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YESTERDAY

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Our last Two-show day. My knee went out during the Letterman Show. See, I was supposed to have knee replacement in January but when I accepted to do the play I postponed the surgery and got cortisone ...

THE FINAL DAY

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Here we are. I can’t believe this day has arrived. I am not as sad as I expected because a) I sense we’ll do it again somewhere; b) I couldn’t keep going despite my desire because of...

DISCOMBOBULATED

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Waaaaay back, a lifetime ago, back in January when I started rehearsals, I titled a blog entry “Discombobulated.” I was in that strange state an actor experiences when they haven’t y...

NEIL SIMON, TIM ROBBINS, ANNA DEAVERE SMITH

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Nothing like a little pressure!!! These people are all here tonight. And, I stayed out too late after last night’s show–a kind of goodbye party before the real goodbye party–Susan Ke...

LOSING

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I was nominated for a Drama Desk Award and lost last night to Janet McTeer for her powerful performance in “Mary Stuart.” So how does it feel to lose? Not great but not horrible, either, e...

SADNESS

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I have been packing up my books and files and then came to the dressroom and packed up what I won’t be needing between now and Thursday. Tulea knows something’s up and is worried. I can te...

THEODORE BIKEL

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This matinee audience is fantastic. We have gotten laughter and applause in places we’ve never had it before. I want to clone them. Though we have only 7 shows left, all of us are still finding ...

SOME QUICK ANSWERS TO BLOGGER QUESTIONS

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Michael Rudd works for the production company, Production 101, that handles this play. At night, he petsits Tulea and he played my assistant in the winning Broadway Cares skit. I adore him and have as...

DRAMA LEAGUE AWARD LUNCHEON

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It was long, just as I had been warned-three hours, to be exact. What I had not expected was the fun and collegial spirit that permeated the room. There were three very long rows of seats on a tiered ...

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