Erika's Annex Page 371 - Alexandra - Superstar!

When the synopsis of a play promises the story of a life from boyhood to womanhood, moi has to check it out, or at least send faithful sidekick Tintin to do so. So it was with the one woman show "Before I Disappear", at the Avery Schreiber Theatre in North Hollywood, or NoHo as those of us in the know refer to it as. Accompanying Tintin was moi's friend "N", adding color to the event, due to his professed anonymity (or was it androgynosity?).

Tintin (above, obviously) and "N" (right), POSE with the playbill to establish the scene

Then there was a couple of hours of solo theatrical performance. The audience laughed, it cried, there was DRAMA, there was singing, and at the end, everyone felt exhausted but empowered, drained but exalted, emotional but elated (or so Tintin tells moi)

After the show, why it was time for Tintin and "N" to meet the star herself, Alexandra Billings

And what could provide a nice coda to the evening's entertainment? Well, Tintin and "N" were mere blocks away from The Lodge (it being on the edge of the NoHo Theatre District, and, parenthetically, too often the scene of its own style of drama)

Just a few shots to prove Tintin was there

And moi would have been remiss not to direct Tintin to take just that one additional shot. You know the one

Yes, THAT one. Now scurry off back to the Photopage List