We arrived in New Brunswick, NJ last night around 6pm. We needed to get in early because the truck has to be at the loading dock of The State Theatre before 8am. The dock is located at the back of a public parking lot which get slammed after 8am.
The drive to New Brunswick was fairly easy though traffic around Balitmore was backed up due to a huge, ugly accident. Once we took the exit for New Brunswick, we saw signs everywhere – CONSTRUCTION. The State Theatre is located in the middle of downtown – narrow streets and tons of traffic. After a few harrowing experiences on one way streets, low hanging stop lights and millions of cars, we just took the rig to the hotel and parked.
Finally, around 10pm, we decided to try and get into the loading dock. The parking lot still had quite a few cars in it but, with some maneuvering, we backed in. We load in the show this morning for an 8pm performnace tonight. IT’S FRIDAY THE 13TH!