By Seth Rudetsky
20 Apr 2009
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Thursday we saw my friend Lorin Latarro play Miss Adelaide in Guys and Dolls, and she sassed it. I got so freaked out when I saw she got the last bow. I was so proud of her! On Friday we saw Joe Turner's Come and Gone, and I was happy to finally see my first August Wilson play. I know I'm busted…stop judging me via the internet! The cast was fantastic, and the audience went cra-za-zy during the curtain call. Saturday we hiked downtown and saw Why Torture is Wrong, And the People Who Love Themat The Public. I was obsessed with Audrie Neenan's running sight gag and would see the show again to watch those moments. I also love Laura Benanti and was so happy to finally see her in a comedy. I've known she was funny for so many years and have been waiting patiently for her to have a great comic role (besides her hilarious turn as the cow in Gypsy). Speaking of waiting, I emailed Laura and asked her if she wanted to know when we were coming to the show (some people don't like to know who's in the audience). She said not to tell her, but to see her afterwards. I was very cryptic and said we were coming in the next two weeks…and needed to get a babysitter for the night (to throw her off the fact we were seeing a matinee). Well, before the show, we went to the Union Square Farmer's Market and bought a lot of flowers for our garden and needed to pick them up before it closed. We were nervous we were going to get back to Union Square too late and couldn't decide whether to see Laura after the show or not (same argument as before but substitute Laura Benanti for Joanna Gleason). Finally, we decided we had to see her. I texted her a few minutes after the curtain came down. We waited another couple of minutes. Then Laura texted back that she was mortified because she already left! Brava on putting a new wrinkle on the Joanna Gleason technique of avoiding us.
Okay, this week I'm one of the judges of The Broadway Beauty Pageant which was so much fun last year (http://www.aliforneycenter.org/events.html). And, one of my best friends, Jack Plotnick, is visiting for a week and teaching his brilliant acting workshop (www.JackPlotnick.com). And speaking of workshops, I'm doing my Auditioning Master Class next Sunday morning. Go to SethRudetsky.com for details. And, of course, while you're at my website you can watch my continuing "Thirty Deconstructions in Thirty Days." You can also watch the dark circles under my eyes/in-need-of Botox-skin on my face during various deconstructions that were filmed at midnight due to the fact that it takes me an hour to prepare and, just like my old AP English papers, I start working on them an hour before they're due. They're fun to do/draining the life out of me. Peace out!
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| Kristine Nielsen with Laura Benanti in Why Torture is Wrong, And the People Who Love Them
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| photo by Joan Marcus |
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