Shakespeare in the Park!

Al Pacino - "Merchant of Venice"

In doing research for this trip, I was surprised to find out how many "free" things there are to do in New York City. One of the best "free" finds was Shakespeare in the Park. There is, however, one small catch.  In order to obtain tickets to this event, you have to make your way to the Delacorte Theater box office at 8 a.m. on the morning of the performance you wish to attend.  There, with at least a thousand other people, you will wait in line for the box office distribution to occur at 1:00 p.m.  According to my son, my waiting in line for five hours to "score" these tickets is "all good Mom", since I have no where else to be while he is attending his classes. Nice to know he has taken charge of making sure I stay busy while I'm in New York. I made off it was going to be quite the chore for me, but in reality I LOVE this sort of thing.  I am actually excited by the prospect, as I truly enjoy meeting new people.  The way I look at it, what better place to do that, than by waiting in line in Central Park!  By 1:00 p.m, I bet I will be able to add least 999 new friends on my Facebook and another 100 readers to my blog.  So, if all goes as planned, some night in the next few weeks, I will be seeing The Merchant of Venice with Al Pacino at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park with all of my "new" friends and my son, who will think I'm the greatest Mom ever for standing in line for 5 hours to "score" the tickets. Little does he know, I will probably be having the time of my life in that line.  :-)