STOREFRONT CHURCH==>A

I hope that all of my Worker Bee friends are having a Happy Back To Work Monday.

Before you guys and gals whine and cry too much just remember that the countdown has now begun and Friday is on the horizon, distant though it may be.

Billi Pod fervently hopes that each and everyone has a productive and meaningful work week. Now==>get at it!!

In all candor Billi Pod must admit that the week up here in The Big Apple, The Greatest City In The World, started a bit drearily with overcast skies and light rain @ 8:00am. At noon it has lightened up a bit but it is still lightly raining and the temperature is only 57º ... meaning ...

Billi Pod now has a semi-legitimate excuse for not beginning his usual Monday errands and stuff ... so ... let’s talk about ...

Billi Pod’s report card on last night’s entertainment event ... 

STOREFRONT CHURCH, about a Bronx Borough President’s confrontation with a local minister==>A.

Actually, this show is just a few steps away from winning Billi Pod’s highest grade of A+. My major quibble is the rather sluggish scene changes that detract from maintaining the building momentum of the production.

The engrossing story line is delivered by a stellar cast of veteran performers who are each very believable in their respective roles.  The show certainly earns its very positive advanced buzz and I think it will only get better. It officially opens on June 11th.

So, Billi Pod says==>See it!!

Before the show began I met up with My Lady, Dian Crystal, who had used her box office moxie and connections to score us two adjacent “excellent” seats for the show ... yeah ... in the last row of the recently refurbished Atlantic Theater. Thanks so much My Lady. Why without your help Billi Pod might have been ... gasp ... in the first or second rows ... thanks again ... anyway ... 

Dian had made contact with a really nice young man, Steven, who is from Jacksonville, FL, and is house sitting in Manhattan as he is preparing to continue the pursuit of his college major in theater. We had a nice but all-too-brief visit and his love of the theater was so obvious, almost infectious.

GOOD LUCK STEVEN!! Hope our paths cross again.

What did Billi Pod do for Sunday afternoon you are no doubt breathlessly asking? 

Well ... he stayed in to watch the final game of the YANKEES/DETROIT series, which The Bronx Bombers won 5-1 behind excellent pitching from Phil Hughes, who pitched the first complete game of his major league career..

Yes, the Wanky bats produced the long-ball but ... and still a HUGE but ... they couldn’t get crucial hits with runners in scoring position, going only a woeful 1 for 11.

They have the day off and then on Tuesday begin a 6 game home stand with 3 games against the AL East leading Rays and then 3 games against the on-fire Mets. Billi Pod will attend 3 of the games.

Tonight’s entertainment event is ... 

FORECLOSURE - “In a Southern California neighborhood ravaged by foreclosure, two couples struggle with the balance between friendship and crossing the line.” (Off Broadway - free ticket). 

This a staged-reading directed by my FaceBook friend David Lee.

It also is my second consecutive show where foreclosure is the featured theme.

OK my loyal and faithful readers ... it has cleared up so I gotta post this and do some things and stuff ... so ...

Oh, a major shout-out to the Florida Gator baseball team. They are advancing to the Super-regional playoffs (whatever that means) on the road to the College World Series.

GO GATORS AND GO YANKEES!!

Billi Pod

“Don’t pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he’ll just kill you."