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Easter

It’s a glorious, brisk Easter day and I feel bouyant and blessed. Everyone seems so happy in the sunshine. Lori, my elfish dresser, brought me roses and I taught her the proper way to cut rose s...

AN AUDIENCE TO DIE FOR

Today’s matinee audience was to die for. I wanted to hug them all. Standing and cheering at the end. There was even applause at the end of the first scene. That never happened before! I learned ...

TWO TELEVISION SHOWS AND A HANGOVER

To say I had fun at dinner last night after the show would be an understatement! Jeff Daniels, Dianne Wiest, Paul Martino, Tommy Tune, Philipp Meyer, author of the new novel “American Rust,̶...

DIANNE WIEST AND TOMMY TUNE

Today marks the second month we’ve been performing before an audience. Some people who saw it a month or so ago tell us the play is even better now. That’s how it feels. Dianne Wiest is in...

A TWO-SHOW DAY

Thank heaven I am over the cold. As usual, the homeopathic remedy called Oscillococcinum by Boiron did the trick. But you have to take it at the very start of something, when it’s just a whisper...

THE DAY AFTER GRANDKIDS WERE HERE

I wrote Vanessa yesterday saying how proud I am of how she has raised her kids to eat healthily. I felt so bad when I ordered them Shirley Temples and she had to send them back. I should have known be...

MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

Grand children left yesterday after a visit to the Museum of Natural History. How lucky we are to have such a magnificent place for people to learn about the natural world and other indigenous culture...

LARRY KING AND GRANDKIDS

My dear pal, Larry King, is out there today and so is my daughter and grandchildren. Frankly, I’m more nervous about them than about Larry-and I don’t usually get nervous about anybody. Wi...

From Emma Willard to Lee Strasberg All in One Night

Having the grandkids here is tiring but fun. Today I showed them all around the set, explained the story (which they will see at tomorrow’s 3pm show) the props, showed them my dressing room. The...

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