http://joan-didion.info/2009/08/revisiting-the-year-of-magical-thinking-the-play/ The Latest News, Photo & Video Galleries and Academic Essays. Sat, 29 Oct 2011 13:35:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://joan-didion.info/2009/08/revisiting-the-year-of-magical-thinking-the-play/comment-page-1/#comment-68 Richard Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:32:30 +0000 http://joan-didion.info/?p=614#comment-68 I saw a marvelous actress Helen Hedman in a performance of TYoMT in Washington, DC at the Studio Theatre. She unconditionally embodied the heartbreak, passion, cool, anger and sly wit of the piece. I found myself in tears as she was caught in the abyss (the vortex?), all alone, trying to keep her daughter safe, then laughing at her cognizance of her crossing the line by wearing scrubs into UCLA Medical Center. My hat is off to anyone who has the talent and courage to assail the play. I saw Hedman in the title role of "Piaf" a several years ago. She's darn good. I saw a marvelous actress Helen Hedman in a performance of TYoMT in Washington, DC at the Studio Theatre. She unconditionally embodied the heartbreak, passion, cool, anger and sly wit of the piece. I found myself in tears as she was caught in the abyss (the vortex?), all alone, trying to keep her daughter safe, then laughing at her cognizance of her crossing the line by wearing scrubs into UCLA Medical Center. My hat is off to anyone who has the talent and courage to assail the play. I saw Hedman in the title role of “Piaf” a several years ago. She’s darn good.

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