Billi Pod Says==>You Gotta See RUSSIAN TRANSPORT!!

A Happy Saturday afternoon to all of my friends and loyal and faithful readers.

Yes, it was nice and warm this morning in The Big Apple, The Greatest City In The World.

Actually ... just kidding because it was a cold and breezy 38º @ 8:00am. But ... I must say that it is much warmer at 1:30pm - 45º and sunny.

Hummmmmmm ... may be just right for a bit of wandering after I fulfill my reporting responsibilities to all of you loyal and faithful readers. We will see ...

OK ... so let’s get down to business with Billi Pod’s report card on last night’s entertainment adventure ...

RUSSIAN TRANSPORT, the family drama set in the Russian Jewish community of Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn==>A+

Folks ... this is the BEST straight play (meaning non-musical) I have seen in a long time. The story line is powerful, believable and engrossing. Yes ... it is another mega-dysfunctional family dealing with virtually overwhelming daily problems, with a lot of shouting, yelling and cursing ... but ... and a huge but ... the playwright makes the audience care about the characters and what happens to them.

All of the characters speak some of their lines in Russian but this is not a distraction ... rather ... it just adds to their believability.

The staging is spot-on even though the front 3 rows have a bit of a problem seeing what it is happening in the second level bedroom.

The cast is stellar, led by a young star-on-the-rise, Raviv Ullman, playing the 18 year old son. Folks, remember the name because this young man is gonna make it big-time, trust Billi Pod on this ... he is gonna be a star in the very near future.

If I have the opportunity I will see the show again and I HIGHLY recommend it to all of my theater friends in the greater New York area==>see it ASAP!!

Billi Pod’s entertainment event for tonight couldn’t be further from last night’s event ... 180º different ... without a doubt ...

8:00==>IONESCOPADE - “A vaudevillian collage of playlets and poems by the absurdist master Eugene Ionesco, filled with mime, farce and parody.” (Off Broadway - complimentary ticket).

This is being presented by the York Theatre Company, one of my favorite theater groups. My theater buddies who have seen this show have all highly recommended it. Looking forward to it.

I want to share with you something very funny forwarded to me by my friend Renzy Hanshaw of Orlando ... this is funny and very topical ...

A NEW WORD IS BORN -- I knew someone would find a name for our election process for this year ...

“ELECTILE DYSFUNCTION: the inability to become aroused over any of the choices for President put forth by either party in the 2012 election year.”

Thank you Renzy!!

In closing I want to share with you what my entertainment schedule will be like for the upcoming 9 days - more details will be in the daily postings, of course ...

Sat - 8:00==>IONESCOPADE (Off Broadway - complimentary ticket);

Sun - 3:00==>MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET (Off Broadway - complimentary ticket);

7:00==>GOB SQUAD’S KITCHEN (Off Broadway - complimentary ticket). Yes, it is GOB, not GOD.

Mon - 8:00==>STONE AND STONE (comedy show - complimentary ticket)

Tues - 6:00==>WAGNER’S GOTTERDAMMERUNG (Metropolitan Opera - full price expensive ticket) - gets out at 11:30pm

Wed - Feb 1 - 2:15==>Eye Doctor Appointment;

7:30==>NAKED OLD MEN (Off Broadway - complimentary ticket)

Thurs - Meet up with Justin Allen Pifer for face time and dinner in da ‘hood.

Fri - 8:00==>LEO (Off Broadway - complimentary ticket)

Sat - 3:00==>PSYCHO THERAPY (Off Broadway - complimentary ticket);

evening open at the moment.

Sun - 3:30==>LOVE SICK (Off Broadway - complimentary ticket);

6:30==>SUPER BOWL

Yep ... this is why Billi Pod loves living in The Big Apple.

Have a great rest of the weekend everyone.

GO YANKEES AND GO BIG BLUE!!

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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