Hey there fellow Goddess Queens and Kings of the Blog-o-verse:)

Well, another year has passed without me updating my Blog. I was busy becomming single again, and getting back to date wieght:) I truly intend to do my best writting in my Blog today. I hope you enjoy:)

The Phili Trip of Frida love: It all began when my sister convinced me to drive to Phili for the Frida exhibit. It was the beginning of the greatest Sumer EVER!!!

I got to see all of the biggest Summer Blockbuster movies.

I got to go to my favorite place in the world... New York... the only man I've ever loved:p

Whilst in NYC, my sister and I spent the Summer of '08 going to way off Broadway preformances starring our new favorite up and comming actress, Isis King. Remember the name. She is wonderful:)

And, what would New York be without checking out the play of New York's newest resident actor, Daniel Radcliffe. My sister and I decided to check out his performance in Equus on (of all days) September 11th. Richard Griffith's (in his portrayal of Dr. Martin Dysart) stole the show. Griffith's was magnificent!!! Daniel Radcliffe plays the role of Alan Strang: a troubled youth whose reach for Devine faith dangerously melds with his mental struggle with beastiality leading him to blind a stable full of horses. In the beginning Radcliffe started off so opaquely seasoned and strong that I thought he would carry the focus of the play throughout. I however was wrong. In the center of the play, Radcliffe quickly lost focus, and the closer he came to the scenes addressing Alan's sexuality, the more he came off as a nervous, overworked teenager. In a poinient scene with Equus (the object of Alan's obsession *magnificently portrayed with artistic perfection by Lorenzo Pisoni*), there was a malfunction of a harness, to which Griffiths (a seasoned stage and screen actor) remained in character whilst Radcliffe addressed the other actor onstage to help him with the malfunctioning meconism. That, for me, was unexcusable. It would have completely ruined my voluntary suspension of disbelief if Griffiths hadn't stayed true to the character he portrayed. After the scenes that required nudity to further the story were over, Radcliffe then seemed to calm and begin to poise himself again as a professional actor. By such time it felt like it was too little too late. I came to the play to see Strang as portrayed by Radcliffe, not Daniel as portrayed by himself. I wanted Alan Strang to have developed a soothing mechanism of stroking the palm of his hand on soft surfaces. Radcliffe began to explore this method of soothing in his scenes with Equus, but it was never developed for the stressful times Alan was forced to open up in the theraphy sessions. It would have clearly added an element of connection with the audience by having Alan habitually stroke his arm or the edge of his chair to have us remember a feeling of intimacy and safety Alan felt when with Equus. I was amazed and touched by the sense of fear Alan eminated in the beginning of the play, (for the frightening act of blinding the stable horses) and I wanted to stay with that feeling of fearing Strang for a longer period of time. Another disapointment for me.

Delightfully, Anna Camp (Jill Mason) seems like the type of actress who is hungry for her craft, and therefore stays true to her character further drawing you into the play. She moves gracefully onstage, and never goes out of character even when the lights go down and the scene is over. This is magnificent, for she clearly knew that though the scene isn't over when the lights go down, but when the actors are off the stage. If she didn't stay in character and ran off of the stage in a blind fury (the way Radcliffe did after Jill and Alan's twisted love scene) the illusion would be ruined. Happily this is not the case with Anna. She is clearly a talented stage actress. Radcliffe must develop his craft ALOT more before setting another toe onstage, however I do believe him to be a brilliant actor on the big screen. Trouble is, on the stage, there is no such thing as take two.