Saturday==You know you are suffering from “The Wintertime Blues” when you see that the temperature @ 10:30am is 47º, wind chill 44º, and your reaction is ... WOW ... it’s summertime!!
Then, reality kicks in ... folks ... 47º with wind chill of 44º is still cold and it is still Winter here in The Big Apple.
Oh, well ... the forecast is for somewhat warmer weather over the weekend and at this point we will take whatever we can get from The Weather Gods.
Anyway ... moving on ... because your favorite blogger has another entertainment doubleheader scheduled for today ... so ... let’s get started with Billi Pod’s thoughts/grades on yesterday’s doubleheader, starting with ...
The staged reading of ... ROOM AT THE END OF THE HALL, about two estranged twin brothers who are together for the first time in years to bury the ashes of their recently deceased caretaker and, hopefully, to reach closure on long-buried issues==>thought-provoking and emotionally involving. Has definite promise.
As you loyal and faithful readers and followers know, Billi Pod does not usually assign letter grades to staged readings unless the work is barf-inducingly bad.
The acting was excellent even though the two performers held scripts.
I saw this with my theater buddies Dian Crystal aka My Lady, Marty Kosarik aka Whatever and Cathy, and we talked a bit afterwards about what the playwright’s message was. We weren’t in agreement on this issue but everyone had a pretty positive feeling about the work as a whole.
The bottom line ... it was well-worth the time and effort.
When the show was over I came back to the warm and cozy confines of PHC for the usual pre-theatre snack, a fruit and cheese plate, and then it was time for my second entertainment event, an Off Broadway show playing in my Hell’s Kitchen ‘hood ...
SATCHMO AT THE WALDORF, in March 1971, in a dressing room at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, Louis Armstrong recounts events that transformed him into the world-famous Satchmo==>B
The acting in this one-man show is terrific as John Douglas Thompson plays both Armstrong and Joe Glaser, his gangster-connected Jewish manager.
This saved it from getting a much lower grade because there is way too much yelling, screaming, cussing, anger and gratuitous use of the n-word.
I really wanted to like this a lot more but it just didn’t work for me. I have a gut feeling that I may be in the minority on this issue, but it's just how I feel about the show.
I do have to share that my theater-buddy Dian Crystal gives it even a lower grade.
Anyway ... it is playing at the Westside Theatre on West 43rd Street, has a running time of 1:30, without intermission, and runs though August 3rd.
Moving on ...
Today is another entertainment doubleheader for your favorite blogger here in The Big Apple, The Greatest City In The World ... starting with a staged reading ...
4:00==>FAT CAT KILLERS - “After getting laid off, Michael and Steve decide to kidnap the CEO of the company that gave them the boot.” (Off Broadway - free ticket)
This is part of the annual reading series by The Amoralist Theatre Company, running from March 8 through March 17 at Walkerspace on Walker Street, downtown in TriBeCa.
I have reservations for all 7 of the readings.
Then ... for the evening is an Off Broadway musical ...
8:00==>TENDERLOIN - “A musical comedy that tells the tale of Dr. Brock, a crusading Minister who has dedicated himself to cleaning up that section of New York devoted to vice, the area known as the Tenderloin.” (Off Broadway - discounted TDF ticket)
This is part of the York Theatre’s Musicals in Mufti Series, and, as you now probably know “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 Sunday @ 2:30pm & 7:30pm.
OK, moving on some more to a bit of sports ...
At noon on CBS will be the Gator/Kentucky game. The Gators hope to finish the season undefeated in the SEC. Kentucky would majorly love to be the spoiler.
Then at 1:00pm on MLB will be the Yankees/Astros game.
Billi Pod will go back-and-forth between the two games.
The Yankee Universe is saddened by the passing of Yogi Berra’s wife, Carmen, who was 85. They had been married for 65 years. RIP
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND EVERYONE.
Yesterday’s Pedometer mileage==>3.65 miles (or, 7.978 steps)
Total mileage for 2014==>210.50 miles (average 3.19 miles per day)
GO GATORS & 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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