Holy Ghosts,
by Romulus
Linney,
is a Theatre East production, at Urban Stages. It tells the story of a wife, who
has an abusive husband. The play takes place in a Pentecostal church in the
rural South, where a group of churchgoers help the woman. It is a powerful play,
with a 15-member cast, directed by Judson
Jones.
The opening night party took place in the theater.
A Lovely Sunday For Creve Coeur, by Tennessee Williams, a the
Theatre at St. Clements, takes place in an apartment in St Louis in 1937. Four
splendid actresses, Jean Lichty, Kristine Nielsen, Annette O'Toole, Polly
McKie, directed expertly by Austin Pendleton, (photo below with
Annette O'Toole) are four frustrated single women looking for love, sympathy and
understanding. It is an impressive play. The opening night party took place at
Sardi's, where we congratulated the cast, with guests, Lynn Cohen, John
Gloverand Charlotte Moore, who was in the original cast when it
opened Off-Broadway in 1979!
Because I Could Not Stop: An Encounter With Emily Dickinson, by James
Melo, is a production of Ensemble for the Romantic Century, at the Pershing
Square Signature Center. It tells the story of the life of the nineteenth
century poet Emily Dickinson (brilliantly acted by Angelica Page) (photo below with
Elizabeth Ashley)), directed by Donald T. Sanders. The production
includes a five member ensemble of superb musicians and a soprano. With music
by Amy Beach, and the poems of Emily Dickinson, it provides a perfect
evening of music, poetry and song. We celebrated the opening at a party at The
West Bank Cafe, 407 West 42nd St, where we congratulated the artists, with
guests Elizabeth Ashley, Annie Golden, Donna McKechnie and Angelica's
husband Dmitry Lipkin.
A photo op took place at studio 353, 353 West 48th St, for Daniel's Husband,
by Michael McKeever, directed by Joe Brancato. I photographed the
playwright, director and the five member cast. It opens at the Westside Theatre
on October 28, and I hope to be there.
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Artistic Director Susan
Charlotte,
celebrated 18 years of one-act
theatre at the Coffee House, 30 West
44th St, with Ashes
to Ashes,
by Harold
Pinter,
starring Angelica
Page and Larry
Pine,
directed by Antony
Marsellis.
I photographed the excellent cast
afterwards. As always, it was a fine
afternoon.
La Pulperia Restaurant, 1626
2nd Avenue, is one of three restaurants with
the same name co-owned by Victor
Medina and
Head Chef Carlos Barrios.
It features Latin American food with
European Influences. From the Raw Bar, we
ate El Salmon Brulee which consisted of
verlasso salmon tartar, fromage brulee,
strawberry & ginger leche de tigre, micro
bull blood greens. For starters we sampled
Empanadas, beef and corn. For an entree, we
shared Moqueca Mixta, which consisted of
squid, shrimp, mussels, white fish,
scallops, soy beans, Spanish chorizo,
bacalao, green coconut rice, dene oil. There
was no room for dessert! It has an
extensive menu of other exotic creations,
mainly seafood. There is also an extensive
cocktail, wine, beer and an assortment of
tequila, mezcal, rum, whiskey, bourbon and
pisco list. One of the cocktails was La
Pulperia Ues, which consists of viva tequila
blanco, fresh pineapple, cilantro, lime
juice, chipotle & house-made tajin salt rim.
For delicious dining of unusual, unique
dishes, one must visit this delightful
restaurant.
The Durst Family hosted a New York City
Benefit to protect America's Everglades. It
took place at 4 Times Square. Lonnie
Quinn, CBS 2 and WLNY 10/55's Chief
Weathercaster, welcomed the guests and
showed a video of what is happening in the
Everglades. Chief Executive Officer The
Everglades Foundation Erik
Eikenberg then spoke about what his
foundation is doing to preserve the largest
subtropical wilderness reserve in North
America. Mac
Stone, the conservation
photographer, spoke and showed his photos of
what is happening in the Everglades. A Q&A
followed. The evening ended with a
reception of light Nordic fare by NOMA
co-founder Claus
Meyer. It was delightful evening for a
very worthy cause.
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