Tomorrow I'm rehearsing for The Purcell Room Valentine's special I'm doing - have you booked? Do, cos tickets are going fast now - and we are doing the best collection of love songs. I've titled the show my Funny Valentin - Songs For the Wild at Heart. Partly because my hearts pretty wild and partly because those are the kind of love songs I love above all, for example my version of Wichita Lineman, I Saw The Light, I Love Paris, Sweet Thames Flow Softly - its a brilliant collection of songs though I say it myself and the superb Davide Mantovani is on double bass with of course the wonderful Simon Wallace on piano. Here's info and tickets and all
My Funny Valentine - songs for the wild at heart - The Purcell Room, SBC, 14th Feb 2015.
Last Monday night I was at The Islington Pub, which is amazingly in Islington, to talk about Bob Dylan for near 2 hours with musician Sid Griffin, writer David Hepworth and DJ and journalist Mark Ellen. The room was packed to bursting. The Bobcats were there. We were united in our delight in, and fascination with, all things Bob. Here we are afterwards the 4 of us, in the bar - surprise surprise -
Mark Ellen, Sid Griffin, Barb and David Hepworth at the Word In Your Ear Bobcast recording
David Hepworth's blog on more Dylan thoughts is here
Gorgeous way to spend a freezing Monday night in London. Here's the big piece in the American magazine that gave a load of the Dylan new album away, for the Bobcats reading today -
And afterwards film maker Mathew Lynch, performer and writer Kerry Shale, David and I went to Yipin, the Hunan Chinese restaurant around the corner, which has a very different menu to any Chinese restaurant I've ever been in, anywhere. Admittedly I've not been to your actual China, but I have eaten Chinese food in nearly every other town and country I've ever been in.
They have a really diverse and fabulous menu and you can eat jolly well if you're a veggie there, too. Or not. Either way.
And Kerry has a new show coming in March - the 2000 Year Old Man. Read about that, here - he's recreating the fabulous Mel Brooks Carl Reiner classic comedy routine at JW3.
And as I always like to end with a fab video. Here's one of mine. I'm in that kind of love song mood today. Here's MacColl's beautiful Sweet Thames Flow Softly filmed by above mentioned and wonderful Matthew Lynch.
Come see us at The Purcell Room, and laugh and cry and love with us on Valentine's.
Namaste,
Barb
What a whirlwind. I write from my sickbed as a dreadful lurgy struck me just as I was to leave for London from the East Village. Jane, my fabulous friend and theatrical landlady to the stars, and Luka, her son and tech wizard, were at home due to Martin Luther King day, and I could barely open my eyes let alone get to an airport. But buoyed up by vitamin C tablets and natural vim and vigour I managed to get myself back to London.
So many wonderful things, times places. Such great work. Fabulous people.
Apart from Jane and Luka, highlights included the 54 Below run which was a total joy and resulted in some lovely reviews and the making of new friends.
and a massage from the fabulous bodyworker George Russell - cannot recommend more. You can find out more about him, here - he's sorted my lower back pain in one session with a set of brilliant exercises.
Then I found out Hard Rain had won a BroadwayWorld.com award for best CD of 2014 which is just mind blowing. There was a nice piece about it in the Examiner, here
Then I started working with the terrific singer, Pamela Lewis and her band of musicians - a delight from start to finish and great to see her do 2 really terrific opening shows of this new Billy Joel material New York State Of Mind at The Metropolitan Room with Ritt Henn on bass, John Hurley on guitar, Marcus Parsley on trumpet and Bill Heller on piano and really nice arrangements. She'll be doing another performance of this in early March in NYC if you missed her this time around.
I managed to fit in some fun time with New York's best Doctor Thelma Reyes, writer Kristine Reyes and her husband, photographer Jason De Crow, and we had lunch at Veselka on 2nd Avenue.
Jason, Kristine, me and Thelma on 2nd Avenue in sub zero tempertures.
Jane got me started watching Celebrity Big Brother, which I have managed to avoid for, what, decades? Now I know why. Addictive and vindictive and other words ending in "ive". Destructive. There are more I'm sure. Luckily being back home has broken the cycle and I've been able to detox by watching the first magnificent episode of Wolf Hall, and marvelling at Mark Rylance's fabulous acting, again.
I digress. APAP was amazing. Its in the New York Hilton and its mind boggling. Every musician within a hundred mile radius of New York must have been playing and there were people there from all over the world come to ply their wares at the world's biggest performers and agents trade fair. At one point in our green room there were jazz musicians, close harmony blonde country chicks dressed in shortie pink lace, pirates (not kidding) there were basemen, drummers, trombonists, percussionists, every kind of stringed instrument you can imagine. Walking past each conference room you'd hear bluegrass, then there would be a group of what looked like Japanese schoolgirls dancing on chairs, a woman with a lute, a jazz combo. It was chocca with life. Liz Thomson from Book Brunch was around, too. She's working on a great new project to bring it all back to Greenwich Village. More here…..
And Tammy McCann the great singer from Chicago was performing.
Tammy and Barb at APAP
As was the fabulous pianist Laurence Hobgood.
Laurence and Barb at APAP
Gail Boyd Management, who look after us all, had a booth downstairs, and we all dropped by on Monday to hang and have fun and eat popcorn.
Tammy, Gail, Barb and Laurence in front of the best booth at APAP no mistaking.
There was time to have lunch and a really good chinwag with James Gavin, mid tour of his Lena Horne show. And the wonderful pianist Aaron Graves took me to meet Barry Harris and to one of Barry's now legendary workshops. Ask Simon Wallace how important Barry is, he'll tell you for sure.
Lenny Watts, Tracy Stark and I workshopped with a bunch of lovely singers, and we reconnected with Jay, one of our alumni from last year's Connecticut Eugene O'Neill Cabaret Conference.
Both Mike Lunoe and I got food poisoning from what used to be my favourite Thai restaurant - I will never eat at Room Service on 9th Avenue again. I have returned, tail between my legs, to Pam's Pad Thai, and now all is well.
And the Sunday on Long Island working with arranger and composer John McDaniel on our new show for this year's Connecticut Conference was a joy of joys. But much more about all of that, soon……
And a mention of the weather. Which was brutal, to put it mildly. But clear and sunny, often, and cleansing in a mad wintry way.
Meanwhile, there's a new series of French cop genius show Spiral on iplayer, and time flies…..
And Tom Lescher, as always, has great advice from the heavens……
I begin my year leaving a city on fire with the best firework display around an old clock ever seen -
London ablaze to welcome 2015
And arriving to watch the ball drop in Times Square
Times Square New Year's Eve 2014
Open at 54 Below tomorrow for a 3 night residency with Tracy Stark on piano and Mike Lunoe on percussion. Still a few tickets if you get cracking fast -
Eleven songs by Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen may be a little much, right? Not when this British cabaret singer gets through with the poignant, often seminal, soundtracks that once represented an entire generation of protest during times of struggle. Jungr handles the protest (“Blowin’ In The Wind,” “It’s Alright Ma,” “Who By Fire,” “First We Take Manhattan”) gracefully, adding her feminine touch and infinite compassion in vocals that never stray into hysteria or strident homily. She makes the listener feel the emotional ramifications of the social injustices, and keeps those themes relevant today. “I knew right from the start it was all the tougher songs of Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen that I wanted to sing. I knew there was somehow a through thread to them — that the world they described and the actions they rejected and celebrated were of as much importance today as the day those songs were penned. There’s something in both writers that transcends the material itself, as though the words and music have powers beyond the paper and the groove, beyond the voice and the piano.” Right on.
Its been a fabulous past year but now its time to turn up the cruise control to warp factor 5. Look out 2015. Here we come.
And I wish a very Happy New Year to all my family, friends and acquaintances around the world - I wish for us all this year to be in the places we love with the people we love in the best ways possible…..
My Beloved Isle of Skye - the Cuillens in the distance
London - the bee's knee's
London - a top babe
New York New York - so good I can eat it every day…..
WORKSHOP and TUITION ALERT NEW YORK CITY - I forgot to add this via Tracy Stark - The amazing Barb Jungr is returning to NYC this week! There are numerous ways to connect with her. 1. She will be performing at 54 Below, this weekend! Fri-Sun, Jan 2,3 & 4th. 2. If you'd like a private lesson, Barb and I will be teaching private hour sessions, on Sat, Jan 10th. For more information, and to secure a spot, message me here on Facebook, or email me at Tracy@TracyStark.com 3. Or, if you prefer a double whammy, Barb and Lennie Watts will be teaching a masterclass on Sat, Jan 17th Contact Lennie at: lenniewatts@gmail.com
and this
International
Recording Artist and Master Song Stylist Barb Jungr crosses the pond
and joins forces with Multi Award Winning Director Lennie Watts for this
one day special Master Class! In this workshop, the focus will be
on the uniqueness of each performer, and the best way to support that
with technique and imagination. Special attention will be given to
bringing out the story in each song and making that story specifically
yours.
To reserve a spot or if you have questions. Contact Lennie Watts at lenniewatts@gmail.com
BARB
JUNGR is an award winning renowned UK based song stylist and performer
who's 30 year career has taken her all over the world. She has done
seasons in the major residencies in the UK, US and Australia and has
garnered rave reviews everywhere. She has since 2000 released 7
acclaimed CDs on Linn records and 2 on Naim Jazz.
LENNIE
WATTS is a 10 time MAC, 5 time Backstage Bistro, and 3 time Nightlife
Award winner; outstanding vocalist, director, producer and booking
manager for over 25 years; recently named one of “The 50 Most
Influential People in New York Cabaret.” Toured nationally and
internationally: THE MUSIC MAN (Marcellus), THE WIZARD OF OZ (Lion).
Regional credits include: THE SANTALAND DIARIES (Crumpet) DROWSY
CHAPERONE (Man In Chair), GUYS AND DOLLS (Nicely Nicely) and JESUS
CHRIST SUPERSTAR (Herod) among others. Directed regional productions:
DAMES AT SEA, JOSEPH & THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT, PHANTOM,
H2$. 2013 MAC Award winner for MAJOR ARTIST for BLOODY BLOODY LENNIE
WATTS. www.lenniewatts.com
This is such a wonderful time of year. The old year draws to a close, the nights get longer and longer as we head towards the winter solstice, and certainly my thoughts turn towards the new year and all the wonderful things looming.
This year though there's such a lovely run of shows with Mari Wilson and I, and the utterly fabulous Alastair Gavin on piano. Singing with one of your best mates is one thing, but when those best mates are some of the best singers in the western world, it just makes it all a total joy. We opened at Crazy Coqs on Sunday and had such a terrific show. The audience went bonkers with joy, singing along to the Christmas songs and laughing at all the shenanigans. There's more this week and next before I get my break-ette for the holidays. Here they are at the bottom of this blog - Brighton this friday 12th December, The Vortex Jazz Bar this coming saturday the 13th, Altrincham on the 17th, Greenham on the 19th and Maidstone on the 21st.
And in my time there've been 2 Christmas songs. One I wrote with The Three Courgettes and I still love it and remember it with great fondness. It was originally recorded for the Zee Christmas album, when we were on Island records. Which feels like a very long time ago.
Then a couple of years ago, we took my version of Joni Mitchell's classic Christmas song, River from Stockport to Memphis and added the Northampton Royal and Derngate Gospel Choir at Simon Wallace's Underhill Studios with choral director Gareth Fuller's help. That's here -
There've been some fabulous films around. Mr Turner is worth the length and the James Brown film made me ring Jessica Lauren in the middle of the night to talk funk.
So the Christmas wreath is on the door and a little tree is my this week's purchase, and I'm clearing shelves and preparing for the dance between the years where New York City beckons -
Such a joy to be part of Ian Shaw's wonderful night of 100 years of British song at the Queen Elizabeth Hall last week. Not least of all because my mates were there. Claire Martin and Mari Wilson and I managed to get a good catch up backstage, as we all had to be there all afternoon for sound checks and run throughs. And a total delight to meet Elaine Delmar.
Mari Wilson, Elaine Delmar and I in the Green Room
Now I saw Elaine Delmar sing in what feels like 100 years ago, at a jazz festival night or something in Holland Park. And it was wonderful and a lovely summer's evening and when everything was finished and we went down to get in the car afterwards there was - parked beside my tatty old semi solid Toyota, a roller. A super dooper silver roller. Beautiful motor. And it wouldn't start. And my shabby piece of you know what Toyota started first time. So out came this man to ask for a jump start. And he didn't even have his own jump leads! So. Yes. I gave Michael Winner a jump start.
Back at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, the dressing rooms were a riot. Hairspray and coat hangers, gossip and heels. Shared with Claire, Elaine, Melanie Pappenheim and Georgia Mancio. I had been in the other dressing room but it was gloomy and I can't do gloomy rooms. They are bad for the spirit. This room was also gloomy to begin with but Elaine had demanded a dressing room table with lights which had been miraculously provided so I slipped in there instead.
Judith Owen, Jumoke Fashola, Elaine Delmar, me and Sumudu
The concert itself was lovely. It's always fabulous to get to hang out with a bunch of singers who's work you admire and appreciate, and its rare. You're not usually on a bill with a bunch of other singers. Comedians get to hang together, as do musicians, but its a much less common experience for us. And the Green Room was full of happy snappers once we'd gotten our stage kits and eyelashes on. The girls had IT that night. And the band were so lovely. They played for everyone and for hours and gave it such joy and finesse. Salut to Barry green on piano, Mick Hutton on bass and Dave Ohm on drums. And the lovely pianist Jamie Safirrudin (who played with me on the Isle of Wight last weekend in Ventnor Arts Club) played for Ben Cox and Jumoke Fashola introduced the night for the London Jazz Festival. Ian Shaw was magnificent, held the whole thing together with vision and generosity, and sang like a demon himself into the bargain. And right slap bang in the middle of the night Julian Clary came on and did a stirring version of Bowie's hot becoming Major Tom right there win front of our eyes…….
Just like the old days - Julian and I under the clock!
We'd even managed, Julian and I, to get a bit of shopping in before the show and after the sound check and I got a rather splendid necklace - which was a good job as I discovered when we got back to get ready that I'd left the one I was going to wear at home……
Natalie Williams, me, Mari Wilson, Judith Owen and Georgia Mancio in our frocks (and the necklace).
And now we're heading towards the Christmas show, Woman to Woman dust down their jingle jangle hats and prepare for a nice run of dates including London, Altrincham, Newbury and Brighton. Here's a video of the first time we took it all out at the Pheasantry.
And here are all the dates coming up - hope to see you there.
So, as the year winds towards the solstice and the longest night, sayonara and namaste - enjoy this coming season however it moves you, and goodwill and peace to all. And if you're looking forward, here's the link for Valentine's day at The Purcell Room
The second week of the 59E59 theatre run of Hard Rain was simply wonderful. So many lovely people stopped by and saw us, including Penny Arcade, Karen Akers, David Finkle, Thelma and Kristine Reyes and friends, Laila Robins and Kaya, Jim Gavin and Tammy Faye, Gail Boyd and husband with Laurence Hobgood, Gaby Massey, Andy Goldberg and family, all the Connecticut crew - John McDaniel, Eric Kornfeld, Matt Baker, Madison DeCoske and Aaron Spivey, David King, David Noh: old friends, new friends, it was wonderful to see everyone and always a surprise to find whoever was there.
Here's Thelma, Kristine, Laila and Kaya after the last show, at Thai Restaurant Room Service on 9th Avenue where the basil rice is just about mind blowing.
David Noh and I
It was a blast. The reviews were wonderful - thank you Stephen Holden for the New York Times, Tonya Pinkins for Bistro Awards, Will Friedwald at The Wall Street Journal and David Finkle at Fitch Report which gave us full houses all week.
The final shows came and went in a blur and before I knew it I was at Joe's Pub for the launch of Jim Gavin's fabulous new study of Peggy Lee, "Its That All There Is?" At last I met the New Standards, Chan, Stevie and John, who rehearsed the song 'Some Cats' with me. Hooked up with Baby Jane Dexter and Holt McCallany at the sound check.
Steve Roehm, Lenny Kaye, John Munson, Baby Jane Dexter, Craig Holiday Haynes, Chan Poling, rehearsal, Joe's Pub, Nov. 10, 2014.
With Holt at the sound check.
Hung out before the show with Hostess with the Mostess, my friend and sometimes landlady - the bestest Jane Buchanan and her gorgeous son, Luka, before heading down to Joe's Pub.
Tammy Faye, Barb Jungr, Carol Fredette, Helen Merrill, , Joe's Pub, Nov. 10, 2014
So many lovely friends, performers and singers down there - Justin Vivian Bond and kenny Mellman, Baby Jane Dexter, Andy Bey, Tammy Faye, Jane Monheit….more about it all and the whole lineup here -
The whole night was a riot, Jim was in heaven and righty so, loved up as he was there by everyone, and before I knew it I was back on a plane home.
Justin Vivian Bond, Jim Gavin and Kenny Mellman, Joe's Pub, Nov. 10, 2014.
Had a great rehearsal with Simon Wallace and Davide Mantovani for the Nina collection for the London Jazz Festival, and then headed off up the A1 across the fens to the South Holland Centre in Spalding. Hard Rain there went down a storm, and when we came out it was as though we had slipped back hundreds of years as fog seeped over the marshes and flat fields and across the cobble stones. Drove back much more slowly, accordingly!
Then to the St James Theatre for the London Jazz Festival night. Packed house and Davide on the bass and Simon in heaven with the new Steinway piano there. So, a packed 2 weeks, and this week the Queen Elizabeth Hall as Ian Shaw's guest, Shoreham for Hard Rain and the Isle of Wight with Jamie Safirrudin on piano. Couldn't be happier.
With the New Standards at Joe's Pub for Jim Gavin's book launch.
And now for 2 videos that show the variety of this great world of ours…..
At first night with Vice President of the Drama Desk Leslie (Hoban) Blake
Well, we're 4 shows into the 16 show run, so thats a quarter done, and its a total roller coaster. Audiences are amazing - cheering and stamping and standing, and loving these tricksy, crazed songs. Tracy Stark is playing like a demon and Mike Lunoe is stirring the percussion into a frenzy.
Here are some highlights.
Photos from the first night here -
With Peter Tear, Producer and Artistic director of 59E59 Theaters.
With Cabaret Queen the wonderful Karen Akers and Woman About Town's Alix Cohen
And all the above are by and on Barry Gordin's Theater Life website piece, here -
Dylan, Cohen... and Jungr By: Paulanne Simmons British chanteuse Barb Jungr turned 60 this year. And she's "had enough of love songs." Instead, her new show, Hard Rain: The Songs of Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen, is filled with the two singer/songwriters' political and philosophical work. And so, Jungr advised her audience at 59E59 Theaters they would be listening to songs with the most words in one evening.
A set list with the likes of Dylan's "It's All Right Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)," "Chimes of Freedom" and "Masters of War," or Cohen's "First We Take Manhattan," "Everybody Knows" and "1000 Kisses Deep" would in itself be worthy of note, but Jungr gives each song a lyricism and subtlety that turns every expectation on its head. Jungr slows down rock and gives folk a jazzy twist. Every once in a while she delivers a line with a wry smile or a knowing nod. There are mysterious truths to these songs, and she's letting us in on the secret. There's also a lot of humor. Although Jungr is meticulous about every note and every line in a lyric, she does not always take herself very seriously. At one point in the show she notes that her near obsession with Bob Dylan might be the result of nothing else to do. With Tracy Stark at the piano and Mike Lunoe on percussion, the three performers achieve a synthesis of melody, rhythm and mood one does not often hear. It's almost as if Jungr, Stark and Lunoe are in their own dimension and allowing the audience to join them for a while. Although many of Dylan and Cohen's songs are 40 or 50 years old, Jungr believes "their music was so prescient; all of these songscould have been written this morning." But in Jungr's hands, it is not only Cohen and Dylan's visionary quality that makes their work so relevant. It is also her thoughtful reworking and emotional investment that breathes new life into smoldering embers. Hard Rain: The Songs of Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen, at 59E59 Theaters, 59 East 59 Street, through Nov. 9. For tickets, call (212) 279-4200 or visit www.59e59.org. Follow Us On Facebook Barb Jungr
And it was wonderful to see David Kenney again for his wonderful Everything Old is New Again radio show.
David Kenney and Barb in Harlem at the temporary home of Everything Old Is New Again
There were a burst of first reviews - this in Deadline Hollywood - "And another real thing: 59E59 Theaters is presenting the remarkable chanteuse Barb Jungr in Hard Rain, a thrilling cabaret evening of mostly early songs by Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen. Ranging from Dylan’s “Chimes Of Freedom” to Cohen’s “Who By Fire,” the pairing is inspired and the performance, in addition to showing off a prodigious memory for lyrics, is flat-out awesome. Jungr is no ice queen; she suffuses each song with engaging physicality along with a gorgeous mezzo, and the show gets better and better as the 70 minutes fly by. “First We Take Manhattan” (Cohen) and “Masters Of War” (Dylan) are among the many knockouts. Also a must-see."
OnStage New York City ~ Review: “Barb Jungr – Hard Rain": The Songs of Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen at 59E59 Theater B
by David Roberts, OnStage New York City Critic, Theatre Reviews Limited
“Fear not, I am the first and the last, and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.” Revelation 1:17b-18
In her challenging and remarkable performance piece “Hard Rain,” currently running at 59E59 Theater B, Barb Jungr alludes to the often cryptic nature of Bob Dylan’s lyrics. There is yet another bit of cryptic poetry from a source often mined by both Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen; namely, the Bible. It is best not to argue that point. The imagery of both writers is informed by the rich imagery of the sacred books of the Judean-Christian communities. This does not mean that either poet has a faith construct consistent with either faith; it simply means they – like other modern and contemporary authors – allude to this material for its rich imagery and metaphorical treasure trove.
Dylan and Cohen – the troubadours of truth – like the “first and the last" before them – figuratively (and often literally) have entered all those spaces (metaphorically “Death and Hades”) that have always threatened to undo humankind and the planet upon which it treads boards and often finds itself treading water. And they in truly redemptive fashion have shared not only what they saw about the “hard rains that are going to fall” but also the urgency of a meaningful response from humankind. Barb Jungr – like the messenger on Patmos who shared the news that the early Christians could survive the torment and torture of the Roman Empire – assures her audience that though all is not right in “The Land of Plenty,” “The Chimes of Freedom” counterpoint catastrophe. We are able to affirm that we are alive; yet, we need to be aware that the often surreal revelations of Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen continue to threaten our existence.
Barb Jungr is more than a performer-singer. She is the consummate performance artist, spoken word artist, poet, prophet, Sherpa, interpreter, and spirit-guide. She completely trusts the material she performs – as she completely trusts Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen. All thirteen songs are remarkable arrangements of both songwriters and Ms. Jungr reimagines each of them with unique styling and phrasing and with a voice laden with raspy gentleness that counterpoints the “three angels above the street” (those who have eyes will see).
Particularly challenging are Bob Dylan’s “It’s Alright Ma (I’m Only Bleeding);” “Hard Rain;” “Blind Willie McTell;” “Chimes of Freedom;” and Ms. Jungr’s encore “Blowin’ in the Wind.” Equally challenging are Leonard Cohen’s “First We Take Manhattan;” Everybody Knows;” and “The Land of Plenty” which perhaps epitomizes the hope of the performance: “And I don’t really know who sent me, /To raise my voice and say:/May the lights in The Land of Plenty/Shine on the truth some day.”
There is no sugar-coating of the mess humanity has repeatedly and successfully made throughout history and the rehearsal of those mistakes and their consequences (most often affecting the 99 percent rather than the privileged one percent) makes for a somewhat “bumpy ride.” But sharing a night with Barb Jungr is a redemptive blessing. Redemption is often “not pretty or fun.” It is, however, all we have to hope for and all we can strive for. In the words of Bob Dylan, “And what'll you do now, my blue-eyed son?/And what'll you do now my darling young one?/I'm a-goin' back out 'fore the rain starts a-fallin.'
BARB JUNGR – HARD RAIN: THE SONGS OF BOB DYLAN AND LEONARD COHEN
“Barb Jungr: Hard Rain” runs for a limited engagement through Sunday, November 9. The performance schedule is Tuesday - Thursday at 7:15 PM; Friday at 8:15 PM; Saturday at 5:15 PM & 8:15 PM; and Sunday at 3:15 PM & 7:15 PM. Performances are at 59E59 Theaters (59 East 59th Street, between Park and Madison Avenues). Single tickets are $35 ($24.50 for 59E59 Members). To purchase tickets, call Ticket Central at (212) 279-4200 or go to www.59e59.org. Production photos by Carol Rosegg. Through Sunday November 9. Running time is 90 minutes without an intermission.
Apart from that I've been resting up and getting yoga in frequently and conversing with the UK on 2015, and enjoying the company of Jane and Luka, here in the East Village; the best hosts.
I've seen the wonderful Sarah Louise Young, and a bunch of friends from the O'Neill. My team at the theatre includes Jonathan Mercado and Emma Wilk and occasionally JP Perreux. It feels good to have gotten opening night over, and be running now. Its a marathon, this one, weather than a sprint. I'm practically a nun during the rest of the time I'm here because of the show schedule. But what a great place and opportunity and time to be here, with Halloween and the weather changing and winter blowing in. More on the run after the weekend's 4 shows. Till then med amis, namaste and peace to you all, from NY City, apple of my heart.
