Wednesday - Baseball & My Schedule

Well, the NLCS didn’t start off well for the Dodgers. They just lost to the Phillies in a very interesting game by a score of 3-2, and, yes, I stayed in tonight to watch it.

Tomorrow at 4:35 will be the second Dodgers/Phillies game and then at 8:37 will the first game of the ALCS, the Tampa Bay Rays vs. the Boston Fucksox, and, yes again, my current plans are to stay in and watch both games. Hey, don’t be judgmental, I am a baseball fan, what did you expect?

This afternoon I had a great late lunch with student/bartender/manager John Scott Reed at a very nice restaurant down in TriBeCa called the Landmarc (yes, that is the correct spelling, it is marc not mark). After lunch I had planned on seeing the movie “Ghost Town,” but at the last minute I changed my mind and came back to the apartment and started doing things and stuff in preparation for my Paris Adventure which begins next Wednesday.

Yesterday, Wednesday, was another entertainment doubleheader and both shows were very interesting. At 2:00 was the new show at the 59th Street Theater called “Body of Water” by Lee Blessing. I described this show in an earlier posting but briefly, it involves a man and a woman who wake up in a beautiful house on a body of water. They don’t know who they are, what they are, or where they are. They are visited by a 20s girl who may be (or may not be) their daughter. The show was 100 minutes, without intermission, and the sold-out house was spellbound by the writing and the acting. The problem - when it was over we still didn’t have an answer. As we were exiting the theater almost everyone was talking about the show. Lots of different opinions about the plot.

The second show was a 7:30 performance of a show called “An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein” at the Baruch Performing Arts Center downtown at 25th and Lexington. It was 10 vignettes with a very talented group of younger (read 20s) performers, some, of course, better than others. It was 90 minutes without intermission. It didn’t blow me away but I am glad that I saw it.

When the show was over I decided to walk back to the apartment via Lexington Avenue, a total distance of just under 2 miles. It was a little brisk, but nice. I felt good.

Over the weekend Sandy Mullon of Anna Maria, FL, will be in the city with some female friends, Dee Brady and Alyce, and they will go upstate for a foliage tour. When they return Sandy and I will get together and do some stuff, including a show and dinner on Monday night.

So, this is how the weekend is shaping up --

Friday - stay in, do stuff and watch baseball. Stop IT!! I said don't be judgmental, dammit.

Saturday - 2:00 - “Bedroom Farce” - Off-Broadway. “THREE BEDROOMS, FOUR COUPLES, ONE HILARIOUS SLEEPLESS NIGHT. Trevor and Susannah are on the verge of a break-up - and they're determined to take their friends and family down with them! After Trevor and his ex-girlfriend, Jan, are caught kissing at Malcolm and Kate's housewarming party, all hell breaks loose. Susannah flees to her in-laws who are trying to salvage their anniversary celebration; while Trevor pays a midnight visit to Jan's in order to explain his misdeeds to her husband, Nick. As the evening progresses, this unstable pair travels from bedroom to bedroom, raining hysterical havoc on everything they touch and assuring that no one will get any sleep.” (complimentary ticket).

8:00 - The Gators vs. LSU @ The Swamp. The second Rays vs. Fucksox game is also at 8:00.

Sunday - 5:00 - “Love Child” - Off-Broadway. “The Marvelous Primary Stages presents a World Premiere, Love Child written and performed by Daniel Jenkins and Robert Stanton. It's opening night. The cast is unruly, the crowd is restless, and the play is obscure, but Joel has a larger worry: his mother is in the front row. The real and theatrical worlds collide in Love Child, the new comedy about the night a classic play spoke so loudly to its audience that its audience felt compelled to talk back. Daniel Jenkins (Mary Poppins, Big River) and Robert Stanton (The Coast of Utopia, All in the Timing) take you on a wild ride when they portray everyone on stage, backstage and in the house, all coming together on one riotous night in the theater.” (complimentary ticket)

8:27 - Dodgers vs. Phillies

Monday - As I mentioned above, Sandy and I have a show booked for 8:00 Monday night. It is a new Off-Broadway show called “Rock of Ages” - “It's the late 1980s and the final countdown is on for a legendary Hollywood rock club facing its demise at the hands of eager developers. When a young rocker hungry for his big break and a small town girl chasing her dreams land on the scene at this infamous venue, how far will ambition drive them? And will it be lights out for the club and all the regulars and rockers who have made it their home? Rock of Ages takes audiences on a musical trip with a story set to blazing hits from iconic rockers such as Journey, Bon Jovi, Styx, Reo Speedwagon, Pat Benatar, Twisted Sister, Poison, Asia, Whitesnake and many more. The show features big chords, big dreams and big hair.” (discounted TDF ticket).

After the show we will probably have dinner at Angus McIndoe, my favorite theater district restaurant.

Sandy leaves on Tuesday. I have nothing scheduled for that day because I leave the next evening for Paris. My flight leaves JFK at 7:00pm.

Go Gators!! Go Dodgers!! Go Tampa Bay Rays!!

Billi Pod
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