to SIbyl's reading of her new musical-after I leave the library. A little tentative about going--last night at Clubbed Thumb, I said hello to the director before the play and he greeted me with "Oh, here is the man who sees everything!" I am sure he meant well but it was a little upsetting to me. Is he saying that I have no life otherwise? Or is that just the way you are reading it. Should I not go to Sibyl's reading just to make it clear to the others (probably many people I know will be there) that I don't have to "see everything". Feel a little weird, but it is probably best that I go. Yes, I do see a lot, but for one, I know a lot of people who are active in theater now, and two, I really am fascinated by some of the efforts that are being made. Don't get mad at me---theater is my fascination! Of course, I have another life--my world at Friends, the kids whom I work with around 145th street--but in the last four weeks I have done a lot of theater going. But Sibyl is not the same person as the director (who really did a great job on the play, and probably did not mean anything harsh in his greeting) ; I should try to focus on the fact that she might be very happy to see me. Hard focus. But, when I leave here around 12:30, will have to make the decision, and probably I will head over to west 44street ( a short walk down ninth avenue) and see the Reading.
An earlier plan had me going to the Whitney around 4 (you can get in free then) and wandering the halls. Don't know whether I will do that now. My evening plan is to go to Astoria and visit the Museum of Moving Image, where they are showing an independent movie that my friend Anthony R is in. Have not seen him in a long while---the movie is about one man following another man on the internet whom he is attracted to---not something that I would usually go to, but I think Anthony is very serious in the movie and I would like to honor his work. Maybe he will even be there. So I will probably go and check it out. This will leave me free for my "guilty pleasure" on Sunday, Michael Mann's Heat, a movie that I have never seen, but that is supposed to be amazing. Other movie sound good to, but money is beginning to be question---so I have to be careful. After all the theater going that I have done, going to a movie would be very relaxing---a good change---but can't indulge myself. The city! What an expensive place---harder then ever to compress one's money.
As for the play at Clubbed Thumb last night--What the Constitution means to me, by Heidi Schreck, it was a remarkable experience. A very intense discussion about the Constitution, life, male dominance, exisitng---she seems to have tapped it all. More of a confession than a play---a lot of pain was revealed---also the courage of a 14 year old girl to testify against an abusive step father. Wow! For someone like me who came from an extremely functional and loving home---my amazement at the valor of this young woman is great. I feel tremendous compassion for her. All this was revealed in the play---also nice to be at Clubbed Thumb and not be bombarded by language a little bit in love with itself. Final work in their season---I am glad I went.
I have been going through my finances for June---realize that I spent over $200 dollars on the ten or eleven plays that I saw during the month. Can't really do that again--I have to be much more careful--at this point, only Measure for Measure and Oslo seem like musts. I can probably afford those, but what about the smaller things or the movies, revivals and otherwise that seem interesting. And what of the Fox campaign. Well, tune in tomorrow to see how it all turned out---will report then.
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