The frenzy of preparation for our move continues (sorting, shredding, packing, donating to Goodwill or the public library, etc.), but we did make time for a couple of outings in the past few days. Last Thursday, we went to see Assassins at Signature Theatre, whose cast features some familiar players, including our blog friend Stephen Gregory Smith as The Balladeer/Lee Harvey Oswald. I really enjoyed the show: strong performances, and as always at Signature, innovative staging. The show has been extended and will run through July 23 in Arlington.
Last night at the Warner Theatre we saw Kathy Griffin. Hilarious. I laughed pretty much the entire time. She talked about American Idol, Oprah, Tom Cruise, Scientology, and on and on. After the show, ushers were at the door handing out purple rubber bracelets that say “Help Kathy” and “OffTheDList.com.” I love it. Now if I wear it and people ask what charity or cause I’m supporting, I can say, “Kathy Griffin!” (By the way, being so busy we probably won’t make it to any of the gay pride events in D.C. this weekend, but given the audience last night–lots of gay men–you could say it was a pride event de facto. Boy, does she love her gays.) The next season of Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List starts tomorrow, June 6, on Bravo.
4 replies on “Out and about: ‘Assassins’ and Kathy Griffin”
Oh good! Scary enough when you mentioned moving, I remembered about Kathy and hoped that the show was before the move…haha! Strange what we remember. Glad you had lots of laughs… can’t wait for the new season of the D-List.
Glad to hear you liked Assassins. It is playing here in Portland and I am going this Sunday with a friend; should be fun!
Speaking of Great America, she was there a few weekends ago for Gay Day…
San Jose Gay Pride is this weekend, so you’ll miss that one too; although you’ll be living just south of San Francisco, so it’s not like you’ll miss the 365-day Gay Pride festivities in the Castro…
Huzzah for Kathy G! I’m tuning in today. BTW I got completely sucked into that Kathy Griffin website. Totally lost track of time voting all sorts of people onto the D-list, whether they deserved it or not. (Take that, Gwyneth Paltrow!)
Not at all petty or vindictive,
Rajani