I had a great time tonight at the first ever meeting of the London Shakespeare Reader's Society, a group set up by my coursemate Maya (the mum and actress) that will meet monthly to read and semi-stage each of Shakespeare's plays in relative chronological order. It was held downstairs at a quaint theatre bookshop in Covent Garden. Tonight was The ( Read more... )

Tonight we went to an all male version of Taming of the Shrew at the Old Vic. It was not played for laughs, and since Katharine was played by a man, Petruchio was much rougher with him (he had only slightly feminized clothing but a hairy chest and regular hair...Katharine that is) and it was very heavy. Petruchio was little more than a modern ( Read more... )

Those of you who have experienced sub-par renditions of the mega-musical Evita with me (there are several of you) will be happy to know the show in itself is not a deathtrap. I treated myself to my first West End musical of my tenure here (second of my lifetime...the first was Brooke Shields in a solid Chicago) and yes, Evita can bring impressed ( Read more... )

Why is everyone in pain? Should I be worried (more so than usual...I take after my mother)? The only things that bother me are my morning mouthaches (the filled-in chipped tooth Dr. Eckard gave me is too long and sharp and I have a semi-permanent sore (mouth ulcer, it's called here) from it digging into my inner lip which is usually cut after I ( Read more... )

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I apologize for brevity. Besides being naturally ingrained in me as my father's son, internet is sketchy here as we are still feeding off the neighbors' wireless as we wait for our own ( Read more... )

My mother, excited about seeing the film, asked for a synopsis since she doesn't know the show. I thought mine was rather good so I decided to share.

Brief Synopsis:Bohemian artists try to maintain love, their home, and artistic integrity in a world of HIV...realizing there's more to live than what they live but that there's no day but today. Or, ( Read more... )