Phantom of the Opera

Earlier this week I signed up for the Phantom of the Opera show at my dorm. Because a lot of students sign up for trips like this one, they have a lottery system that randomly selects a certain amount of people that the bus can hold. I was one of the ones chosen to go along with 45-50 other students. Each person only had to pay $35 that included transportation and a ticket to see the Phantom of the Opera-great deal for a famous Broadway show! We met at 10:45am at the Gym to wait for the charter bus to arrive. The show began at 2:00pm. We arrived in NY and g0t off at 1:00pm. We had a short amount of time to grab lunch. I walked through Times Square again and took some pictures of the huge screens and advertisements. Inside the theater we found our seats. My seat was three rows down from the very top of the theater, but the view was still descent....may could of used some binoculars. The musical was really good-2 1/2 hours with a short intermission. They actually had a few small pyrotechnic effects (fire spuds/smoke). The singing was top notch although it was difficult to understand everything they were speaking and singing. Very good stage props/backgrounds that changed with different scenes. We boarded back onto the bus right after the show to come back to New Haven-just in time to eat at the dining hall before they closed. This evening I walked to the cemetery to take some pictures of Eli Whitney's burial grave, but it was closed. Its been another great week that has come to an end.