Those were the weeks that were

Okay, so I've been ridiculously errant and truant on the updates... apologies to the fans out there. Quick summary of events:

Theatrical
The Lovely Wife(tm) and I caught Golda's Balcony complete with a visit to Tovah Feldshuh's living room, courtesy of the Broadway Cares auction earlier this past fall. Incredible performance, although one that presumably takes substantial historical liberties. Highlight of the afternoon: we were supposed to share a champagne toast with Tovah, but naturally, BC/EFA provided a non-kosher brand. Cheerfully, Tovah asked "would you like a carrot stick on a plastic plate?" Okay, maybe you had to be there.

From there, it was off to catch the latest incarnation of Forbidden Broadway, where long-time favorite Christine Pedi has returned to the cast. As usual with the show, some of the parodies are waaaay too long in the tooth by now (why oh why is the "Annie" bit still in the show?), but there are still some great fun numbers (a hysterical "Wicked" spoof, and a dead-on impersonation of Bernadette Peters's Mama Rose being the highlights for me).

You know you spend too much time around the piano bar circuit when you get as excited seeing Brian Nash, Kate Pazakis, and Julie Garnye in the audience at a concert as you do seeing the featured performer (Jason Robert Brown, composer of The Last Five Years, Parade, and Songs for a New World). Well, we did, and we do.

Health
As year 30 crawls closer and closer, it looks like the old man syndrome wants to kick in more and more. Lower back pain, nasty colds... let's just say the last two weeks haven't been kind to me, and leave it at that, ok?

Scrabble
The diseased obsession rages on, even though I lost all four of my games at the last club meeting (played five bingos, though, two of 'em reasonably nice ones: AILERON and SINUATES). Off yet again to the club tonight; hopefully, won't get clobbered this time :/.