Today==>Seeing HUGH JACKMAN: BACK ON BROADWAY==>AWESOME!!

Good morning everyone.

Today is going to be another awesome entertainment doubleheader for Billi Pod ... starting with ...

2:00==>HUGH JACKMAN: BACK ON BROADWAY - “Accompanied by an 18-piece orchestra, Tony Award winner Hugh Jackman performs a personal selection of his favorite musical numbers that reflect on the stage and film star’s remarkable life and career, from The Boy from Oz to Hollywood.” (Broadway - full price ticket)

I was lucky to score a nice mezzanine seat for this show, row C, seat 9. Yes, it is full-price, but this is one of the top shows of the Broadway season and it couldn’t be missed.

Jackman has received uniformly rave reviews, such as ...

“THE IMPOSSIBLY TALENTED MR. JACKMAN IS GLORIOUS" - NY Times

"THERE'S A NEW KING ON BROADWAY!" - NY Post

"A GRAND NIGHT OF STAR ENTERTAINMENT." - TimeOut NY

For the 8 shows for the week ending November 20, the show grossed ... gasp ... $1,468,189, and, it was at 102% capacity (meaning, of course, standing room).

He is performing at the ancient and creaky Broadhurst Theater. It is reported that last night, as a result of the steady and pouring rain, there was water on the stage and Jackman slipped and fell. He wasn’t injured.

This has been a problem with this theater in the past and Billi Pod has to wonder==>where is Actors Equity when you need them?

Anyway ... Billi Pod is really charged about this event and that is putting it mildly.

The second part of the doubleheader is ...

8:00==>STANDING ON CEREMONY: The Gay Marriage Plays - “Two little words, and suddenly your whole world changes. Nine short plays offer unique takes on the moments before, during and after ‘I do.’ Starring: Craig Bierko, Mark Consuelos, Polly Draper, Harriet Harris, Beth Leavel, and Richard Thomas.” (Off Broadway - complimentary ticket)

This show, playing down in The Village, has received generally very favorable reviews.

As I alluded to above, yesterday was a majorly nasty and rainy day. It started in the early afternoon and lasted all day and into the night. In fact, when Billi Pod crashed at the usual 2:00am it was still raining.

Luckily my entertainment event was up at Lincoln Center, meaning the only time I was out in the elements was the 1 block walk from PHC to and from The Port Authority Terminal.

I am happy to report to you loyal and faithful readers that the rain has stopped and there is none predicted for the next several days.

The NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC concert last night was excellent, as usual.

The 3 Masters: Mozart, Bach and Beethoven. You can’t get much better than this.

To all of my loyal and faithful readers who are traveling for Thanksgiving==>be safe and have a great time with your families and friends.

GO GATORS!!

Billi Pod

“Don’t pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he’ll just kill you.”

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