Good morning my loyal and faithful readers. I am very happy to report that yesterday’s doubleheader was excellent ... different but ... excellent.
The concert version of the 1937 musical I’D RATHER BE RIGHT==>charming and very well performed. Even though it is set in 1937, the problems caused back then by big but ineffective government resonates even today.
Part 1 of the Adam Rapp Hallway Trilogy - ROSE==>very well acted. It is playing at the Rattlestick Theatre down in the The Village and the theater has been completely reconfigured to accommodate the large hallway in the Lower Eastside tenement setting.
In the name of fair and unbiased reporting I have to state that the play is typical Adam Rapp, meaning at times it is extremely difficult to understand WTF he is trying to convey, but ... having said that, I have to report that ...
My second consecutive doubleheader today involves Parts II & III of his Hallway Trilogy, yes, that’s right --
4:00==>PARAFFIN - “Set in the first evening of the 2003 New York City blackout it concerns a husband addicted to heroin, his pregnant wife, and his brother's unrequited love for his wife.”
(Off-Broadway - discounted TDF ticket).
Then ...
8:00==>NURSE - “Set in 2053 in a disease-free New York. The tenement has been transformed into a museum where young men and women in need of cash are injected with old-fashioned diseases for the amusement of the public. On this night the air-tight glass wall fractures.” (Off-Broadway - discounted TDF ticket).
Both shows are approximately 90 minutes without intermission. I will stay down in The Village between shows, of course.
By the time I get back to PHC I am certain I will need a double glass of Fresca to down mega-doses of painkilling and mood-altering substances to get over my Adam Rapp-fix in time to watch Saturday Night Live, hosted by Russell Brand.
Oh, yes ... Russell Brand ... just the kind of gentle mind-soothing host Billi Pod will need after 3+ hours of Adam Rapp.
Well, yes ... you are right my loyal and faithful readers ... no one forced me to book these shows etc etc etc, so Billi Pod will close in just a minute with his usual musings.
But first, again in the name of fair and unbiased reporting, Billi Pod has to advise you that we/you are closing in on the end of the musings, which as you know, came spewing from the mind of Billi Pod on December 2, 2010.
Hold on now ... hold the applause ... you are gonna miss them once they are gone, trust me on this, you will ... so ... savor them while you can ...
Musings from THE MIND OF BILLI POD (a memoir in progress):
“When you make all of the rules, nothing helps time to pass faster than playing mind-games with yourself.”
GO GATORS AND GO YANKEES!!
Billi Pod
“Don’t pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he’ll just kill you.”
1 comment:
You're right, Your Musings will be missed when it's all said and done. With hope springing eternally, maybe you'll have another epiphany sooner rather than later. Hope so. rap
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