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Tuesday, March 31, 2009

AIDS Walk New York

AIDS Walk New York is May 17. You need to sponsor someone, and I want your money. It's that simple.

Let's cure this disease and leave the world a little better than how we found it.

My donation page is here.

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

He Lives

In case you didn't see it, this one has been extended at Film Forum for five days and is a damn fine time.

Here's where I'm off to tonight.

America in Play Redux

Next Monday night is Part 2 of America-in-Play's reinterpretation/mash-up/collage/what have you of "A Glance at New York." Our installment went very well two nights ago - Marissa Copeland was fabulous in the Lize Tall Tale, and Carrington Vilmont was a terrific Houdini. On Monday night March 30, is the next installment, "Stealing Glances." Admission is free.

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Suddenly Last Summer

Last fall, Phillip had brought his Maggie Smith DVD set to Wellfleet, and while we were in rehearsals for "George Place," we watched this one night - one of the best Williams' adaptations I'd ever seen, with Maggie Smith as Violet Venable, Rob Lowe (???) as Dr. Sugar and Natasha Richardson as Catharine Holly.

I never got to see Natasha Richardson on stage - missed her in "Cabaret," "Anna Christie" - but all day I've been thinking of her in that Williams piece. She was so desperate, twitchy and haunted - and so much a match for Smith, who knows her way around a Williams line. Richardson's death seems so random today.

Plays & Playwrights Blog on AIP

Over at NYTheatre's blog, Plays & Playwrights, Rochelle posted more info on AIP's "A Second Glance" next Monday night at Tribeca Performing Arts Center. It's free - more info is available here. Some marvelous performers, including Carrington Vilmont, who was in Tom Rowan's "The Second Tosca," which Kevin Newbury directed a few seasons ago.