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Welcome back, Roberta

Friday, Apr. 26, 2002

Roberta is in New York for two weeks now. As we had announced all of you, some ex-classmates of her went together for a dinner.   Members hardly showed up on time, most of them over 30 minutes past...(as usual!?) Anyway, we had a good time, and felt sorry to leave each other.   There are more pictures in the Photo Diary 004-2 (Apr-II 2002) page.

Hiro worked at BMCC

Thursday, Apr. 25, 2002

Hiro came to work as a stage manager of a play, A Midsummer Night's Dream, held at Tribeca Performing Arts Center, located inside BMCC (Borough of Manhattan Community College). This picture was just before the play started, and Hiro was working that looked different from in a classroom... (Excuse me!)   All casts in the play were BMCC students, but the play was really great as almost professional!   There are more pictures in the Photo Diary 004-2 (Apr-II 2002) page.

Doris opened cell phone shop

Wednesday, Apr. 3, 2002

Doris opened a cell phone shop with her hubby, Joe, in midtown today. There were a lot of people whom Doris and hubby had invited stopped by the shop, congratulated them and were treated food.   The shop is located at 9th Ave., between 55th & 56th St.   Seung June came to here, too, and we ate a lot until full of stomachs.

J&D TELE.COM, INC. 850W. 9th Ave., New York, NY 10019 (212) 459-1156     The man far behind Doris is her husband, Joe. And, the name of shop must be named from their names: Joe & Doris!

The reviews of "The Goat" come out

Monday, Mar. 11, 2002

Edward Albee's The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? has opened yesterday. Here are its reviews from some newspapers. (excerpt)

The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? written by Edward Albee directed by David Esbjornson WITH: Bill Pullman (Martin)          Mercedes Ruehl (Stevie)          Stephen Rowe (Ross)          Jeffrey Carlson (Billy)

The New York Times: A Secret Paramour Who Nibbles Tin Cans - by Ben Brantley   ' "The Goat" is about a profoundly unsettling subject, which for the record is not bestiality but the irrational, confounding and convention-thwarting nature of love. The form this force takes in "The Goat" is beyond a joke.'   ' "The Goat" is short (100 minutes, no intermission) and, in terms of story, simple. It is also by Mr. Albee's cryptic standards remarkably straightforward.'   However, 'there is too much repetition of message-hammering speeches and exchanges and too little of the breathless dramatic momentum for which Mr. Albee can usually be relied on, even in a work as baffling as "Tiny Alice," '   All in all, 'Four decades after "Virginia Woolf" sent shock waves through the mainstream theater, Mr. Albee still asks questions that no other major American dramatist dares to ask.'

NEW YORK POST: It isn't kid stuff - by Clive Barnes http://www.nypost.com/theatre/031102.htm

'As defiantly shocking as Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" years ago, his new show not only embraces every four-letter word common on HBO, but takes as its subject the last taboo, bestiality.'   Indeed, 'That said, "The Goat" is unquestionably one of the wittiest and funniest plays Albee has ever written.'   (According to an attached article "Booty & the beast," bestiality appeared as far back as 520 B.C. in Greek, and reoccurs from time to time, from place to place in history.)

Village VOICE: ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - by Michael Feingold http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0211/feingold.php

'One of the easiest plays in decades to burlesque and ridicule, Edward Albee's The Goat is also one most likely to be talked about seriously - angrily, ferociously - for years to come.'   'Between 1840 and 1920, nearly every working playwright in Paris, London, Vienna, Berlin, Budapest, and New York wrote a version of this story; Albee's brilliant way of extending its boundaries had to wait for our own transgressive time.'   'Here Albee proves his mettle by investing his familiar word games with a newly fierce relevance.'

USA TODAY: A perverse Albee gloats in 'Goat' - by Elysa Gardner http://www.usatoday.com/life/theater/2002/2002-03-11-the-goat.htm   'Edward Albee has accomplished something even more perversely impressive. Albee recently told a reporter that he wrote Goat to test "the limits of tolerance" in theatergoers, musing, "I suppose some people will be offended and enraged." '   'Albee does succeed in challenging our tolerance.'

Shocking! Edward Albee's new play

Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2002

What a play! This The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? is pursuing a completely new subject on Broadway. Martin and his wife, Stevie, have a good relationship with each other, including their son Billy. But, one day, Martin's affair with Sylvia is disclosed! He says he loves Sylvia as much as Stevie. Who is Sylvia? What will happen to Martin and Stevie?

As well as Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, it's obvious that this The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? will change Broadway again. I strongly recommend that you see this historical, controversial play!! There are Student Rush Tickets available, see the Theatre Class Home Page.   I went to see it tonight, as the opening day of its preview. Surprisingly, I met Mr. Edward Albee himself!!! See the Photo Diary 002 (Feb 2002) page.

Doris will become a mother!

Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2002

Congratulations! Doris is expecting her first baby. She is in her fifth month of her pregnancy now and going to give a birth in June.   "I'm happy. My father-in-law is also very happy. He cooks for me every day," she said joyfully. "But, all my friends say, my face is ugly now. That's a big problem!!" adding irritatingly. It's so funny, Doris! But it's not true actually. Let's take a look at this picture!   And, in order to avoid getting electromagnetic waves, she is less likely to check her email out. Please say "congratulations" to her via phone instead of email.