Rarely in life do you get a chance to express thanks to a "big" celebrity, especially if you're not rich and famous yourself. But one of the great things about being in New York is that, if you hang in there, you can make it happen.
My big chance this time was yesterday at a press reception for the nominees for the New York Drama Desk Awards. Unlike the Tonys, which only gives out awards to people on Broadway, the Drama Desk nominates from all theater productions in New York, including a little one man show on 30th Street called "Character Man," featuring on Jim Brochu.
The person I most wanted to meet, among the nominees, was Bryan Cranston who is in town with "All The Way," a masterful piece of theater where he plays LBJ. Reader, you may remember when I wrote about this before, how I saw, in the bio in his program, the name of my friend, the late Louan Gideon.
We got there pretty early in the process, not wanting to miss anything.
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| Jim Brochu with the great Broadway character Man, Danny Burstein. |
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| Checking in! |
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| Jim's official certificate. Drama Desk Awards. Outstanding Solo Performance. |
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| Next: The red carpet! Note: I have no pics of him doing this because I got myself into all the photos. Loving spouse! |
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| Except when interviewed by people like Richie Ridge. |
When I finally saw Bryan Cranston, we ran up to him and told him all about Louan and how much it meant to me that he mentioned her in his bio.
He said, "She my angel. I think of her every time I'm about to go out onto that stage."
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