~Friday~ I loved having a day of vacation at home. I was up pretty early, and I got to the gym at a little after 10:00 and finished up right at noon. I loved being done with my workout for the day by noon. I met my friend Ann in Carrboro at a little after … Read more
~Sunday~ I’ve been waiting a couple of weeks now to see the play Lettice & Lovage, which I saw in the early ’90s on Broadway with none other than “Dowager” Maggie Smith in the starring role. Here’s a five-minute clip of her in it, doing what she does best: After sitting through the excruciatingly long-winded … Read more
~Tuesday~ After casting my vote during lunch time today, I went over to the Raleigh Little Theater, which is pretty much right behind the building in which I work, where they were showing—for free—the play called 8. I wish everyone could see this play, and oddly—in retrospect of what President Obama was about to do … Read more
~Thursday~ Tonight Robert and I saw Rent staged by University Theater at Stewart Theater at NC State University. I first saw Rent on December 27, 1997, a trip that inspired this poster of mine, Will & Ned’s Excellent Adventure, which has now been used in many corporations around the world for diversity education. I saw … Read more
~Thursday~ Earlier in the week, my wonderful friend Myra invited me to join her and her husband to see this show now playing at the Raleigh Little Theater: By Sarah Ruhl. Co-produced with the Actors Comedy Lab. Gaddy-Goodwin Teaching Theatre January 20 – February 5, 2012 In a quiet cafe a cell phone rings. And … Read more
~Tuesday~ Tonight I staffed the Manbites Dog Theater (MDT) table in the Durham Performing Arts Center (DPAC), before the Broadway play Memphis started at 7:30. I had a sign-up sheet to get on MDT’s e-mail list, which I usually encouraged people visiting the table with, “And don’t worry, we promise not to spam you. Actually, … Read more
~Friday~ Last night I saw Manbites Dog (MBD) Theater’s current production, Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them. As is almost always the case with MBD shows, it’s a day later, and I’m still thinking about the play—and more things from it than I can count on two hands. Here’s a list of a dozen … Read more
~Saturday~ Do you like to think? Of course you do. Do you like to laugh? Of course you do. Do you have existential angst? Of course you do, or you have in the past, or it's time you do. I absolutely loved Manbites Dog Theater's current run of Will Eno's Middletown, and would have loved … Read more
~Thursday~ I was at the city bus stop at 8:15, and the bus arrived at 8:26. A ways into the ride, a lady started talking incredibly loud on her cell phone. I’m not quite sure of the thought process that makes one yell louder and louder on their end because they can’t hear the person … Read more
~Thursday~ I was back on the city bus this morning, arriving at the bus stop at 8:17, and the bus arriving at 8:22, once again hitting its mode. For the first time I can ever remember all five people who were already seated were all at a window seat, leaving the aisle seat open in … Read more