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After transitioning to online programming for its audience amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Queens Theatre is bringing a “Golden Girls” puppet parody show to the borough as the venue’s first in-person show of 2022. “That Golden Girls Show!” tour will be presented on Sunday, Feb. 20, at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. According to Taryn Sacramone, executive director of Queens Theatre, they’re looking forward to reconnecting with everyone this year, beginning with the “Golden Girls” show. “This is a show that interested us before the pandemic. It feels even more appropriate now because we are looking to bring the community together for a really joyful experience. We want people to have fun, to laugh and connect over their shared fandom of ‘The Golden Girls,’” Sacramone said. The brand-new show at Queens Theatre parodies classic “Golden Girls” moments with puppets portraying the four women — from Sophia’s get-rich-quick schemes to Rose’s tales from St. Olaf, Blanche’s insatiable hunt for men and the fountain of youth, and Dorothy’s daily struggle to make sense of her life. According to Queens Theatre, the show is also a way to celebrate White, who died in December. “While we are extremely saddened by Betty White’s passing, we are so thankful to have the opportunity to bring her fans together to celebrate Betty’s incredible career and one of her most iconic roles with this puppet parody show. What better way to honor Betty White than to laugh together?” Sacramone said. The show’s cast includes Miranda Cooper as Sophia, Dylan Glick as Dorothy, Lu Zielinkski as Blanche and Samantha Lee Mason as Rose. For Mason, who is a New York-basedmusical theater performer and puppeteer,it’s an honor to portray White’s comedic character as Rose onstage. “I love playing Rose because I like her sense of earnest optimism. She’s really sweet and she has love for her friends, how she grew up, and she has all of these crazy funny stories that I get to tell,” Mason said. Although she didn’t know White personally, Mason says it felt very personal when White died while working on emulating her character as Rose. “I felt like I knew her and that’s something universal; everyone knows Betty White. I really want to continue her legacy in a respectful way, and I want what I’m doing to be a love letter to her,” Mason said. Mason says she hopes people will come to the show to not only share in laughter and joy but to also celebrate the incredible life of White. “Our show is told in three episodes of ‘The Golden Girls.’ It’s almost as though the audience will be participating in what would have been a live taping of the show back in the ’80s,” Mason said. “We just hope we leave people laughing and smiling and having a great time in the theater because we all need an escape right now.” Tickets start at $20 for seating in the rear and side sections. Seating in the center section is $35. Students and seniors receive a 10 percent discount. This production is not recommended for children and is suggested for ages 13 and up. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit queenstheatre.org. In compliance with New York City’s vaccine mandate for indoor activities, Queens Theatre requires confirmation of vaccination against COVID-19 of all eligible (5 years of age and over) staff, performers, patrons and audience members, with a completed course of a vaccine considered effective by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and/or the World Health Organization. Learn more about Queens Theatre’s COVID safety protocols at queenstheatre.org/covid-protocol. https://qns.com/2022/01/queens-theatre-present-golden-girls-puppet-parody/

I'm bummed this is only a 7 seven episode series. That means only 4 left. I hope it'll be picked up for another season, but there doesn't seem to be much buzz about it, and 10:30 PM on Sunday is not exactly a prime time slot.

Your mom sounds just like me, so I have to ask 'what's wrong with that?' As for the rest of your post... Yikes. If it helps at all, you are one of about 90% of the population who feel this way after the past 2 years, although you seem to have more on your plate than most. You're so overwhelmed, you wrote out that whole thing about your stress the last two years and never mentioned the pandemic. You need to find SOME time or activity for yourself that relaxes you, and somebody to talk to, even if it's just a therapist over the phone or zoom, since you wouldn't have time for an office visit. As to your first paragraph, I think you wrote it all out because the pressure was getting unbearable and you had to just let it out in some non-destructive way before you burst. As to your last paragraph, you can't take that first step BECAUSE you are in a rut. That's what ruts are. Take it one baby step at a time (advises the guy who's been in a rut for 30 years). And as for your provider... tell him firmly that if he doesn't stop contacting you right now when you don't need the hassle, you'll block him. Then DO IT. Good luck to you. Sorry I couldn't write anything more helpful.

Series finale next Sunday (2/6). Despite its plots (and Niecy Nash's*** boobs) being over-the-top and ridiculous, I'm going to miss it. ***She hyphenates now with her wife's name. She was billed this season as Niecy Nash-Betts.

Yeah, but I was turned off by his overlong and verbose self-description: Amazon king Imagine the Perfect guy Well I’m him

Is that a euphemism?

The Brooklyn teacher whose Instagram post appeared to encourage violence against police mourning slain officer Jason Rivera claims his message was “misconstrued” and that he was merely commenting on the “vulnerability” of the crowd of cops. And he has a bridge to sell you in Brooklyn. Chris Flanigan said he’s gotten death threats over his since-deleted Instagram story showing an overhead shot of officers flooding Fifth Avenue for Rivera’s funeral, with the caption, “5/30/20: NYPD SUV drives into a crowd of protestors. Ideal conditions for reciprocity.” “I was really just trying to show the vulnerability of all of these police officers being in the same place at the same time which seems like a dangerous situation for anyone that would be that gathered together,” Flanigan told The Post Sunday. “I respect the NYPD. I do not condone violence,” he continued. “A 22-year-old police officer murdered in the line of duty is reprehensible. I’m devastated by that. I’m devastated that his partner passed a week later. These are not things that sit well with me.” Flanigan, who teaches at Coney Island Prep, said he put up the post Friday night but took it down the next morning after two friends, including one who is a cop, commented and “questioned what I meant by the post.” “I hadn’t thought about it for the remainder of the day, thinking I did the right thing just getting ahead of it to take it down, because I didn’t want anybody else to misunderstand it or to misrepresent myself in a way that is how it is being perceived,” he said. “I realized the way that it was framed looked as though I was trying to incite violence and that was not at all what I wanted to come of that post and that’s why I took it down immediately.” The incident Flanigan referenced was when an NYPD vehicle drove through a group of Brooklyn protesters in wake of George Floyd’s death in 2020. Flanigan insisted that he was simply comparing the crowd of demonstrators to the massive police turnout for Rivera’s funeral Friday in Manhattan. “I was trying to show the vulnerabilities between all the police gathered that closely together,” Flanigan said. “Nobody should be in that ground the way that they were. I thought that it was too vulnerable and I was trying to draw a parallel between those two things.” Asked about his use of the word “reciprocity,” the math teacher claimed it was not meant to be a call for violence against cops. “Not in the sense for people to be driving or to be doing anything similar to what the police did,” he said. “But they put themselves in a similar position by being … all there all together and it’s similar to how the protesters were. “That – I was trying to use that word to almost be the inverse mirror of that. The police were now the people that were gathered together and the protestors were people that were gathered together. Both in dangerous situations but by no means implying or inciting or promoting that anyone should be a danger to anyone else.” Coney Island Prep, a public charter school, didn’t return multiple requests for comment.

He only needs to count to 11. He can do that on his fingers (or toes) plus one other 'digit'...

Boy, you must really hate Alexander Hamilton (who founded it).

Actress fired after ranting about street closures for NYPD Detective Jason Rivera’s funeral https://nypost.com/2022/01/29/actress-fired-after-ranting-about-street-closures-for-jason-riveras-funeral/ A New York City actress was fired from her theater company for mouthing off about the inconvenience of street closures for slain cop Jason Rivera’s funeral — a vile online rant she quickly deleted after it went viral. “We do not need to shut down most of Lower Manhattan because one cop died for probably doing his job incorrectly. They kill people who are under 22 every single day for no good reason and we don’t shut down the city for them,” said Jacqueline Guzman on the clip, which appeared on TikTok under then handle @vinylboobs. Thousands of NYPD officers attended the funeral for fallen Detective Jason Rivera Guzman spoke as she filmed herself Friday walking down an empty street, which had been barricaded off. She went on to pan the camera to the closed street. “Like this is f–king ridiculous. This is f–king ridiculous. What if somebody is having a heart attack in this area. Nobody can get to them because it’s all blocked off for one f–king cop,” she ranted. Condemnation of Guzman was swift. “New Yorkers turned out by the thousands yesterday to help us honor our fallen brother. One person spreading hate cannot erase that. This kind of garbage has polluted the conversation for far too long. We need the New Yorkers who are standing with us to speak up and push back,” PBA President Patrick Lynch said. One Brooklyn cop said the video was “totally disrespectful, not only to the NYPD but to all New York residents and to all humans. If this is the only way she can get publicity, I feel very sorry for her.” The name of Guzman’s acting company, Face to Face Films, and other personal details about her were posted to social media. “Face to Face Films has just been made aware of an insensitive video involving one of our members, Jacqueline Guzman. Face to Face Films does not support nor can condone these comments made about fallen Officer Rivera. As a result, she is no longer a member of our company,” the company posted on its Facebook page. Anthony Laura, the founder of Face to Face, said Guzman was an actress with the film and theater company but declined to say more. “Everything is in the statement,” he said. Guzman’s bio on the Face to Face site, which was later removed, said she “is a Cuban American actress based in NYC, originally from Hialeah, Florida.” Guzman had taken down her social media accounts by Saturday night. She did not immediately return a call seeking comment. Although she had deleted the video, it continued to circulate on social media because it had been copied and reposted by other users. How dumb do you have to be nowadays to post something like this to social media? She probably feels she is a victim of cancel culture, but she brought it all on herself. And she's not the only one: Brooklyn teacher calls for ‘reciprocity’ against cops gathered to mourn slain detective https://nypost.com/2022/01/30/brooklyn-teacher-christopher-flanigan-calls-for-reciprocity-against-cops-gathered-to-mourn-slain-nypd-detective-jason-rivera/ A public city school teacher posted an Instagram story Saturday that appeared to encourage violence against police mourning the murder of detective Jason Rivera, drawing outrage from members of New York’s Finest. Christopher Flanigan, who teaches math at Coney Island Prep in Brooklyn according to his LinkedIn page, posted an overhead shot of thousands of officers lining Fifth Avenue for Rivera’s funeral Friday outside St. Patrick’s Cathedral. The post was captioned, “5/30/20: NYPD SUV drives into a crowd of protestors. Ideal conditions for reciprocity.” The incident Flanigan referenced happened in the wake of the George Floyd police murder, when an NYPD vehicle drove through a group of Brooklyn protestors that were demonstrating against police following the Minnesota man’s death. Then-Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said cops did not use the vehicle in a forceful manner. Former Mayor Bill de Blasio called footage of the incident “troubling” but also blamed protestors for not moving out of the way. No injuries were reported. Flanigan — who was profiled by NY1 for his musical tributes to first responders in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic — was reached by The Post by phone Saturday night, but abruptly hung up before he could be asked about the content on his private Instagram account, which was shared with officers by a concerned follower, sources said. Police officers who learned of the teacher’s IG story were upset that he apparently advocated another unprovoked attack on officers that were mourning a colleague that was ambushed during a domestic call. “For a school teacher to condone an act of terrorism is reprehensible. I wouldn’t want him giving my own children instruction of any kind,” a Manhattan cop told The Post. “You have a city worker wishing physical harm or worse to fellow city workers during a solemn service,“ a Brooklyn cop said. “It is the ultimate act of cowardice.” When he gets fired do you think he'll be able to collect unemployment?

WHOOPSIE!!! But my comment still works, doesn't it?

what's your point?

3rd episode was again interesting.

Don't call me Shirley.

I always called him 'the cutest little quarterback in the league' when he played.

So you wanted to give him some assistance in the public restroom? Now we know how you got your screen name.

Don't hold your breath. 🤑☹️😢

Heathen!

That's basically me except for the horoscopes, jumble, & watching Fox news. And because (except for some of the sports content) it's free online, whereas the Daily News only allows a few free articles per month. I know all political articles in the post are slanted republican whereas in the Daily News they slant democratic. I pick and choose what to read in both and take everything with the appropriate right/left grain of salt.

The Emmy Award-nominated actor who plays cunning crime boss Richard Wheatley on “Law & Order: Organized Crime,” is moving to “FBI: Most Wanted,” following the departure of series lead Julian McMahon. Both series are created and executive produced by Dick Wolf, the kingpin of procedural dramas. It’s not known who McDermott will play on “Most Wanted,” but with McMahon’s team leader Jess LaCroix exiting, it’s easy to envision McDermott picking up his mantle. The 60-year-old Golden Globe Award winner rose to prominence in the late 1990s as the deeply sensitive and compassionate legal eagle Bobby Donnell on the hit ABC series “The Practice.” As Wheatley, McDermott shines playing against type with the role of the narcissist narcotics lord. It tracks with some of his more recent roles; most notably in 2020′s “Hollywood,” in which he portrayed a pimp who runs business out of a gas station. His “Organized Crime” character was reportedly only supposed to appear in the show’s first season, but proved to be so popular as the arch nemesis to Christopher Meloni’s Detective Elliot Stabler that McDermott was given a very “lucrative” deal to shoot eight episodes for the “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” spinoff’s second season. https://news.yahoo.com/dylan-mcdermott-shifting-dick-wolf-180100298.html

tee-hee 😎😁😝

Not even for one second.

A pizza deliveryman shot a would-be carjacker six times in Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood on Thursday night, cops said. The 39-year-old pizza guy was delivering food on H Street just before 7:40 p.m. when an armed man approached him and tried to steal his car, WPVI-TV reported. The pizza man, who had a concealed carry permit, drew his gun and blasted the 23-year-old attacker, cops told the station. The failed thief returned fire but didn’t hit the victim, WPVI said. The would-be carjacker was driven to Temple University Hospital, where he was listed in critical condition, according to the station. There have already been 90 carjackings in Philadelphia this year as officials in the City of Brotherly Love ramp up patrols to fight a surge in vehicle crime, WPVI stated. Last year, there were 757 carjackings — up from 404 in 2020, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported. Thursday’s shooting was the second time this month a potential carjacking victim flipped the script and opened fire on the person trying to steal their car. On Jan. 14, a 60-year-old man shot a 16-year-old in both legs after the teenager tried to take his car in the West Mount Airy neighborhood, according to the Inquirer. More than a dozen shots were exchanged when the botched theft turned violent, but the victim wasn’t injured. The man, who was licensed to carry the weapon, didn’t face any charges for shooting the teen, the newspaper reported. I guess Philadelphians are a pheisty bunch. @WilliamM probably carries a howitzer when he goes out. https://nypost.com/2022/01/28/philadelphia-delivery-man-shoots-would-be-carjacker-in-kensington/