Friday==>Why don’t we get this TGIF posting started with something other than the usual and all-too-often mundane weather report?
I mean, who out there in the boondocks, hinterlands and wastelands gives a flying f**k that at 11:00am here in The Big Apple, The Greatest City In The World, it is foggy, gloomy, with a light drizzle and temperature of 38º, wind chill 30º? I mean, really, who cares?
So ... we will begin this posting with Billi Pod’s report card on last night’s totally enjoyable Off Broadway show ...
HAND TO GOD, a trash-talking hand puppet, Tyrone, takes charge of its shy teenage handler, Jason, at a Christian Puppet Ministry. Has the devil been let in?==>A
This is the same grade that it received from Billi Pod back on 12/3/11 and 3/17/12 when it had a virtually sold-out run up at the Ensemble Studio Theatre on West 52nd Street.
In summary==>This show is insanely funny, profane, sacrilegious, well-performed and totally enjoyable.
Moving to the larger Lucille Lortel Theater actually had a positive impact on the show because of the ability now to have multiple sets.
I have to report that Steven Boyer, reprising his role as Jason/Tyrone, is incredible and the physicality in his performance is amazing.
In this regard I want to share a link to a story about him that appeared in the New York Times back in 2011 ...
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/04/theater/steven-boyer-unleashes-his-inner-demon-in-hand-to-god.html?_r=0
It is well worth taking a few minutes to read.
The house was about 90% full and I am rather confident that once it officially opens and the new reviews are in that this is gonna be a very hot ticket ... so ...
Billi Pod says==>you gotta see this show ... do it NOW!!
It is playing at the Lucille Lortel Theater downtown in The West Village, has a running time of 1:45, with intermission, and runs through March 30th.
OK ... now ...
Last night’s “Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” was a lot of fun with guests Michelle Obama and Will Ferrell. I mean, how can you beat that combo?
The three of them did a 6-minute sketch about a spoof talk show called “Ew” that was absolutely hilarious.
It’s been quite a positive week so far for Jimmy. Tonight’s show starts at 11:35pm, meaning this is the first time it will be head-to-head with Letterman.
Sorry, Dave, but Billi Pod has gotta watch Jimmy tonight.
Moving on ...
Tonight’s entertainment event is another show in the York Theater’s Musicals In Mufti Series honoring the collective work of musical legend Sheldon Harnick ...
8:00==>SMILING, THE BOY FELL DEAD - "A musical comedy that tells a classic success story about a boy who overcomes extraordinary obstacles to gain a girl, fortune, and family honor. Set in the Midwest at the turn of the last century, it spoofs Horatio Alger’s rags-to-riches tales.” (Off Broadway - discounted ticket)
As I said, this is part of the York Theatre’s Musicals in Mufti Series, and, as you probably know by now “Mufti” (pronounced MUFF’tee) means “in street clothes, without the usual trappings.” The show is presented script-in-hand, with minimal staging and props.
The show is playing at The York Theatre @ The Citigroup Center on East 54th Street and has remaining performance dates of tonight @ 8:00pm; Saturday @ 2:30pm & 8:00pm; and, Sunday @ 2:30pm & 7:30pm.
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND EVERYONE!!
Yesterday’s Pedometer mileage==>3.09 miles (or, 6,756 steps)
Total mileage for 2014==>153.01 miles (average 3.00 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.”
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