where have you been, cityboy...?

Five days in a row subbing at Friends. Quite a marathon. At the beginning of the week, I had two and a half days scheduled---but that quickly changed to 5. In addition, I attended the Fall upper school concert (very good) on Thursday evening. Wow! No wonder yesterday after work I was exhausted! Even now, sitting in the library, I can feel it. Two more sessions today, and in the evening, I am scheduled to see Brando-Capote---a kind of collage that brings these two icons together. The creators are two people I know--though not very well---I have seen some of their other work, so i wanted to show support for this one. Like so many other off and off off Broadway projects, they are closing this weekend. It starts early, at 7:30, so possibly some other "action" after the play. We will see. 
  Next week there are only two possible days of work at Friends---have not been hired for either yet---will try to use the rest of the week to catch up on Theater, movies, etc. Already I have a ticket for the Friday evening of Thanksgiving to see The Michaels, which is Richard Nelson's play about a family living in Rhinebeck. Kind of elegiac, from everything that I have heard. I will try to see at least two other plays as well--want to see how my schedule turns out for most of the days before I make another commitment.
  Last Saturday evening (seems like a long time ago) i did see Dr Ride's American Clumbhouse, an original play that my friend Kristen was appearing in. Very glad that I did--it is a very well written play, that the four actresses performed really well. Sunday I saw a documentary at BAM, The Hottest Summer--where the narrator-director goes around to different neighborhoods in the city, interviewing different people, mostly working class, no one percenters. I was always interested, though I thought that in certain interviews she avoided coming to terms with the problems her subjects were facing---also I would have liked her to identify the neighborhoods she was visiting. Still, it kept my interest, but I walked out of a question and answer period with the director and the programmer from BAM---a little too self congradulatory and "gooey" for me to deal with.
 So that is it for now---will report soon.