Total Chick Show At The Geffen (yay!)

I had a shirt that I loved, loved, loved. It was the perfect color and looked great on me. I wore it all the time. Too much, probably. And then I got a stain on it that I couldn't get out. Color me heartbroken. If you can identify, then you'll definitely enjoy Love, Loss And What I Wore, written by Nora and Delia Ephron.

This show is kind of a light-hearted cross between Love Letters and The Vagina Monologues. It's a collection of stories that uses the memories triggered by clothing and accessories worn at various times in the lives of the characters to tell funny and sometime touching stories.

I saw the show with actresses Carol Kane, Rita Wilson, Natasha Lyonne, Caroline Aaron and Tracee Ellis Ross. They were awesome, and they'll continue with the show through June 6th. On June 8th a new cast will take over - so far they've got Lucy DeVito, Conchata Ferrell and Rhea Perlman.

Funny story about the performance I went to: the Geffen has two theaters and this show is in the smaller one - probably no more than 200 seats. It was a Sunday matinee, which is when the older people tend to go, and there were a couple of oldey-oldsters behind me who shouted, as Carol Kane was talking on stage, "Speak up! We can't hear you! Louder!" Oh my God! I've been to hundreds of shows and this was a new one for me. And poor Carol Kane (who does have a very high, kinda hard-to-hear voice) stood there for a second, looking stunned, and then kind of stuttered "okayyyy, we'll try to be louder." Embarrassing moment, yes, but what a great story!