New York Day 2

We slept well and after a delicious breakfast (extra) headed into town. Our main focus today was to go to see Cabaret at the August Wilson theatre.
We went first into Trinity Episcopal Church immediately outside our hotel, it's one of the oldest churches in New York. You can see it in the top left of my blip. It's the site of Major General Alexander Hamilton's grave for those who have seen the musical. You can also see it dwarfed by surrounding buildings in the top left corner of the extra which is taken from our room on the top, 28th, floor of our hotel. Still though, we were dwarfed by the surrounding even taller buildings.
We walked across to Wall Street via Tiffany's - I peeped in through the high windows, but no sign of anyone having breakfast, lol. You can see the brass bull of Wal Street in my blip, we also saw, further on, the statue of the girl who used to stare down the enormous bull, but is now positioned immediately opposite the giant frontage of the New York Stock Exchange building. We neglected to join the long lines of people at both who were waiting to either grapple with the bull's horns (or for some reason its genitals) or to line up beside the girl, imitating her stance. I grabbed my pictures when changeovers were happening.
We took a cab north, traffic was as awful as could be imagined though and if we'd been on our own we'd have got out and walked, however we arrived at the theatre in time.
Our seats were fabulous, right at the front, at a little table for two which had a shaded night club style lamp and an old fashioned telephone on it. These tables were scattered around in front of the stage which itself was circular. The bulk of the audience were in the tiered raised areas and balconies to left and right.
Those of us at tables were in the thick of things. We had a bottle of Moët with champagne saucers between two and a charcuterie and cheese pack in metal stacking boxes accompanied by a pretzel and crackers each. Wow.
The show starred Eddy Redmayne who was superb. The whole production was wonderful, slick and fast dance and movement and stunning singing.
The EmCee used both Colin and I as the focus of some of his dialogue and singing at times (as well as others) which made us feel even more part of things.
The show was written in the McCarthy era although set in the beginnings of the shadow of the dawn of Nazism. I've loved every version I've seen but in today's political climate, this was very special and very emotive.
We walked home afterwards with the music ringing in our ears. My thumbnail shows Eddy Redmayne emerging from the stagedoor after the three hour performance, looking fresh as a daisy with no traces of the remarkable make up which transformed him throughout the show.
We walked down 7th Avenue to Times Square passing a group of Street performing acrobats who pulled Colin and Izzy into their performance. What a group of showmen. They were so good at getting people involved - and persuading them to part with their money!
After a recovery cup of fresh made mango lemonade in a beautifully cooled diner we continued south, this time on a subway, towards the Whitney Gallery where they were having a members evening. Our main aim though was to go to the upper terraces to enjoy the view.
What a day.