Leave it to me to turn my life into a mangled lyric from Stephen Sondheim’s "Company"…lol. What can I say? I ushered for a production of it in my impressionable youth and can practically sing the whole show.
First, the Monet – My friends Nineta and Artemis are taking Arts Markets this semester and their professor got them (and a few of their lucky friends) into Sotheby’s Impressionist Auction last night! It was beyond cool. There I was in my little black dress hobnobbing with people who sere spending millions on Renoirs, Magrittes and Monet, whose “Nympheas” started out bidding at 8 million pounds and sold for a whopping 16.5!
A Pinter Play – Donmar Warehouse’s final show of the season was Pinter’s “Betrayal.” We liked it, we didn’t love it. Not sure I’m a fan of Pinter’s. Odd dialogue, awkward pauses, etc. However the acting was very strong and the two male leads were quite the hotties with quite the pedigrees. Toby Stephens (you may know him as the villain in James Bond’s “Die Another Day”) is the son of Dame Maggie Smith (I was so tempted to ask him in the Q&A why his mom is so mean, but I held my tongue). Samuel West (you may remember him from Howard’s End) is the son of another English actress, Prunella Scales (from Fawlty Towers). Can we say talented gene pools.
A Piece of Opera - Speaking of Britain having talent, my latest reality show addiction was “Britain’s Got Talent” and our main man Paul Potts just won it this weekend. Unassuming mobile phone salesman by day, amazing tenor bringing people to tears with Nessun Dorma by night! (Check out Simon Cowell's huge grin at the end of audition). Though I would have also been happy had Connie Talbot won. No one sells “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” like this 6-year old!
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