The tag line for NFT project World of Women’s combined Pride party and Madonna concert last week was “Finally Enough Love,” the title of her new remix album. For me, it may as well have been “Finally COVID.”
After nearly two-and-a-half years of successfully avoiding the virus, I popped hot on Sunday night, approximately 72 hours after attending the crowded event at Manhattan’s Terminal Five. Just across the Triboro Bridge in Astoria, my brother, my plus one to the event, also tested positive for the first time.
It might have been worth it for a full-on Madonna concert, but it turned out to be more of a Madonna-and-friends variety show.
The evening was emceed by Bob the Drag Queen with a score of other fabulously dressed co-performers, lip-syncing and dancing to “Vogue” and “Bitch I’m Madonna.” For most of this action, the actual Madonna remained tantalizingly out of view.
The Terminal Five marquee for the Wow Finally Enough Love party featuring…