Trip to New York April 2012 - Day Three

Times Square at noon

We recovered nicely from my mistake with the tickets and spent the afternoon and early evening in the city.  I went to the International Center for Photography on Avenue of the Americas.  It has a reciprocal arrangement with the George Eastman House where we are members.  It is small compared to GEH but had some fascinating exhibits.  I found the Magnum Contact sheets to be very interesting and diverse.  Murder Is My Business shows the work of Weegee, a unique figure who was the first free lance photo journalist of sorts who documented the violent under life of New York City for the tabloids in the thirties and forties.  It is well worth a visit when in the city again.  Neither of us were particularly hungry after our late night dinner at Rosa's so we skipped lunch except for a bit of a sandwich at Starbuck's.
Our big event today was seeing "Death of a Salesman" with Philip Seymour Hoffman.  Even though our expectations were high, it exceeded them in every regard.  Of course, Hoffman's portrayal was perfect and incisive.  In addition we were particularly impressed with Linda Emond who played Willy's wife, Linda, and especially Andrew Garfield who played Biff in his Broadway premier.

After the play, we ate dinner at The Playwright's Restaurant with its Irish cuisine and then drove home.  I was able to capture this nice picture of Marilyn after she had finished her Shepherd's Pie.

You can view the daily updated photo album by clicking here.  Here is a video pan from the grandstand in Times Square.  Tomorrow, "Wicked" and a couple of galleries!