Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Back-to-Back Doubleheaders


Wednesday==>Your favorite blogger here in The Big Apple, The Greatest City In the World, has another entertainment doubleheader scheduled for today ... so we need to get things started with his report card on yesterday’s doubleheader ... starting with ...

The staged reading of BLEEDING LOVE, the post-apocalyptic musical where it's always night, it's always cold and nothing ever grows==>INTERESTING. (remember, Billi Pod does not usually assign letter grades to readings)

This show was very well performed for a staged reading, especially the young actress Dana Steingold, who brings back memories of a young Kristin Chenoweth.

Before the show I met up with my theater-buddy Dian Crystal aka My Lady and we had time for some much needed catching up.

When the show was over I subwayed back to PHC, had my usual pre-theater snack (fruit and cheese plate), changed clothes and then headed up to Lincoln Center for the second half of my entertainment doubleheader ...

7:30==>NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA @ Avery Fisher Hall - works by Golljov (who??), Mendelssohn, and Dvorak==>OUTSTANDING, as usual.

The performance was conducted by 26-year-old Joshua Weilerstein, who is one of two Philharmonic Assistant Conductors. Honestly, on stage he looks no older than 18, not joking. I can’t imagine how it must feel to be conducting the New York Philharmonic Orchestra before a full-house in NYC, The Greatest City In The World.

When the concert was finished he and the orchestra received a roaring standing ovation.

Yes, this was a good way to end an interesting doubleheader.

And, speaking of doubleheaders ... I humbly think that what I have scheduled for today is also interesting ... what do you loyal and faithful readers and followers think ...

2:00==>THE OLD FRIENDS - “Matriarch Mamie Borden and the remaining members of two longtime Texas farming families await a visit from Mamie's son Hugo and his wife Sybil. When Sybil arrives with alarming news, old friends on opposing sides must confront the issues surrounding legacy, loyalty, and the meaning of happiness that have hounded them for generations.” (Off Broadway - complimentary ticket)

This well-reviewed Horton Foote drama, featuring Betty Buckley and Hallie Foote, is playing at The Signature Theatre Complex on West 42nd Street, has a running time of 2:05, with intermission, and closes on this Sunday after a very successful run.

I am so glad that I am finally getting a chance to see it.

Then ... for the evening ...

7:20==>BROADWAY IDIOT - “A documentary movie that follows Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong as he works with Broadway veterans to turn his mega-hit album, American Idiot, into a Broadway musical.”

I will be seeing this just released movie with my theater-buddy Marty Kosarik aka Whatever and his friend Cathy Altholz.

It is playing down in the Union Square area and has a running time of 1:20.

In the name of fair and unbiased reporting I have to share with you loyal and faithful readers and followers that Marty is a self-confessed American Idiot addict in that he has seen the show on Broadway and on its national tour(s) a total of 37 times, and yes, that is the correct number==>30-fucking-7 times. TOTALLY INCREDIBLE!!

And, he already has tickets for an additional 6 shows, 2 in Boston, 2 on Long Island; and 2 in Cleveland.

Marty has told me countless times that American Idiot is truly his “life story” and each time he sees it, it is like a therapy session.

Sooooooo ... I am really looking forward to his feedback on the movie ... so ... stay tuned.

After the show we will catch a bite in the Union Square area, I think it will be, per Marty, Ukrainian food, whatever that is.

Now ... just a bit of sports ...

It appears to me that The Fat Lady is getting ready to sing out in LA after the Dodgers lost last night to the Cardinals by a score of 4-2, going up 3-1 in the series.

Game 5 is this afternoon at 4:00pm, in LA, carried on TBS.

And ... The Boston FuckSox now have a 2-1 lead in the ALCS after defeating The Tigers 1-0 in another pitcher’s duel.

Game 4 is tonight at 8:00pm, in Detroit, carried on FOX.

So ... my loyal and faithful readers and followers ... I hope you will agree with your favorite blogger than today’s doubleheader sounds interesting. Let’s just hope it turns out that way.

Oh ... yesterday was also a pretty good walking day, too ...

Yesterday’s Pedometer mileage==>5.00 miles (or, 10,942 steps)

Total mileage since 7/1/13==>369.80 miles (average 3.46 miles per day)

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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