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I too seethe with envy at anyone who gets to see this show at opening. I'd saw off my right arm for a ticket. I've read the book twice, shortly after my father died, and was enormously moved by Didion's words. The idea of Redgrave putting them on stage is electric with possibilties.

Wow. I may have to go to NYC this summer after all...

For anyone who has not read it, this book is an incredible experience. A book about dealing with death has never been so full of vitality.

Anyone else may have made me cringe, but Vanessa Redgrave is one of few who could even come close to bringing this complex work to life...

I know this all sounds a little precious, but it's very exciting!

I read this book about a month and a half after my mom passed away, under very similar circumstances to Ms. Didion's late husband. I spent the weekend crying and reading, going through her mourning process as I began mine. To see this on stage would be haunting and powerful. If I could afford a trip to NYC, I would definately see it! It is encouraging to see such a taboo subject brought out into the open... no one before seemed to want to touch the idea of grief in such an honest, realistic light.

Vanessa Redgrave is an actress and a damn fine one at that. One would assume that she would be able to become as much like Joan Didion as possible, if that's what the director and playwright expect of her. So, whatever.