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She was the living embodiment of beauty, of glamor – perhaps more than anything, of romantic passion. She survived lifelong stardom, scandal, addiction, a host of serious illnesses, a handful of near-death experiences. She never had sex with a man she didn’t marry, and “how many girls can say that?” When her beauty no longer made her the white-hot centrifugal center of Hollywood, she used her still-unparalleled fame to fight HIV/AIDS at a time when its sufferers were being stigmatized and ignored. She packed more life and love into her 79 years than most of us can begin to imagine.
We love you, Elizabeth.
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Saw IN THE RED AND BROWN WATER at Marin Theatre Company yesterday, a wonderful production that makes simple yet layered poetry out of flesh and blood and breath. The play is part of a trilogy, THE BROTHER/SISTER PLAYS, written by Tarell Alvin McCraney.
THE BROTHER/SISTER PLAYS have been widely heralded as marking the emergence of a major new voice in American theater (“It’s what people must have felt during productions of the early works of Eugene O’Neill in the 1920s or of Sam Shepard in the 1960s.”) Recognizing their importance, MTC, The Magic Theatre and A.C.T. have pooled resources to bring us all three plays. This collaboration, the first of its kind, is an inspired and generous gift to local audiences.
We left the theater engaged in deep conversation about language, race, lust, Louisiana, mythology, and more. Meanwhile, back at the Lark, the first in our fall Sunday Salon series had just wrapped up – a screening of ALAMAR with audience discussion moderated by Garth Twa, who will also be leading our World Cinema Workshops later this fall. The Workshops and the Salons are a way of fostering conversation that is informed and illuminating and sparks the imagination. We hope you’ll join us; and also that you’ll take advantage of the wonderful work on offer at our neighboring cultural outlets. And tell us what you think.
