Love Letters
We went to Le Petit Theatre last night to see A. R Gurney’s Love Letters performed by Patricia Clarkson and Bryan Batt. Our home grown celebrities came in to do a fundraiser for Le Petit which last year had to cancel its series on account of no funding. Welcome to the new economy. Not.
It was a wonderful play and in particular in the hands of these two seasoned actors such a delight. We sat in the balcony, front row albeit it was a little tricky getting to them as it felt as if one breath the wrong way would land us down in the orchestra on the express train. We had stopped in at Sylvain’s first, a new place near the theater and had a gin and tonic – Death’s Door – a gin made in Wisconsin.
Bravo Le Petite and Clarkson and Batt for coming and helping our theater. So sad that this is a city where theater is a rarity despite the theater that goes on in the streets nearly 24/7.
After we went to NOLA for a bite at the bar – duck confit pizza, scallops, and shrimp remoulade on top of fried green tomatoes – yum. Not bad for a Friday night.