Hello everyone. I am happy to report that the cataract surgery on my left eye on Tuesday, January 19th, was successful even though it was delayed by almost 2 1/2 hours as a result of a communication problem between my surgeon and me about not eating anything the morning of the surgery. I won’t bore you with the details, except to say that we were both pissed. No matter, it is over, it is in the past. I have had two follow-up appointments and everything is going as expected and I am faithfully following his postoperative instructions of: no bending down, no lifting over 15 lbs, no rubbing, and sleep with an eye cup. We haven’t yet scheduled the surgery for the right eye.
I want to take this opportunity to make a public THANK YOU to student/bartender/manager Scott Reed who agreed to spend most of his day-off with me, first at the hospital and then afterwards back at PHC. The photo is one he took of me in the recovery area at the hospital. Anyway - Thanks again Scott - you are a true friend.
I spent the remainder of Tuesday and all of Wednesday in PHC, bored out of my skull. Then, Billi Pod got back to his entertainment routine by seeing 3 Off Broadway shows: “The Myopia” on Thursday; “The Accidental Pervert” on Friday; and “Most Likely To: The Senior Superlative Musical” on Saturday. All 3 shows were excellent. Details about these shows have been posted on my Facebook Wall.
OK, two final health notes and then we move on: (1) I am happy to report that my daughter Kathi Bendeck of Columbia, SC, has had successful surgery on her left knee to repair a problem; and (2) Unhappily, I continue to have discomfort and some residual pain in my right forearm and have an MRI scheduled for Monday afternoon.
I am writing this way-too-long posting on Sunday, January 24th, while watching an afternoon and evening of football. The Jets just lost. Damn, but the Colts are a better team. The Vikings/Saints game is everything I expected and the Saints just won in overtime to move on to the The Super Bowl for the first time in their franchise history.
So, my loyal and faithful readers - thanks for sticking with me this far and now I am happy to report to you Billi Pod’s entertainment schedule for the next 10 days in The Greatest City in the World:
Monday - 2:45 - MRI on right forearm.
8:00 - “The Picture of Dorian Gray” - Off Broadway. The press blurb for this show, which is playing at a theater on my block, is: “Adapted for the stage from the classic Oscar Wilde novel, the young, impressionable, and stunningly beautiful Dorian Gray sells his soul for eternal youth. Convinced by the dangerously clever aristocrat Lord Henry Wotton that youth and pleasure are to be valued above all else, and supported by the devotion of the artist who painted the fatal portrait Dorian Gray dives into a life of hedonistic abandon, falling in love with and then quickly abandoning young actress Sibyl Vane, and poisoning the lives of countless others, leading them down to darkness with his strange and dangerous charm. While his body is immune to the ravages of time and sin, his soul is not, and by the end Dorian is faced with the ultimate choice: does he save the picture, or save himself? Or have the two become inextricably linked?” ($9.00 TDF ticket).
Hummmmmm ... selling one’s soul for eternal youth? Where, I wonder, is the sign-up sheet?
Tuesday - 11:00 - is the first physical therapy session on right forearm. It was scheduled with the permission of my eye doc but with the limitation of no lifting of anything over 15 lbs and no twisting and/or bending. It should be an easy session, don’t you think? God, I hope so.
7:00 - “Happy Now?” Off Broadway. “A chance encounter at a hotel plays upon Kitty's mind as she struggles to balance personal freedom with family life, fidelity and a demanding job. Her husband is more interested in misplaced apostrophes than in their marriage, her parents are looking down the barrel of oblivion, and although she toys with the idea of joining a gym, Kitty's running out of time for big changes.” (discounted TDF ticket)
Wednesday - 8:00 - “Mazeltov Cocktail” - Off Broadway. The edited press blurb for this show is: “This dark 90-minute comedy, written and performed by Jamie M. Fox, follows a Jewish woman as she juggles her job as a personal assistant, her cocaine addicted (and recently jailed) brother and the neurotic parents who spawned them.” (discounted TDF ticket).
Well, as I have commented many times on this blog, so-called “dark comedies” are usually much more dark than comedic. We will see.
Thursday - 10:00 - another followup appointment with eye doctor. The evening is open at the moment (gasp).
Friday - 8:00 - “Mr. and Mrs. Fitch” - Off Broadway. “John Lithgow and Jennifer Ehle star as a pair of gossip columnists who become enmeshed in a scandal of their own making “ (discounted TDF ticket).
This show is in very early previews and has already generated very favorable buzz. I am a big fan of John Lithgow’s work.
Saturday - 4:30 - “Play” - Off Broadway. The edited press blurb is: “This is a performance by David Greenspan (who stars in “The Myopia”) of a lecture given by Gertrude Stein. A whimsical, irreverent and insightful lecture on theater as only Gertrude Stein could have given. She prepared it for her celebrated 1934-35 lecture tour of the United States and then only delivered it twice. It was never given in New York City.($9.00 TDF ticket).
The evening is open at the moment. I am rather confident I will find something to do.
Sunday - January 31 - I want to wish a very Happy 69th Birthday to my fraternity brother Bob Kent aka BK of Jacksonville, FL.
7:00 - “The Pride” - Off Broadway. “Oliver, Philip, and Sylvia are caught in a kind of erotic time warp. Their complex love triangle, replete with conflicting loyalties and passions, jumps from 1958 to the present and back in a maelstrom of fantasy, repression and rebellion.” (discounted TDF ticket)
Monday - February 1 - 7:00 - “A Gift to the People - Victor Herbert 150th Birthday” concert by the Little Orchestra Society at Alice Tully Hall @ Lincoln Center. “This unique concert will be an evening of Victor Herbert’s stirring marches, brilliant orchestral works, soaring waltzes, rhapsodic love songs, and selections from his popular Broadway operettas” (complimentary ticket)
Tuesday - 7:30 - “The Sleeping Beauty” performed by the New York City Ballet @ Lincoln Center. “A cornerstone of the ballet repertory, this charming fairy tale is also one of the grandest spectacles of classical dance. Choreographer Peter Martins’ streamlined story focuses the audiences attention on sensational choreography, combined with Tschaikovsky's glorious score, lavish sets and costumes, and a cast of fanciful characters.” (discounted TDF ticket)
Yeah, I know, two ballet programs within a month.
Wednesday - February 3 - A very Happy 55th Birthday to my daughter Kathi Bendeck of Columbia, SC.
8:00 - “A Lie of the Mind” - Off Broadway. “In Sam Shepard’s new play Jake believes he may have murdered his wife. While seeking refuge in the home of his abusively unstable mother, his brother Frankie goes to investigate and finds himself caught in the confusing currents of revenge and longing. The all-star cast is headed by Keith Carradine.” (discounted TDF ticket)
Ah yes, a new play by Sam Shepard. It will be either a Love It or Hate It event I am 110% certain.
So my loyal and faithful readers, this pretty much brings you up-to-date on Billi Pod’s upcoming entertainment schedule. I continue, of course, to make regular, daily, postings on my Facebook Wall and if any of want to join my ever increasing number of “friends” just go to: www.facebook.com/profile.php?ref=name&id=100000655659050 and follow the instructions.
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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