Back in town from a week in exile with the Georgia-Carolina contingent of Clan Tboy. Turns out that Tboy's sister, who's a stay-at-home mom, watches The View now and then.
So there's Tboy, struggling mightily to survive in a household with three nephews shrieking at various decibel levels and nothing but decaf in the pantry, and Rosie O'Donnell's mooning over James Brolin and by extension his lovely wife, which just makes everyone in the room a little ill. So we were about to bail out of The View, but then somebody said something about Jeffrey Carlson, so we didn't. Because Tboy knows all about Taboo and all, and he's heard something about Carlson doing All My Children, but he's vague on the details, and besides it's the day after Christmas and he can't go to the party Chez Mendenhall because he's in Augusta, so why bother changing the channel?
Aaaaaaanyway. So we watch Carlson, and it turns out he's playing this transgender rock star on All My Children, so it's like Taboo again, only not so much. And all Tboy could think watching this interview was, Gee, are those his eyebrows, or the character's?
Also: He's going to make an interesting Hamlet.
It's a couple of minutes in, after the blah-blah-blah at the table. Enjoy.
"Also: He's going to make an interesting Hamlet."
I've missed something... what's that all about? where? when? It would be a very interesting turn...
Posted by: HWhitpan | Wednesday, 03 January 2007 at 10:56
He's due back at the Shakespeare Theatre toward the end of this season, unless he's canceled. But I've not heard anything to that effect, so I'm assuming it's still on. There was some grumbling when they announced the season, 'cause they're doing Hamlet and Richard III, both of which they've done not so long ago.
But Carlson's playing the Hamlet, and Kahn is directing Geraint Wyn Davies as the Richard, so I'm inclined to cut 'em a little slack.
Posted by: theaterboy | Wednesday, 03 January 2007 at 12:30