CALL ME MADAM was a delight. But I think the most moving one was 1776, with Roger Rees as John Adams, just after 9/11. The entire cast came out into the courtyard by the Freud Theatre, collecting for the Red Cross. Rees gave my middle daughter a kiss on the cheek when she handed him our donation. The Reprise! FOLLIES was also incredible, with Harry Groener one of the best Buddys I’ve ever seen. They performed that one at the Wadsworth, not the Freud, but I hear they tried to book it into the Shubert before it was demolished. That would have been so utterly fitting, not just because of the show’s plot, but for theatrical symmetry: the very first show in the LA Shubert was the national tour of the original FOLLIES.
Laura in broiling LA |
