Hamlet on Broadway

We were most fortunate to have tickets to the hottest show on Broadway this fall. Jude Law was starring in Hamlet. I had seen a notice on the internet and ordered the tickets in July. We had student tickets but the sight lines were great and the performance was outstanding.

Jude Law was a complex and conflicted man in a bold contemporary interpretation. This production made the play seem like it was completely of our time and written in our time, yet still had the classic dialogue of Shakespeare. I always feel very fortunate to be in the audience at such an event. The famous "to be or not to be" was performed with a light snow falling against a black brick wall. Wow.

MoMa and Charis

After the morning walk to the illustration gallery

we continued to the Museum of Modern Art. I had a visiting professor lecture pass so I had one hour to lecture. We went through as much as we could and still saved some time for looking with out my voice. One of my personal favorite images at the MoMa is Monet's garden painting.

Monet was in his 80s when he did this painting. It is one of the rare objects that celebrates old age.

We went to the New York Figurative Academy

to visit Charis and her school. Here she is showing some of the students some graphic design work she recently had printed. We had a nice visit and it gave the students a chance to see a New York art school.

New York City 2009 ....continued

The fall trip to New York continued with the Thursday evening performance of the Barber of Seville at the Metropolitan Opera. It is such a treat to visit the opera. It is like visiting a new world for the students. The next morning we walked to Rockefeller Center, St. Patrick's Cathedral and an illustration gallery. The new art army recruits were in good spirits even though it was rainy and cold. There were some really interesting works at the illustration gallery.