When Redgrave performs Monday at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, it will be the first time she has played the role since the death of her own daughter, actress Natasha Richardson, in March.
Brazil’s Magical Thinking Debut
October 8, 2009 By 1 Comment
YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING – Debut October 10, 2009, Saturday at 21:30 at Teatro Bibi Ferreira. Season: Fridays and Saturdays at 21:30 and Sundays at 19 hours, until 1 November 2009. Author: Joan Didion. Direction: Caio de Andrade. Cast: Imara Reis. Translation: Erica de Almeida Rego Migon and Ursula de Almeida Rego Migon. Set and [...]
Revisiting ‘The Year of Magical Thinking: The Play’.
August 11, 2009 By 1 Comment
‘The Year of Magical Thinking: The Play’ (TYoMT: P), a self-adapted staging of Joan Didion’s non-fiction book of the same name, was first performed by Vanessa Redgrave on Broadway in the summer of 2007. Though Didion did the writing; the director, David Hare, and Redgrave herself were intimately part of the production process. Recently, we [...]
Dominick Dunne: Up Close and Personal
June 24, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The following is a write-up of the Dominick Dunne event, which took place this past Monday evening: _____ Monday evening, Didion’s brother-in-law, producer, writer, and victim’s rights activist. Dominick Dunne was joined by Jason Tyrrell of IndiePix Films and co-director Kirsty de Garis at the Borders Bookstore in Columbus Circle to discuss the newly-released documentary, [...]
The Party After The Party, And You're Invited
June 17, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Didion’s brother-in-law, Dominick Dunne is the subject of a biographical film, in which Didion is featured. The film is entitled, “Dominick Dunne: After the Party.” In the film, Vanity Fair’s more notorious celebrity journalist considers his life from childhood and heroism in World War II to his rise and ultimate fall in Hollywood, as well [...]
Didion Speaks: “It took me a long time to realize I was trying to come to terms with my failure to understand”
May 14, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The reports are in on Joan Didion’s reading in Cleveland: Writer Joan Didion, whose spare, piercing sensibility has colored American culture for 40 years, talked about her craft Tuesday evening at the Ohio Theatre in Cleveland. At age 74, Didion’s fierceness in print contrasts with her fragility in person; she stumbled as she stepped up [...]
Author Joan Didion comes to Cleveland for Writers Center Stage series
May 10, 2009 By Leave a Comment
From Cleveland.com In her 1968 book of essays called “Slouching Towards Bethlehem,” Joan Didion wrote: “My only advantage as a reporter is that I am so physically small, so temperamentally unobtrusive, and so neurotically inarticulate that people tend to forget that my presence runs counter to their best interests. And it always does.” As one [...]
Boise Reading Cancelled; Didion "Hospitalised"
May 8, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Joan Didion will not be coming to Boise for The Cabin’s visiting author series, according to the Idaho Statesman yesterday. “Ms. Didion was hospitalized briefly this week and has been advised not to travel for the May 14 event,” said director Paul Shaffer. The event had been due to take place months ago, but was [...]
Joan Didion Reads At Tulane
April 7, 2009 By 2 Comments
Joan Didion read from “The Year of Magical Thinking” last night at Tulane University. One attendee wrote on her Twitter: “Didion wears black tights and camel colored Uggs. Her voice is dry w/o emotion…” To go to the Tulane Creative Writing blog, click here. This is an excerpt from The Times – Picayune blog about [...]
"I Had To Justify The Emerald": Joan Didion Attends Kelly Writers House
March 31, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Joan Didion attended the Kelly Writers House at UPenn on March 30th/31st 2009. *** Click here to read an article about this in the Daily Pennsylvanian. *** INTERVIEW LISTEN to an audio recording of the interview: here Click here to stream the Quicktime video of an interview with Joan Didion, conducted by Al Filreis. READING LISTEN to an [...]
