Yesterday’s entertainment doubleheader was terrific in all aspects ... so let’s get right to it ...
My second visit to JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, the revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s dramatized rock-opera version of the last 7 days in the life of Jesus of Nazareth, receives the same A as Billi Pod gave it the first time he saw it on March 5th.
My comp. seat was in the very last row in the rear of the orchestra, the last aisle seat, far house right, but no matter. Seated in the general area were a lot of my theater buddies.
And, also in the orchestra area was ... tada ... Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber, which probably accounts for making seats available to the various ticketing services. Nope ... no empty seats for Sir Andrew.
In the name of fair and unbiased reporting Billi Pod must share that the opinions of his theater-buds were as diverse as the comments have been on the various chat boards. So what ... I still loved it and would see it again in a heartbeat.
When the show was over I connected with Dian Crystal and became the sole member of her posse for the next several hours. We spent the time just wandering around, acting like tourists. The picture of me was taken at Columbus Circle.
We even got a bite to eat and she didn’t order me to have a slice of eggplant pizza. Mainly, I think, because where we ate didn’t serve pizza.
It was amazing how fast the approximately 2 1/2 hours flew by, aided largely by awesome weather and very good company with a native New Yorker.
We then met up with another posse member, Vera Olichney, at City Center to see ...
REGRETS, a drama, set in the 1950s, about a young man who flees Hollywood and heads to a Nevada desert retreat where men go to secure a quickie divorce==>B+
It is a somewhat different story line with excellent acting. For whatever reason, however, I just didn’t connect with any of the characters. Lots of yelling and cussing.
The rest of the posse give it an A- and a B+. It is worth seeing with a discounted ticket.
Tonight Billi Pod has an interesting followup to yesterday’s JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR. What, you are no doubt breathlessly asking? Well ... how about this ...
8:00==>THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAS ISCARIOT - “Set in a court room somewhere between Heaven and Hell two attorneys and a parade of famous witnesses – Mother Teresa, Sigmund Freud and Pontius Pilate – argue over the fate of Judas Iscariot, known for his betrayal of Jesus.” (Off Broadway - complimentary ticket)
Several of my theater-nut friends have highly recommended this show, which clocks in at 3 hours and 15 minutes, including one intermission.
BREAKING NEWS==>Have some more interesting information to share with you loyal and faithful readers and here it is ... several of my "Musings from THE MIND OF BILLI POD (a memoir in progress)" have been accepted by the Meme website
for Philosoraptor, The Pontificating Velociraptor of Our Time, and I will share them with you in the next several postings.
So, the first is ...
Think about it ... you know it’s true.
GO YANKEES AND 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.”
ALEX-205
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