Driving Miss Daisy on Broadway - Weekend of January 15th

The weekend of January 15th, we took the train into the city to catch a broadway play and lunch.  We had been scoping out which plays currently had famous actors in them during the previous week and we decided for this weekend we would go see "Driving Miss Daisy" starring James Earl Jones.  Before the play, we ate lunch at Ruby Foo's in Times Square which is an Asian Fusion restaurant with everything from sushi to chinese to thai.  We tried the "duck nachos" for an appetizer and we were very impressed.  The entrees were also very good with very big portions.  Charlie ordered the special which was some sort of spicy thai chicken with noodles and Katie ordered the Pad Thai.  It was more than we could both eat!

After lunch we hurried over to the Golden Theater on West 45th Street which was only a few blocks from Times Square.  The play was only 90 minutes and therefore did not have an intermission and only had 3 actors...Daisy (Vanessa Redgrave), her son and her driver (James Earl Jones).  The production was excellent - it had been a long time since either of us had seen the movie, so we forgot parts of the plot but we both really enjoyed it.  It is a very cute story about a very stubborn elderly lady from the south and her African-American driver and the unique friendship that forms between them.  At 80 years old, James Earl Jones was truly remarkable and made the play very enjoyable.

After the play, we leisurely walked back to Penn Station (about 10 blocks) to catch our train back to Ramsey and we both thought how incredible it is that we live so close to Manhattan and can have an afternoon date on Broadway.