Vanessa Redgrave Speaks About Personal Loss

Written by Cillian Murphy on June 11, 2010
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Vanessa Redgrave, the Academy Award-winning actress, recently gave an interview to BBC Radio 4 in which she spoke about the death of three members of her immediate family in the last year and a half. In March of last year, Redgrave’s daughter, the actress Natasha Richardson, died following a skiing accident. She was 45. Then, [...]

Two Interviews with Didion

Written by Cillian Murphy on May 30, 2010
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Watch a rare interview from the 1970′s with Tom Brokaw and Joan Didion. Didion discusses the power of writing and her love for California. Joan Didion talks with Today show host Katie Couric about the death of her husband and daughter, as recounted in her book The Year of Magical Thinking. (2005)

Norris Church Mailer Names “The Year of Magical Thinking” As One of Her Five Favorite Memoirs.

Written by Cillian Murphy on May 1, 2010
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Norris Church Mailer, Norman Mailer’s wife of 33 years, has named “The Year of Magical Thinking” as one of her five favorite memoirs of all time. Her list was compiled for The Wall Street Journal‘s “Five Best” series, where she writes: In “The Year of Magical Thinking,” Joan Didion shows she is the stuff of which [...]

Vanessa Redgrave benefit revives ‘Magical Thinking’ role

Written by Cillian Murphy on October 22, 2009

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

Written by Cillian Murphy on October 8, 2009
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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 [...]

'TYoMT: The Play' Now In Hartford, Where "Memories Kept Flooding Back"

Written by Admin on April 25, 2009

In a New York Times article, published on April 22nd, 2009, Joan Didion comments on the news that her play, “The Year of Magical Thinking”, is being performed by TheatreWorks  in Hartford, Connecticut, where her deceased husband, the writer John Gregory Dunne grew up.  “It was fantastically green,” Ms. Didion, 74, recalled last month in a telephone [...]

New Dates Announced for Vanessa Redgrave's Performance of "The Year of Magical Thinking: The Play"; Joan Didion and David Hare Will Attend.

Written by Admin on March 27, 2009
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  The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in New York has announced new dates for a special charity performance of “The Year of Magical Thinking: The Play” starring Vanessa Redgrave. The date had been set for April, but was delayed due to the unexpected death of Natasha Richardson, Redgrave’s daughter. It will now [...]

Vanessa Redgrave Says Show Must Go On, Just Not Yet

Written by Admin on March 23, 2009
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Vanessa Redgrave will go ahead with a special performance of The Year of Magical Thinking – a one-woman stage show based on Joan Didion’s wrenching account of losing her husband and daughter — despite daughter Natasha Richardson’s recent death, the New York Post reports (incorrectly). The performance at New York’s Cathedral at St. John the Divine is scheduled for [...]