SOPHIA==>B

Friday==>The usual TGIF shout out to all of my Worker Bee friends out there in the morass known as cyberspace. I hope each and everyone of you has a great weekend.

Let’s get this posting started with Billi Pod’s report card on last night’s Off Broadway musical ...

SOPHIA, the comedic musical about Sophia, a beautiful, articulate, sophisticated, bright, and educated woman, whose blind spot is relationships==>B

It is an enjoyable experience but not mind-blowing. The show is well performed by a cast of excellent singers and dancers. I don’t know why I didn’t like it more, but I just didn’t. It is not on the same artistic level as the excellent Hollywood! Hollywood!, which is playing in repertory with this show.

One of my problems was the blocking. The weird layout of the theater insures that at any moment 1/2 of the audience, regardless of seat location, will be seeing the back and sides of the performers, regardless of the blocking. It gets to be annoying over time.

The running time is 90 minutes, without intermission, and it is playing at the Richmond Shepard Theatre on East 26th Street and the final performance is tonight @ 7:30pm.

Tonight’s entertainment event is an Off Broadway show ...

8:30==>THE AWAKE - “Three strangers - a devoted son, an Eastern European actress and a Canadian man on the run - awaken to discover they are connected by a mysterious corporation. Faced with lives they no longer recognize, they must confront a shifting reality of secrets, strangers and unmarked doors.” (Off Broadway - $9.00 TDF ticket)

Sounds kinda strange, doesn't it?

It is playing at the small Theatre C at the 59E59 Theatre Complex, one of my favorite venues, has a running time of 90 minutes, without intermission, and runs through September 8th.

After this performance there is a “talk-back” with the playwright, Ken Urban. At this time I am not sure whether I will stay or not. Stay tuned.

Now ... for some sports ... OK ... look ... I know that many of my loyal and faithful readers and followers could give a flying-fuck about baseball and/or sports ... but ... folks ... remember ... this is Billi Pod’s blog and it is about what is going on in his life ... and ... right now baseball is a huge part of it ... so ... deal with it ... and if it bothers you ... then just scroll on through ... OK? I didn’t hear you ... I SAID OK? That’s better ... now ...

Yesterday afternoon’s YANKEES/TORONTO game suffered a 3:32 rain delay. Thank God I wasn’t at Yankee Stadium, The House That Greed And Ego Built - I would have gone nuts during the wait.

Once the game got started the Bombers got a good outing from Andy Pettitte; crucial hitting with runners in scoring position; the benefit of a blown call; and, a save from David Robertson, to win 5-3 and sweep the 4-game series.

The win improved our record to 11-3 over the past 14 games and brought The Bombers to within 3 1/2 games of the second American League Wild Card spot.

Tonight @ 7:10pm, down at that disgrace known as Tropicana Field, is the first game of a crucial 3-game series against The Rays (actually, from this point on every series is “crucial”). On the mound for The Bombers will be our ace Hiroki Kuroda (11-8) vs. Chris Archer (6-5) for The Rays.

Yes, my loyal and faithful readers and followers, your favorite blogger will admit that 3 weeks ago he declared the 2013 season to be over for the then struggling Yankees. Well, I was wrong and I apologize to The Baseball Gods On High, especially the spirit of GeorgeS ... so ...

Time to post this and do some serious walking and wandering in The Upper Westside.

Yesterday’s Pedometer mileage==>4.40 miles (or, 192.12 steps)

Total mileage since 7/1/13==>192.12 miles (average 3.62 miles per day)

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.”