I was using the term American accent loosely as one would a British accent (even though there are hundreds of them as well). The point I was making is that she sounded odd and it was distracting - not just to me. I have heard Joan Didion speak and didn't make that connection at all at that time. I haven't heard her in years and can't recall at this moment what she does sound like.

About accents - one of the problems with 'Jerusalem' is that the actors' speech is in a small town, south of England, working man type of accent (for lack of a better description) and chock full of colloquialisms. A lot is hard to catch. Still, Mark Rylance was amazing.

Any recommendations for restaurants for a pre-show dinner? Would love to know your favorites - any kind of food.

<i>Side question for HowardR - Do you think there's a chance that "Sam's Place" on E 39th is owned by the same folks that owned Sam's in the Theatre District? It was my favorite little place and the descriptions sound very similar -
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restauran..._New_York.html

</i>volcanogirl, I mentioned it on another thread, but I really like the West Bank Cafe.
http://www.westbankcafe.com/location.html
A review - http://nymag.com/listings/restaurant/west-bank-cafe/

Here's another option that was on my list (based on Fodorites' recommendations, but I don't remember who.
http://nymag.com/listings/restaurant/osteria-al-doge/

We decided on Good People and got tickets for next Tuesday night.
There wasn't much selection left so we are in the back of the center mezzanine...hoping where it's a small theatre, those seats will be OK.
Was able to use a broadway box code and get them for 52.00 plus fees so we can't complain...:-)
Getting very excited...we have an early flight out in the morning and other than Sat night, the weather looks good for our stay (we fly home Wed night).

Thanks again for the help picking our show!

zsweets, we're seeing Good People tomorrow. Will let you know what we thought of it. The theater is small, so your seats should be fine.
starrs, We, too, used to enjoy Sam's. I'm not sure if it's the same owner, but you could be right.
volcanogirl, I'll put in a plug for our favorite restaurant, Chez Josephine (on 42nd Street just west of 9th Avenue)....excellent food, ambiance and service, hosted by Jean-Claude Baker, the textbook host!

starrs, I don't think there's any relation between those two Sam's.
From the "Great Restaurants" website:

"Sam's Place is a quaint Italian restaurant that serves incredibly fresh Northern and Southern Italian food in the Murray Hill section of the East Side. For the last 16 years, the cozy atmosphere places diners in close quarters, where they receive the warm charm of owner Massimo Biber, the former host of Tre Scalini on 58th street."

I miss the old Sam's too.

'Peter and the Starcatcher' - clever, well written, creative, wonderful - It's been extended until 4/24. See it if you can. Did I mention clever?

I'm very happy to report that we loved Good People. We thought it was one of the best things we've seen in years. Frances McDormand was truly outstanding and should be a Tony favorite.
Plan to see it soon, as the show is only playing through May 29. There are discounts available for Tuesday through Thursday performances on broadwaybox.com and playbill.com.

Seeing Peter on the 24th! Can't wait.

Sue - wish I could get a script to go over all the references and allusions in the clever dialogue. I hope you enjoy it!

Interesting article about the woman present at the recording session of the Million Dollar Quartet -
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...528197658.html

She was dating Elvis at the time and her story in interesting.

Well the reviews are out on Wonderland. Ouch. Anybody wanna buy two discounted front row mezzanine seats for Friday, May 5?

After viewing a bunch of photos of the show on the Playbill website last week, I had not desire to see the show. The reviews verified that my eyesight was a good judge!

'Clybourne Park' by Bruce Norris has won the Pulitzer for drama. I enjoyed it a lot.

Yes, I really enjoyed Clybourne Park -- I think we had a brief discussion about it on here last year when it was running off Broadway. It's also getting raves and is quite popular in London where it's currently playing. So now I'm curious if it will return to NYC and this time be ON Broadway.

Kathleen Turner's new show High isn't lasting very long. It's closing over the weekend after eight regular performances.

I saw WAR HORSE yesterday. WOW! Truly amazing. 5 minutes into the show and I'd already forgotten that these are puppet horses. The handlers played them so well that I really thought they were real horses on stage. It definitely lived up to my super-high expectations. I'm very glad that I followed Fodorites' advice and bought a discounted ticket in advance (~ a month ago). I don't think discounts are available anymore, and the show I went to yesterday was completely sold out.

Thanks yk, seeing it Sat., did the same as you did (got the discount tickets). I'm really psyched to see this!

P.S. Unfortunately, I had forgotten that I'm visiting NYC during School vacation week. I thought I could wait until the day of and decide which show to see based on TKTS availability (I subscribe to its email & twitter feed). Unfortunately, none of the shows I had in mind were available (Anything Goes, Good People, How to Succeed). I ended up spending my 2 "free" nights at the opera house.

Very happy to report, as was HowardR, that we loved Good People!!
We actually were in the very back row but could still hear and see just fine-the seats were very comfortable.
We went Tuesday night and the show was sold out.
The entire cast was great but we especially enjoyed Estelle Parsons and, of course, Frances McDormand.
The 2 hours passed so quickly I couldn't believe when it was over!!