The hand on the crook of my arm belonged to none other than Captain Marvel herself, outside the stage door ten days ago at the Duke of York’s Theatre in the West End.
The benefits of growing up in NYC... Puts my own upbringing at the Jersey shore in stark relief--I think of my excitement when I spotted Captain Noah, host of a Philly kids' show, at a restaurant. Great piece (:as always).
Thank you for sharing your Broadway and West End rememberances with us - You truly made my day!!! But, honestly, I burst out laughing with this: "We apparently had harassed Jack Lemmon the first time we met him that same summer; after seeing Tribute at the Brooks Atkinson and getting his autograph, about a month later we were on West Forty-Seventh St. when, lo and behold, there was Jack, clearly not feeling well, dabbing his nose with a tissue, reminding us of Felix Ungar in The Odd Couple; he looked up, saw us, and said with a sigh, “Oh no, not you guys again.” Thanks for making a old friend crack up and smile!!!! Glenn in Brooklyn, NY.
I sat behind Don Delillo at a screening of the Ray Johnson bio pic, “How to Draw a Bunny” and it remains the only really star-struck moment I’ve felt in my time in NYC. I think he would love this :
””We must tell Daniel!” The stage manager heartily replied, “Yes, we must tell him!””
The benefits of growing up in NYC... Puts my own upbringing at the Jersey shore in stark relief--I think of my excitement when I spotted Captain Noah, host of a Philly kids' show, at a restaurant. Great piece (:as always).
captain noah!! https://youtu.be/TvM_aXSgi84?si=ZmHQ8GP6sJsvvDu8
God bless you for that. By the way, when I saw him at the restaurant he was wearing his Captain Noah hat--like he never broke character.
Mark, this is a beautiful piece. How sweet and wonderful to have been invited to the apartment of Jan Alexander as a teen!!
Thank you for sharing your Broadway and West End rememberances with us - You truly made my day!!! But, honestly, I burst out laughing with this: "We apparently had harassed Jack Lemmon the first time we met him that same summer; after seeing Tribute at the Brooks Atkinson and getting his autograph, about a month later we were on West Forty-Seventh St. when, lo and behold, there was Jack, clearly not feeling well, dabbing his nose with a tissue, reminding us of Felix Ungar in The Odd Couple; he looked up, saw us, and said with a sigh, “Oh no, not you guys again.” Thanks for making a old friend crack up and smile!!!! Glenn in Brooklyn, NY.
my pleasure!!
I sat behind Don Delillo at a screening of the Ray Johnson bio pic, “How to Draw a Bunny” and it remains the only really star-struck moment I’ve felt in my time in NYC. I think he would love this :
””We must tell Daniel!” The stage manager heartily replied, “Yes, we must tell him!””