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Yesterday was our last full day here in NYC as we are heading back to LA in a few hours. We did our best to make our last day as fun as possible tho. We went to the matinee performance of Coraline: The Musical which is on limited run at The Lucille Lortel Theatre off Broadway:

As a Neil Gaiman fan who loved the book and 3D animated film Coraline, I was very curious to see how this would translate to the musical stage. The show was superb. I think because Gaiman‘s work is so full of magic and whimsy, it’s easy for folks to get inspired to create magic of their own when telling the story. The actors were really fantastic … and, in a bit of a surprise, all of the characters were played by adults. You might think that having an older adult woman play Coraline would be bad but, in this production, it’s really very genius. The story was really preserved well and was fortified by very inventive songs written by Stephin Merritt of Magnetic Fields (because the show is in limited run, there is no option to purchase the soundtrack … but when it hopefully becomes available, I’m deffo gonna get a copy). I loved every single second of this show. Vanity Fair featured Merritt and his work on Coraline: The Musical in THIS article … which is a good, fairly unspoilery read about the show. If you are a fan of Gaiman or Coraline, you should deffo see this show. I think you’ll be surprised how well the story springs to life on the stage.

After the show, we supped on an amazing Cuban meal at Havana Alma de Cuba and then regrouped back at the apartment for a quick disco nap. Then we met up with David’s friends for a birthday party celebration for our dear friend Ben. I got to meet new friends TJ and Joe and finally got to hang out with the lovely Marissa and her man Ryan. We spent the early hours of today devouring pizza in Times Square … perfect ending to a fun trip.

But … like all good things … this trip is at an end. We’ll be back home early enough to hopefully see a movie and then … sleep. For Memorial Day tomorrow, I’ll still be blogging but I’m treating it like a shorter weekend day. Happy continued weekend, y’all!! See you on the Left Coast.