Monday, January 30, 2006
how unfairly play the gods
Wendy Wasserstein died early this morning at the ridiculously young age of 55. She always conveyed such cheer, intelligence and energy, such enthusiasm, especially for theater. She is quoted in the announcement on Yahoo as having said that "A play is a piece of art . . . [and] we're going to throw it out there, and we're not going to do it because we've taken 47 market polls on what the audience wants. We're doing this because this is how we see it. Theatre isn't prefabricated." Her work and her life conveyed enormous passion and delight and will be hugely missed. (And, listen. Did you see last night's SAG tribute to those who died in 2005? I'm getting sick of so many good people leaving, in case anyone cares. Who should we speak to about this?)
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