I’ve never lived more than thirteen miles away from Yankee Stadium. As I enter my “third act” I’m feeling psychologically ready to retire, which impels me to ask the question, “Where do I want to live?” I’ve spent parts of the last 16 summers in the Berkshires. The Berkshires is a highland region mostly located …
I’ve written in this space about the pleasure of not being condescended to as an older adult in an acting company made up of much younger theatre artists. My most recent experience acting in the Red Monkey Theatre/M&M Production of Chekov’s, “The Seagull” was very positive, but the reality is, engaging parts for older actors …
Written almost 20 years ago, and a finalist for the 2001 Pulitzer Prize, Kenneth Lonergan’s, The Waverly Gallery, is very much a “memory” play. It depicts a multigenerational family of non-religious, Jewish, NYC intellectuals. The focus of the play, and the family’s energies, is the rapid cognitive decline of the 80- something grandmother, Gladys, a …
Are we there yet? Glenda Jackson, 82, is currently starring in a universally praised Broadway production of Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women. This is on the heels of her King Lear at the Old Vic in London. (Image: Tristram Kenton for the Observer) Elaine May, 86, comes back to the New York theatre after 50 years …
