Ethel Barrymore Theatre. Broadway’s newest opening. “The Inheritance.” A two-part, seven-hour triumph. Writer, talented Matthew Lopez. Director, multibrilliant Stephen Daldry. The AIDS-related story brought out more stars than the Planetarium.
Cold, windy night. Easy, pleasant Jimmy Fallon — no coat, sweater, gloves, boots — stood outside hello-ing even strangers walking by. Then: “It’s the only reason I come to the theater — to catch people for my show.” So about Thanksgiving? “I’m in the parade. On an Entenmann’s float. I’m a dancing doughnut.”
Andy Cohen. Spit-shined shoes. Gray flannel jacket. Matching pants. Coordinated coat. Black shirt and tie. Looking better than his crappy “Housewives of New York.” So, Thanksgiving? “St. Louis, my hometown. First time my son’s meeting the family.”
Glenn Close: “Inviting people I love. I’m going to cook. This holiday’s my favorite. [Forget going] straight from Halloween to Christmas, what’s great about this is people can’t monetize it like they do Christmas. It’s just simply everybody eats.”
Tina Fey: “Going to Philly to be with my mother and brother. But I don’t cook.” Pointing to husband Jeff Richmond, she said: “He does the cooking.” Said Jeff: “This time I’m not.”
Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick. He said they’d do the regulation turkey. She said she’d work on doing the sides.
The VIP list misspelled Victor Garber. His handsome photo read “Victor Gaber.” Anyhow, I didn’t see him. Being I was freezing, I ran inside. Fallon was still hugging people.
“The Inheritance” is brilliant.
Please try to pay attention
Park Avenue Armory’s eighth annual Art + Design show. Before the 3 p.m. press preview, 4 p.m. VIP preview and 5 p.m. vernissage preview, David Geffen got his own lone superprivate tour. Wealth equals stealth … “Fiddler on the Roof” Yiddish-style has been booked in Sydney … A film called “Knives Out” is coming. To make everyone happy and feel friendly, Jamie Lee Curtis handed the whole cast silver spoons.
Prince or pea
Now, about handy dandy Prince Andy’s sex candy. News he doesn’t sweat means he’s also randy. But who knew he’s also stupid? Besides him, there’s Harry, who once wore a swastika and now runs around with that prize-winning wife they’ll sideline in Africa. The queen needs a fix-it and not just for Brexit.
Priority check
People are starving, dying, homeless, addicted. The elderly can’t afford medication, the young are committing suicide, the underemployed can’t afford health care, businesses closing, inner cities decaying, colleges indebting our youth, diseases rampant, the world exploding. There are fires, hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, wars, starvation. Humanity’s sick, hungry, aging, murdered. No funds to help in catastrophes — and Pelousy and her robbin’ hoods are blowing millions on their hate.
In 1866, Mark Twain wrote: “No man’s life, liberty or property is safe while the legislature is in session.”
Winston Churchill — I don’t know when he said it, I wasn’t there at the time — but he said: “The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings. The inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.”
He: “It’s coming Thanksgiving. Let’s even be grateful for all the little things.” She: “Like what?” He: “Like my lifetime pension lasting out the week.”
Only in New York, kids, only in New York.