Monday==>HAPPY LABOR DAY to all of my Worker Bee friends and loyal and faithful readers and followers out there in the boondocks, wilderness and wastelands.
Unfortunately, it is a gray and overcast day here in The Big Apple, The Greatest City In The World, with rain and stormy conditions predicted from mid-afternoon into the evening hours. The temperature at 11:00am is 80ยบ and there is just a light breeze coming off the Hudson River.
So ... let’s get today’s posting started in the usual way with Billi Pod’s report card on last night’s Off Broadway show ...
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ERNEST HEMINGWAY, the gay romance in Oscar Wilde's best-loved work collides with Hemingway's impossible machismo==>B+
The acting is excellent, especially Ross Cowan and Tim Hassler in the lead roles. The staging is also first-class. This was the final performance of the limited run and the house was full.
I have to admit that I found the story line a bit difficult to follow since I have only limited knowledge of the works of Oscar Wilde and/or Ernest Hemingway.
Act I clocked in at 90 minutes and that was a bit long. After a 15 minute intermission Act II was just a bit over 60 minutes, so it was almost 11:00pm when I headed back to the apartment.
I also have to comment that the venue, The Access Theatre, at Broadway and White Street, way downtown, basically sucks. First of all ... it is 4-flights up, with no elevator and secondly, it is basically without air conditioning. In fact, when we checked in to pick up our tickets we were given folding hand fans. It was really unpleasant and the fan-waving was somewhat distracting.
Yeah ... it was a different experience but the superb acting made it worthwhile.
Tonight’s entertainment event is an Off Broadway show down in SoHo ...
8:30==>EVERYTHING IS OURS - “A comedy about what happens when two people who have it all get one more thing.” (Off Broadway - complimentary ticket)
This show is playing downtown at the HERE Arts Center in SoHo and runs through September 21st. It is in very early previews so I don’t know, and can’t find, the running time.
Will be seeing this show with my theater buddy Marty Kosarik aka Whatever. After the show we will catch a bite at some place Marty selects.
Moving on ...
Yesterday afternoon out at Yankee Stadium, The House That Greed And Ego Built, The Yankees lost 7-3 to The Orioles as the bullpen imploded in the 7th inning, wasting an excellent outing from Andy Pettitte.
This afternoon at 1:05pm is the first game of a 3-game series against the Chicago White Sox.
On the mound for The Yankees will be the fading Phil Hughes (4-13) vs. Jose Quintana (7-4) for the Sox.
So ... again ... HAPPY LABOR DAY EVERYONE!!
Yesterday’s Pedometer mileage==>3.18 miles (or, 6,961 steps)
Total mileage for the week==>23.19 miles (average 3.31 miles per day)
Total mileage since 7/1/13==>225.91 miles (average 3.59 miles per day)
GO YANKEES!! 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.”
1 comment:
Whatever here...Labor Day...the end of summer...the end of baseball. To continue to play baseball now that summer is over would just be...well...wrong. So, no more silly Yankee stuff. Stick to the theatre news. Oh, and one comment about your show last night...NO AIR CONDITIONING?!?!? Fuck that noise! I'd have been back home on my couch eating Bon-Bons faster than you could say "sweat". Just sayin'.
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