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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I want to thank Neil Thackaberry for wanting to
quote my radio review of <EM>The Year Of Magical Thinking </EM>on
NEohioPAL. It will be broadcast a few times on WJCU-FM (88.7) this
week.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I sent Neil an mp3 of the segment, and in the
translation from the mp3 to the NEohioPAL email, a few things got
lost. <BR>So out of respect for the performance, the original draft of
the piece appears below. It's a little longer than the mp3 translation. These
Arts On The Heights segments are locked into a 90-second format. I write what I
think is 90 seconds worth of words and then record it. I usually have
to edit it down as I did with this piece.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Please note that I am writing for the spoken word.
These pieces are not necessarily written to be read on a page like other
reviews. Examples of other Arts On The Heights segments can be found on
wjcu.org.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Uncle Fred has been my radio name for the last 19
years on WJCU. In addition to Arts On The Heights, I welcome you to tune in
Sunday nights for the best in folk and acoustic music from 9:00PM to midnight.
In addition, don't forget the Irish Music Marathon on St. Patrick's Day from
6:00AM to midnight.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks,<BR>Fred Dolan</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Arts On The Heights</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Visiting The Folks</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>WJCU-FM 88.7 & wjcu.org</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hello,
</SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Cleveland</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">This is Uncle Fred for Arts On The
Heights.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I was invited to a recent
performance of Joan Didion’s <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Year Of
Magical Thinking</I> at the Actors’ </SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Summit</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> in
</SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hudson</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The one woman performance is based
on Joan Didion’s book of the same name where she recounts the death of her
husband and the eventual death of their only daughter after a prolonged severe
illness. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Since Didion is a writer and writers
experience life to distill it onto a page, the whole tone of the play is
analytical rather than emotional. Didion examines the details of her husband’s
death, the details of her child’s illness in an attempt to try to establish some
sort of control in situations that are beyond it.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">For the audience, it’s almost like
rubbernecking a bad accident on the freeway. We are detached from the actual
event, but in the back of our minds, we know that only by the grace of God or
dumb luck that it could have been us. Fascinated, we can’t resist
looking at the carnage.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Alone onstage for 90 minutes, Mary
Jo Alexander delivers a finely nuanced performance and is fascinating to watch
as she clinically examines these devastating, life-altering events, and all the
while we sit there thinking about how we will react when it’s our turn as she
tells us at the beginning of the play that “This too will happen to
you.”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The Year Of Magical
Thinking</SPAN></I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
has four more performances at Actors Summit in
</SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hudson</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> - this Thursday thru Sunday, March
1 and additional information can be found at
actorssummit.org.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">For Arts On The Heights, this is
Uncle Fred reminding you that any day at the theater is a good
day.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></FONT></DIV>
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