ok, so i'm home from the play reading. i had a very good time, but am really tired so forgive typos, please, and also if i'm not making sense. it was held at the museum of jewish heritage which is a beautiful building on battery place way downtown. they have a wonderful theatre upstairs which is where the play was read. once i was seated rima came with a friend and was seated two rows ahead of me. she looked very nice and had a huge black sort of glittery tote bag that i'm surprised she could carry it was so big, but i would have killed for it. she sat next to hamishes mom, a famous voice teacher that alan had studied with at some point. most of the people there were older, or real theatre mavens. no real fan girlies perhaps one or two (and us). they had said it was semi formal -HA! i think i was the most overdressed person there, and alan wore his ubiquitous balled up-wrinkled pinstripe jacket that he's been wearing everywhere lately. sleeping in it too, apparently because he seems very attached to it. he wore a light gray shirt, way too tight so there were several rummage gap shots, and excellent washed out jeans and his shiny black boots. the play was 3 actors reading the parts; alan, sigourney weaver, and a young man named noah robbins who was phenomenal. it's a very weird play, very intricate dialogue, but very funny in parts, too. alan played the role of a liquor store owner and he did it with an american accent. he was excellent, he underplayed ( i am of the opinion that he frequently overplays some roles, so this was refreshing and just right for the part) and the audience was extremely attentive to him. his part was not as large as sigourney or noah's but it made such an impression. you know how good he is at that, gang. anyway, the play was about an hour an 15 minutes and i liked it but its difficult to see a play when there is not a lot of action; i mean, they're sitting in chairs and gesturing but they're not moving around. still it held my interest and had a lot of twists and turns, so hamish should be congratulated. unfortunately, HE WAS NOT THERE! he was in LA filming and he had to honor the commitment so it was sad he couldn't see how well received his work was. i was bummed, i really wanted to talk to him about it.