33 variations

LIFE AS PARENTHESIS

I feel I am in the middle of a parenthesis. Part of it, I’m sure, is that I feel an emptiness inside me where Dr Katherine Brandt used to reside. ( she was the character I played in “33 Va...

A Festive Farewell to Los Angeles by Dick Pollack

excerpt from the blog “You’re Only Old Once” click for complete article 33 Variations, the play that brought Diane to Los Angeles in early January, ended its limited run on March 6 and the...

IT TAKES A LONG TIME

I have gone through much of my Iife thinking that things are best, most enticing and exciting, when they are fresh and new. I always thought my best work as an actress was at the first blush. I never ...

CLOSING NIGHT

It was bittersweet. We have had a glorious run and much fun. We became a sort of family, and the wonderful audiences some of whom came back to see it again and again—it can take several viewings...

MARCH 1ST

I cannot believe that last night I went out with Wanda Sykes, her partner Laura, Mo Ostin and his sons and daughter-in-law and Robbie Robertson (The Band), and Richard, all of whom had just seen the p...

ODDS AND ENDS

Just so my blog readers know, yesterday’s story about my friends Diana Dunn and Sue Sally is not finished. For some reason, the ending got left off. I have been trying to deal with it via my pal...

WORKING BACKWARDS

Feb 24th Yesterday, We had a 10:45 am show for 2000 10th, 11th, 12th graders from public schools all over Los Angeles. Here are some photos I took of the audience when, after the show, the cast all ca...

MY GRANDSON SENT ME AN EMAIL TODAY!!

He is 11 years and he has never sent me an email. He lives in Atlanta and I now live in Los Angeles. So I miss him terribly. I gave him an ipad for Christmas hoping we could correspond. Well, today it...

OUR FIRST FOUR SHOW WEEKEND

It’s challenging to do two two-show days back to back. In New York we have 2 shows on Saturday and Wednesday but the Ahmanson is way downtown and I imagine it’s hard for people to get here...

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