Theatre Trip: New York Broadway Celebration

February 27 - March 3, 2013

Bruce Miller and Phil Whiteway, our Artistic and Managing Directors (and Winners of Dominion’s 2012 Shining Star Award for Excellence in the Arts) invite you to join them as they lead our eighth exciting Theatre Celebration Tour, produced in cooperation with Covington Travel. They’ll share all their fun and informative backstage insights as we take in Broadway like you’ve never experienced it before.

Contact

Dee Dee White
Covington Travel
(804) 747-4129

Reserve Your Place

Deadline: January 15, 2013

Trip Flyer and Reservation Form (pdf)

Includes

  • Deluxe motorcoach transportation
  • 4 nights at The Benjamin, an elegant boutique hotel
  • Meals as indicated on itinerary
  • Metamorphoses - Arena Stage, Washington, DC
  • Newsies and Hands on a Hardbody - Broadway
  • Half-day tours of Upper and Lower Manhattan,
  • including entrance into the 9/11 Memorial
  • $150 per person donation to Virginia Repertory Theatre
  • All gratuities, porterage, taxes and service charges
  • Full service of a Covington trip director

Itinerary Highlights

Wednesday, Feb. 27

8:30 am Depart Richmond from Virginia Repertory at Willow Lawn
by deluxe motorcoach. Snack and boxed lunch.
12:00 pm Matinee performance of Mary Zimmerman's Tony nominated
Metamorphoses at Washington, DC's Arena Stage
theatre, followed by a short onstage talk back with the actors
8:00 pm Welcome Party and dinner at the Bourbon Street Café

Thursday, Feb. 28

10:00 am Bruce Miller’s all-new, fun and information-filled 1½-hour
walking tour of the Theatre District

Friday, March 1

9:30 am Panoramic tour of Lower Manhattan
with its history of George Washington and Alexander Hamilton,
the architecture of Cass Gilbert and Frank Gehry, the Statue of
Liberty and Brooklyn Bridge
11:00 am Reserved visit to the 9/11 Memorial
8:00 pm Evening performance of the musical Hands on a
Hardbody about a group of Texans in an endurance contest to
win a new truck, starring Tony nominee Keith Carradine

Saturday, March 2

9:30 am Panoramic tour of Upper Manhattan and Central Park.
See Madison Avenue, Upper Eastside, Museum Mile
(Guggenheim - Metropolitan Museum of Art – Frick Collection),
Upper Westside, The Dakota Building, the Museum of Natural
History, Harlem, the Apollo Theatre, and neighborhoods dating
back to the late 1700's
8:00 pm The musical Newsies at the Nederlander Theatre
Set in New York City at the turn of the century, it is the rousing
tale of Jack Kelly, a charismatic newsboy and leader of a
ragged band of teen-aged "newsies," who dreams only of a
better life far from the hardship of the streets

Sunday, March 3

12:00 pm "Farewell to New York’ luncheon at Gallagher’s Steak
House, a former speakeasy. After Prohibition ended in 1933 and
speakeasies closed their doors, Gallagher’s became more
popular than ever because while anyone could now get a drink
everywhere, a great steak was still hard to find – and
Gallagher’s delivered!
8:00 pm Arrive Willow Lawn

Pricing

Double occupancy: $2,175.00
Single supplement: $650.00, for a total cost of $2825.00 for a one-person reservation