Jan 16 post touring

 We departed our touring and went to eat supper at the famous 2nd Avenue Deli. This is currently the most famous legacy kosher deli in NYC since the Carnegie Deli closed. 

Excellent corned beef and strudel.

Then we took a cab (wait time again about 15 seconds) to the Hirshfeld Theater where the musical "Kinky Boots" was playing. 

The Al Hirshfeld theater is named after a famous caricaturist.  He produced thousands of caricatures for the New Yorker, the NY Times and for advertising musicals and reviews of musicals. 

In the image, Ann is next to an picture from the 1976 musical "Dracula". The musical starred Frank Langella who also starred in the movie version. We saw that movie the night before Beth was born in 1979

The musical is a delightful 'happy ending' story (image from the internet) about a man who inherits a shoe factory. He discovers the traditional business plan doesn't work but stumbles into an idea to make shoes for transvestites (the transvestites were suffering because women's shoes didn't have enough support for a man's weight and balance).  

The music and lyrics for all the songs were written by Cindy Lauper of 1980s fame. 

We then walked back to the hotel which was only a few blocks away.