Post by Edith S. Baker on Aug 10, 2010 13:12:33 GMT -4
hudsonette, on August 8, 2010, wrote this on Twitter:
These were a number of tweets that I collated into one cohesive post.
I just had a wonderful chat with Michael Emerson aka "Ben" on LOST while riding the shuttle to Grand Central.
I said "You look like Michael Emerson." He looked up from the Times, smiled & said "Yes, I'm often told that.
I said: "I must tell you. You are my favorite Oscar Wilde." He beamed & thanked me. I could tell he hadn't expected me to say that.
I said it was the first play I saw when I came to NYC and it was such a striking performance it started my love of the theater.
He said it was his debut theater role in NY. I told him I saw him in Hedda Gabler - he was good but I didn't like the production.
He agreed the production had "issues." I said I was aware he went off to do LOST, thinking "good, they're using his talents!" & he laughed.
I said that I've seen many plays since, but his performance as Oscar Wilde still stays with me and I hope he'll return to the theater.
He said he'd like to but he has vocal problems & didn't know if he could commit to 8 performances a week - he didn't want to be afraid that his voice wouldn't be able to handle it. We agreed that it takes so much stamina to be on Broadway.
The shuttle to Grand Central is a short ride. When the doors opened, I told him I was happy to meet him, he said yes, happy to meet you too and we went off on our separate ways. I like that about New York. It's always nice to be able to tell a professional that their work had meaning for you - be it an actor, musician or teacher. They like it.
I said "You look like Michael Emerson." He looked up from the Times, smiled & said "Yes, I'm often told that.
I said: "I must tell you. You are my favorite Oscar Wilde." He beamed & thanked me. I could tell he hadn't expected me to say that.
I said it was the first play I saw when I came to NYC and it was such a striking performance it started my love of the theater.
He said it was his debut theater role in NY. I told him I saw him in Hedda Gabler - he was good but I didn't like the production.
He agreed the production had "issues." I said I was aware he went off to do LOST, thinking "good, they're using his talents!" & he laughed.
I said that I've seen many plays since, but his performance as Oscar Wilde still stays with me and I hope he'll return to the theater.
He said he'd like to but he has vocal problems & didn't know if he could commit to 8 performances a week - he didn't want to be afraid that his voice wouldn't be able to handle it. We agreed that it takes so much stamina to be on Broadway.
The shuttle to Grand Central is a short ride. When the doors opened, I told him I was happy to meet him, he said yes, happy to meet you too and we went off on our separate ways. I like that about New York. It's always nice to be able to tell a professional that their work had meaning for you - be it an actor, musician or teacher. They like it.
These were a number of tweets that I collated into one cohesive post.
