Bye-Bye Birdie Director

at dinner on the first night of the new Aureole.

The Wyfe Plays The Henry Miller Theatre

Henry Miller Theatre

"A Man for All Seasons"

Went to the Opening Night performance last night of Frank Langella in "A Man for All Seasons" - the morality play about Sir Thomas More.  Langella gave a commanding performance.  I think the Times review this morning gets it mostly right, but particularly in this passage:

Lord knows Mr. Langella doesn’t shirk his duties as the center of attention. It’s fun to watch him avert his eyes in contained distaste from the spectacle of his fellow mortals’ shortcomings or clutch the back of a chair to steady himself when receiving life-shattering information, the only betrayal that his equanimity has been shaken. On the few occasions when he raises his voice, you don’t doubt that Heaven can hear him. Such regal deportment evokes the days when grand stars like the Barrymores presided over plays.

We then retired to the Opening Night party at Espace, but stayed only a short time.  We were both tired, with a lot of work to do this week.  Plus our table mates spoke of nothing but the election & politics as soon as we sat down...  How rude.  But all in all, a wonderful evening...

After Party

for A Man For All Seasons

Dog Day Afternoon

Went to a really good theater production of "Dog Day Afternoon" where Kluge led a Q & A session afterwards as he wrote the original article that became the movie. A great evening, and we had dinner with Kluge & Pamela before and many drinks after, where we talked our normal trash to each other about Flash-o-matic.