I just saw a fantastic play tonight. It's called "Frost/Nixon" and chronicles the series of interviews by British talk show host David Frost of disgraced President Richard Nixon. The playwright is the incomparable Peter Morgan ("The Queen" and "The Last King of Scotland"). Michael Sheen who channeled Tony Blair in "The Queen" stars opposite Frank Langella who morphs into Nixon for an amazing performance.No, this blog hasn't suddenly turned into a theater critic's column but I'm just so friggin' psyched to be moved by theater! I should disclose that my senior thesis was on Watergate and my all-time favorite movie is "All The President's Men" so I have an uncommon affinity for this subject matter. I thought "The Vertical Hour" was good but it pales in comparison to the writing, pacing, and execution of this moment in history when a reluctant subject bore his soul to an unlikely "reporter." I hope they take this to the big screen because it's really powerful.
Speaking of the big screen, I ran into Glenn Close as we were leaving the theater. I reminded her that we met at a soup kitchen on Christmas Eve and of course she remembered me. I think we're destined to be brunch pals although I can't actually confirm that without appearing as though I'm stalking her. Hmm, conundrum.
