I'm in R-Can-Saw Baby!
I have so much to tell you about the trip. But'll it'll have to wait until I get home so I can "process" it (as we say on the ranch). Needless to say, this has been a great learning experience for me about world hunger and sustainable means of maintaining an improving our environment.
I saw Cat On a Hot Tin Roof on Broadway today. It had the most amazing cast ever: Terence Howard, Anika Noni Rose, Phylicia Rashad, and James Earl Jones.
I wasn't even planning on seeing a play today and I just happened to walk by the theatre and was drawn right in. I got a standing room ticket for $26.50. Despite the fact that I had to stand the whole time, I loved the entire play. For this being Terence Howard's first time on broadway, he seem completely comfortable... completely at home on the stage. He brought a sense of geniuneness to the part.
Amazingly, no one played their roles like the movie version. It was new, fresh approach to the play. That's what made it so great. Even though it was written for a white family in the middle part of the 20th century, it could've been a black family as well. The story itself is universal... sad to say.
But anyhow, I loved it and you should go see it.
I had the oddest dream, which will be of no surprise to anyone. I dreamt that I was walking in New York City and and I stopped into some sort of meeting place for some reason. Inside was Carol Burnett and she told me to come with her. We went outside to a car and she told me get in. I got in the back seat and then caught sight of the other passengers in the car. Driving the car was Lucille Ball. Carol Burnett was also in the front seat. I was in the back behind Lucille Ball and next to me was Bette Davis.
I'm not sure where they were taking me... I woke up before we reached out destination. But as you can imagine, I was thoroughly confused by the situation because, well, Lucille Ball and Bette Davis each died years ago. But there they were telling me about the good old days.
Then I woke up...
American Masters: Carol Burnett - A Woman of Character
