress and was working as a hostess there. The food is the best I've eaten in NYC and the pasta was sensational . I'll be going to New York for the 4th so I will certainly go back there.

Hope she found work as an actress! Every actor needs a day job.

Judy · Senior Member

rwe205t wrote:
August can't come fast enough. There will be 25 of us attending and it is all because of Taylor Hicks. I am so excited!

I watched the reality show "You're The One That I Want" because I love the movie "Grease".

I've always wanted to see a Broadway play and tour New York City and when I heard about Taylor in the roll of Teen Angel......that was the defining moment to take this trip all the way from NC.

Thanks for allowing me to be a part of this forum to learn about the other cast members.

Any tips on places to eat and things to see while I'm in NY. There are so many places and this trip is a chance of a lifetime for me.

Grease is the word....

I'm so excited for you.You are going to absolutely love Broadway and NYC.There is nothing more exciting than a live show,where you can actually leave your troubles behind and simply enjoy the sights and sounds.I also give three thumbs up for Beccos,great food,I don't think you'll be disappointed.NY,has some of the finest restaurants in the world.Enjoy your trip and take in as much as you can.

rwe205t · Member

Judy wrote:
rwe205t wrote:
August can't come fast enough. There will be 25 of us attending and it is all because of Taylor Hicks. I am so excited!

I watched the reality show "You're The One That I Want" because I love the movie "Grease".

I've always wanted to see a Broadway play and tour New York City and when I heard about Taylor in the roll of Teen Angel......that was the defining moment to take this trip all the way from NC.

Thanks for allowing me to be a part of this forum to learn about the other cast members.

Any tips on places to eat and things to see while I'm in NY. There are so many places and this trip is a chance of a lifetime for me.

Grease is the word....

I'm so excited for you.You are going to absolutely love Broadway and NYC.There is nothing more exciting than a live show,where you can actually leave your troubles behind and simply enjoy the sights and sounds.I also give three thumbs up for Beccos,great food,I don't think you'll be disappointed.NY,has some of the finest restaurants in the world.Enjoy your trip and take in as much as you can.

Thank you Judy,
I have booked my flight, got a hotel and now we are making plans for the places to see and food to eat. I am so excited. Taylor fans are so thrilled he has joined the cast in Grease.

Grease is the word....

StockardFan · Senior Member

You have to try Beccos. It is absolutely to die for. And do the pasta.

BBS420 · Guru

StockardFan wrote:
You have to try Beccos. It is absolutely to die for. And do the pasta.

what kind of pasta do they have with the 3 pasta daily special?

Niram · Member

I'm coming to NYC next month and I can eat a lot of carbs (medical reasons) so does Becco's have other dishes? If not can you recommend another restaurant. BTW Taylor says he loves Italian food - maybe you'll see him there!

StockardFan · Senior Member

BBS, I'm fairly sure the pasta choices are different on different days. Like "daily specials".

And Niram, they have an extensive menu. Chicken dishes, seafood dishes, etc. I'm sure you'll find something you can eat!

Hells Sink · Veteran Member

StockardFan -- now there's a name I like.

Eris · Guru

Niram wrote:
I'm coming to NYC next month and I can eat a lot of carbs (medical reasons) so does Becco's have other dishes? If not can you recommend another restaurant. BTW Taylor says he loves Italian food - maybe you'll see him there!

There are also hundreds of other restaurants to choose from. At Menu pages you can search by location and by cuisine. There are online reviews and menus so you can get an idea of what they have at what price.

StockardFan · Senior Member

Hells Sink wrote:

StockardFan -- now there's a name I like.

Thanks! Stockard Channing was my favorite Rizzo ever. I don't know if that's an unpopular opinion with the die hard Broadway Greasers, but I can't help it. Her version of "There are Worse Things I Could Do" was my favorite part of the movie.

DogsandBirds · Guru

Stockard Channing was amazing, but so is Jenny Powers. If you see her, you would appreciate her talent.

StockardFan · Senior Member

Oh I'm sure she is! I would love to see her in the role. I haven't seen the current cast - I saw the show years ago with Jasmine Guy as Rizzo. It was weird because I couldn't stop thinking of her as Whitley on Different World.

Judy · Senior Member

Stockard Channing played the part so well that to this day when I see her I see Rizzo ! The last time I saw the play, which had to be at least five years ago I think Tracey Nelson played Rizzo.!

StockardFan · Senior Member

Yes, she did play Rizzo at one point. As did Rosie O'Donnel, Brooke Sheilds, Jasmine Guy, Linda Blair..........

It is definitely the best female role in the show. IMO

BroadwayStar · Senior Member

And Adrienne Barbeau, who was nominated for a Tony

StockardFan · Senior Member

Yes, Adrienne was the original Rizzo, along with Barry Bostwick as Danny and Carole Demas as Sandy. I just can't picture Barry Bostwick as Danny though.....LOL

DogsandBirds · Guru

Barry Bostwick is going to be a presenter at the Tony Awards.

StockardFan · Senior Member

Awesome!

Ray · Senior Member

Unfortunately, the clip of Bostwick, Demas, and backup cast, doing "Summer Nights" at a concert 10 years after they did the show, has been removed from youtube. She is charming and her singing is gorgeous. His characterization of Danny is for the ages....boyish, hormonal, inventive, hilarious, and his singing is spectacular.

My guess as to why he didn't get the movie, although infinitely superior to Travolta, is that he isn't the moviestar type, and JT is, or was. It's a terrible loss that BB did not become the star that his immense talent deserves.

-- Edited by Ray at 19:36, 2008-06-14

greasefan · Senior Member

DogsandBirds wrote:

Stockard Channing was amazing, but so is Jenny Powers. If you see her, you would appreciate her talent.

Jenny Powers' understudy was there the day I saw Grease. Jenny seems to be really talented on the short videos I have watched. I'm sorry I didn't get to see her talent in the whole play.

-- Edited by greasefan at 05:23, 2008-06-16

Nonie · Veteran Member

Eris wrote:

Niram wrote:
I'm coming to NYC next month and I can eat a lot of carbs (medical reasons) so does Becco's have other dishes? If not can you recommend another restaurant. BTW Taylor says he loves Italian food - maybe you'll see him there!
There are also hundreds of other restaurants to choose from. At Menu pages you can search by location and by cuisine. There are online reviews and menus so you can get an idea of what they have at what price.

Thanks for the link, that's a fun site and it's organized very well. I've bookmarked it for future use.

Nad · Senior Member

GUYS I AM IN LOVE

Judy · Senior Member

Nad wrote:
GUYS I AM IN LOVE

Congrats Nad,love is a beautiful thing ! I'm happy for you !