Showtimes Shameless. But when I’m feeling real classy it’s eating Cheeto flavored popcorn while watching a MetOpera in HD performance in a near empty theater. I mean I was chewing vigorously almost to the point the nuns were beheaded on Dialogue of The Carmelites.
Not wholly so. NYO was also the place to go to experience new exciting singers (Sills, Justino Diaz, Sam Ramey, Norman Tregel,
Plácido Domingo) or non-standard rep (Pearlfishers, Mother Courage, Dialogue of The Carmelites).
I get to BKK tomorrow. Beware @LeonTrotsky! Years ago a Thai friend referred me to the mystery novels of John Burdett. His detective is a BKK cop who was conceived in a BKK bordello visited by a US GI on R&R during the Vietnam war. He has a foot in both cultures and frequently stops to offer an aside the explains a unique aspect of Thai culture germane to the plot. He also stops to point out which street has the best street food vendors for the dish described. My friend claims that comments Burdett puts in the voice of his detective are all quite accurate. They are available on Amazon in a variety of formats including Kindle or Audible. Just the right thing for a long, very long, flight? But beware: the plots are often quite gruesome.