I'm So Glad I Came

ONE: I saw the Encores! production of FOLLIES Thursday night at City Center (apparently Steve and Hal were both in the house that night as well, albeit in closer seats than my second-to-last-row-humdinger). Brantley is spot on in his review. It was epic, magnificent, and gorgeous. Musically astounding, emotionally wretching, personally inspiring ... it didn't stop for the whole two-and-a-half-hours. And, throw in the dream team of Vicki Clark, Donna Murphy, and Casey Nicholaw, there's no turning back: we're in whole-hog, and happily rolling around in the mud.

It was something to it there and listen to these extraordinary voices sing these delicious songs and receive enormous amounts of applause. I was sure the entire show was going to stop a few times, notably after "In Buddy's Eyes," "Losing My Mind," "Could I Leave You?," and "The Story of Lucy and Jessie." No surprise here, those were the four solos by Ms Clark and Ms Murphy.

TWO: I met a certain actress last night, backstage at a certain broadway show and presented her with a certain baked good. It was brilliant. And she was just delightful, and beautiful, and so kind.