The Fred and Adele Astaire Awards

I went to the Fred and Adele Astaire Awards honoring the best dancing on Broadway. The event was this past Monday night and I attended for the first time. It was awesome! Having been in dance class for 35 years watching a performance by the Newsies, a nine year old tapper who was incredible named Luke Spring and other great performances, I was transformed back into that magical energetic field of wanting to slip on the dance shoes and boogie into the night. Marvin Hamlisch, Mikhail Baryshinokov, Chita Rivera, Tamara Tuni, Tony Danza and others were there. Liza Minnelli was presented with a lifetime achievement award. Here's some of the pics I took....

"Relatively Speaking"

     Last night was the final performance of "Relatively Speaking," three short plays written by Elaine May, Ethan Coen, and Woody Allen and directed by John Turturro. I have not laughed that hard since I saw Mark Rylance in Le Bete. Marlo Thomas was spectacular. All the plays were excellent, but she was so so so funny. Tony win, I'm saying. And the cast of the Woody Allen play was like old home week for a Woody film, beginning with Julie Kavner and Steve Guttenberg. I love it when I laugh so much my cheeks hurt. All the actors on stage last night out did themselves. Excellent. Thank you for such a great night of fun!