In addition to a fabulous production of Morris Panych’s Vigil (playing at the DR2 in Union Square – get tickets while you can right here), I have been spending day and night with the lovely ladies working on Nora and Delia Ephron’s Love Loss and What I Wore – on the show, I am “wearing a couple of hats” as they saying goes, but as part of the general management team I am at each performance and in all of the rehearsals and it has been one of the most fun and exciting shows I have had the pleasure of working on. The show has been fabulously received – links to the full reviews on the show’s sight but a few quotes below. Each performance is a sell out, we have set box office records at the theatre, and we have extended through March of 2010. It has been wonderful to be a part of both shows and the revitalized off-Broadway scene.
Love Loss is this collection of stories is based on the best-selling book by Ilene Beckerman, as well as on the recollections of the Ephrons’ friends. Like the popular book, Love, Loss, and What I Wore uses clothing and accessories and the memories they trigger to tell funny and often poignant stories that all women can relate to. The production will continue to be performed by a rotating cast of five all-star actors, who will perform in four-week cycles
Check out the full reviews but as promised a few quotes:
“THIS ONE SHOW THRILLS ALL!”
NY Daily News
“A GREAT SHOW IS ALWAYS IN FASHION!” NY1
“FUNNY AND POIGNANT!”
A.P.
“PITCH-PERFECT!”
AM New York
“AMUSING AND TOUCHING!”
Bergen Record
“GET TICKETS! YOU WILL HAVE SUCH A GOOD TIME!”
Joan Hamburg, WOR
Make sure you come as see one of the many talented casts – I am willing to bet you will want to see more than one. The first cast which finished performances tomorrow includes Samantha Bee, Tyne Daly, Katie Finnegan, Natasha Lyonne and Rosie O’Donnell. Monday we start rehearsals with Mary Birdsong, Lisa Joyce, Jane Lynch, Mary Louise Wilson, and Tyne Daly will be returning but in a different part. Four weeks later we have Kristin Chenoweth, Lucy Devito, Capathia Jenkins, Rhea Perlman and Rita Wilson. To be able to work so closely with such amazing actors is astounding – not to mention two of the most talented writers on the planet – Nora and Delia Ephron. The entire team that producer Daryl Roth has put together makes going to work each day a joy. And I truly love it.
I am also proud to be a part of a production and creative team that is filled with and led women. There are only 6 men on the main team – partnered with 24 women working on the show. Considering all the recent talk about women in theatre (and the fact that the majority of theatre audiences are female), it is pretty fabulous that a show about women is being driven by women. Theatre for women by women – but boys don’t worry you will laugh a lot and learn a lot, in a good way!
So come check out Love Loss and What I Wore at the Westside get tickets at www.telecharge.com – and please find me at the show and say hello!
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