Off Broadway, The Talls is an unconvincing play, features some irritating children in a six member family, whose father is running for political office in the 1970s in California, with a superb performance by the appealing Shannon Esper as the oldest child..
Herman Kline's Midlife Crisis is another play, that defies credibility, about a doctor, who finds a stash of narcotics on a dead partient in his hospital. Among the cast is the admirable Adam LeFevre in the thankless title role.
Charles Busch writes witty dialog, and there are many laughs in Olive and the Bitter Herbs, about an old time actress, who sees the ghost of a man in her mirror. She is an unpleasant person, and it is hard to understand why the other four characters in the play would want to make her acquaintance.
Tricks the Devil Taught Me is a play about an unhappy family in Texas that switches back and forth from 1987 and 2010, with lots of surprises, and with an outstanding performance by Beth Grant in a seven member cast. The opening night party took place in Gossip Bar & Restaurant.
Joan Copeland is an actress, and was a sister to Arthur Miller and a sister-in-law to Marilyn Monroe. In her one woman Joan's Show, she relates her career and sings some songs. She is a sweet lady, and had the good fortune to know many famous artists, now dead, but, unfortunately, has little of interest to tell us about them.
The cast of Voca People visited B. Smith's restaurant for the unveiling of The Voca-tini, a new cocktail as a tribute to the intergalactic music. I tasted it and it is now my favorite cocktail.
A wonderful Erasing Borders: Exhibition of Contemporary Indian Art of the Diaspora opened at the Aicon Gallery. I met many of the artists and tasted delicious Indian sweets.