I just got in from seeing a very good Off Broadway comedy/drama called “This” at Playwrights Horizon, the theater immediately next door to 420 W. 42nd Street. It has just opened and has received very good reviews. I found it to be funny and also thought-provoking at the same time. It came up at the last minute on one of my services and I snapped it up - had been planning to see the movie “2012.” This is the press blurb for the show:
“Jane is not okay. She's a promising poet without a muse, a single mother without lessons to pass along. In a world of BabyBjörns, bitchy best friends, and trés beau French doctors, how's a single mom & poet to navigate the murky waters of the late-thirty something NYC dating scene?" (complimentary ticket).
Except for Sunday I have pretty much filled my entertainment schedule for the upcoming 9 days and this is what Billi Pod has booked in The Greatest City in The World --
Tuesday - 11/24 - 7:30 - New York Philharmonic Orchestra @ Avery Fisher Hall. The program is: “Liszt - Les Preludes: Elgar - In the South; and, Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet.” (season subscription series)
Wednesday - 8:00 - “Julie from Staten Island” - Off Broadway. “This one-man comedic performance follows Gambuto from the fifth and oft-forgotten borough of Staten Island to the ivy-covered gates of Harvard Yard to the streets of South Brooklyn." ($9.00 TDF ticket).
This show is playing at a theater on my block.
Thursday - HAPPY THANKSGIVING DAY TO ALL!!
I have several open options for the day, one would require a trip up to Westchester and the other to a posh apartment in the Upper Westside. At this moment I am not certain which one I will choose. I may just opt to have my first Thanksgiving Dinner in Penthouse C. Anyway, have a very interesting show scheduled for the evening.
8:00 - “Newsical, the Musical” = Off Broadway. “No one in the news is safe in this musical/comedy lampooning current events, headlines, newsmakers, celebrities, and politicians. In addition to the crazy news headlines (like Balloon Boy), politics (Obama, Hillary, Sarah Palin, etc.), we have celebrity spoofs including Nancy Grace, Glenn Beck, Celine Dion, Joan Rivers, Fran Drescher, Suze Orman, and Kate (from John and Kate!).” (discounted TDF ticket)
Friday - 8:00 - “The Common Air” - Off Broadway. “Alex Lyras' solo comedy-drama The Common Air links six distinct characters during the mother of all delays at JFK Airport. The reason is unknown and a spiraling game of "telephone" ensues in an effort to uncover the truth. Characters include an Iraqi cab driver with a winning reality show idea, an art gallery owner seduced by ancient Greek cave art, a corporate attorney imparting rapid fire, ethically gray advice, a sample-stealing DJ named PJ, a sinister Philosophy professor mixing logic and irrationality in a west Texas accent, and an Iraqi-American just returned from civil war in Baghdad.” (complimentary ticket)
Saturday - 3:30 - Gators vs. Florida State (CBS). After the Gators kick ‘Nole butt I will probably catch a movie. Go Gators!!
Sunday - open at the moment (gasp). Not to fear - I am "confident" I will find something to do
Monday - It is time to start the holiday countdown toward December 25th, so I have scheduled a little something to get me in a “holiday mood” - 8:00 - “Santa Claus is Coming Out” - Off Broadway. “A theatrical mock-u-mentary about the worldwide scandal surrounding the outing of Santa Claus. Writer-performer Jeffrey Solomon traces the intensely personal struggle of this great holiday icon, as he tries to reconcile his love relationship with Italian toy maker Giovanni Geppetto with his passion for giving to the world's children. A young lad asks Santa for a doll for Christmas, which leads to the revelation that Santa himself is a bit "jollier" than previously thought. America reacts as one might predict, and the whole North Pole is engulfed in a scandal called "Santagate.” ($9.00 TDF ticket)
Tuesday - 12/1 - I:00 - “Salvage” - Off Broadway. “SALVAGE is a new rock musical that follows the story of Skyler Golden, a found object artist, who wants "to see the world different...literally." While trying to transform a self-destructive thrift shop beauty, a rich kid who wants to make his own way in the world, and maneuver through an art world working to strip his integrity, Skyler must learn to transform his own life the way he does with his art and finally salvage himself.” (staged reading) (complimentary ticket).
This is a staged reading for potential financial backers. In the cast is Ben Curtis, who played The Dell Dude in the Dell Computer commercials until he got busted for smoking pot.
7:00 - “A Steady Rain” - Broadway. This is the press blurb: “Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman star in this highly anticipated theatrical event about two Chicago cops who are lifelong friends and whose differing accounts of a few harrowing days change their lives forever.” (full price ticket).
This is a limited run and despite lukewarm reviews it is one of the top weekly grossing new shows of the season. It has been selling out almost every performance. I am really looking forward to seeing it.
Well, my loyal and faithful readers, I am sleepy (yes, even Billi Pod gets sleepy once in a while) so it is time to post this and then crash. I do want to make some comments about the great shows and stuff I saw/did last week but that will have to wait until later.
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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