The Happiest Song Plays Last/Hand to God/Some Baseball

Thursday==>A nice balmy day here in the Big Apple, The Greatest City In The World. At noon it is 45º but, dammit, rain storms are in the forecast for the evening and into tomorrow morning.

Why can’t we have a 24-hour stretch without either rain or snow? Why??

Oh, well ... 

Let’s move on to Billi Pod’s report card on last night’s Off Broadway show ...

THE HAPPIEST SONG PLAYS LAST, about how two cousins attempt to deal with life==>C

This show has a confusing, often unbelievable and un-involving story line. Frankly, even after processing the show overnight I am still unsure what the playwright’s message is ... or ... even if there is one.

I guess you could say that for Billi Pod, the happiest song never played, but then how would I know since all of the songs, including, the “highlighted” last one are sung in Spanish.

My theater-buddies, who were also at last night’s performance, give it the following grades:

Michael Pederson==>C+

Dennis Dohman==>D-

Marty Kosarik==>C-

Billi Pod says==>you are warned.

The show is still in previews, is playing at Second Stage Theatre on West 43rd Street, has a running time of 2:25, with intermission, and runs through March 23rd.

Now ... I have to share that your favorite blogger is really psyched over tonight’s entertainment event, the Off Broadway show ...

8:00==>HAND TO GOD - “A trash-talking hand puppet, Tyrone, takes charge of its shy teenage handler at a Christian Puppet Ministry. Has the devil been let in?” (Off Broadway - discounted ticket)

This show had a highly successful mostly sold-out run at the Ensemble Studio Theatre on West 52nd Street back in 2011 and 2012. I saw it on 12/3/11 and again on 3/17/12 and totally loved it.

It has now moved to the much larger Lucille Lortel Theater downtown in The West Village, has a running time of 2:00, with intermission, and runs through March 30th.

Hopefully, the larger venue will not adversely impact the quality and charm of the show.

Moving on ... 

Well, Spring Training is now underway down in the warm environs of The Sunshine State, more specifically, for The Yankees, in Tampa, FL.

As you know, Derek Jeter has announced that this will be his final season. The Captain has handled the media frenzy very well.

The first Spring Training game is on Tuesday, February 25, @ 1:05pm against the Florida State Seminoles. The next afternoon at 1:05pm the Yankees will play the Pirates.

I am more than ready for some baseball.

Yesterday’s Pedometer mileage==>3.03 miles (or, 6,632 steps)

Total mileage for 2014==>149.92 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.”