Just - several days ago - got back from NYC and the readings of Last Seder for investors at the Cherry Lane.  Strangeness -  the reading in the afternoon was laugh, laugh, laugh, laugh, tears….in the evening, quieter, snoozier maybe even.  Joseph Megel - the director - puts it all down to the temperature in the theatre - chilly in the afternoon, overwarm in the evening.  Break out the airconditioners in New York in November.   But it did seem like two different events - and of course, it having been such a laugh riot in the earlier slot it was hard not to feel disappointed in the evening.   But response was good - let’s wait and hope and pray (a moment here) and see whether it’s put your money where your mouth is good or something else.

Stellar cast - some tried  and true favorites, the lovely and talented Sarah Winkler as Julia (pregnant again so perfect),  Josh Stamberg who is always marvelous as Kent,  Bob Hogan and Gerry Bamman as Marvin and Harold (oh my god, these men, people should be writing plays for these men)…and then new on the roster and so fantastic - Marin Ireland, Korey Jackson, Amy Redford, Jean Arbeiter, Mimi Turque, Karthryn Layng.  I have to say actors blow me away, how they can just grab hold of a play and make it come alive in a day.