No tickets....

in family circle for Lulu tomorrow, probably the only chance I have to see it. Have to get a Standing Room, not really what I wanted but...should check this out  a little later, though I don't think they go on sale until tomorrow. What if it is impossible..? Don't know, will really feel disappointed---anyway will try later.
Wednesday, saw Incident at Vichy, was very disappointed, Richard Thomas gives an amazing performance, but some of the other actors are really poorly cast. Play is not paced very well...memories of the original production, which I saw almost 51 years ago to the date of this performance, are still very strongly in my mind. Miss Hal Holbrook, his performance of the major was devastating, also Will Lee, who played the silent Jewish man, much more manic and frightening then Jon Hadary, who is doing it in this production. Don't often agree with the Times critic who did not like it, but in this case I feel that he is right. After the play, went, for the first time in a while, to Lansdowne Road, sports bar deluxe, found the adorable twins (waitresses) was warmly welcomed and, despite the noise, had a good time. Will try to return there soon, yesterday, rejected the opportunity to go to a movie in the morning, long wait for time to leave for Prospect Heights, filled mostly with reading, a few walks, not much else, needed to clear my head---sometimes emptiness if best, Arrived at the Schwarz-Baums at around 5, everyone was there, a basically good time that got better in the interaction after the food was eaten. Stan's (my cousins' husband) mother was there, she is 94, yet totally coherent and focused, similarly her brother, six years younger, still seems very brisk. She and he emigrated from Germany in the early thirties, his wife just got out in time, that seems to have dominated her vision of life from that time on, can you blame her if she is not the most compassionate person in the world? How can you compare her world view with yours, raised from day 1 in relative security in the Bronx several years later. That's the problem---so many people coming from different points of view---can that be transcended..?
   Anyway, today a beautiful day, two students, will go to Atlantic tonight to see Those Paper bullets, and English musical apparently based on Much Ado About Nothing. Heard it is a lot of fun, afterwards will try to go to Burp Castle about 20 blocks away, and say hello to visiting bartender Rachel, whom I knew and liked several years ago. Should be interesting...
Will report on all this (hopefully) tomorrow...