ELIZABETH
I've love and admired her all my life...from "National Velvet" to "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf." Through the marriages, through the tragedies, through the AIDS activism, through it all. She was a true movie icon. She was what a movie star should be.
In 1964, I stood near her waiting limousine in front of the Lunt-Fontaine theater to get a glimpse of her emerging with her husband Richard Burton, who was appearing in "Hamlet." She did not disappoint, waving to the crowd as she and Burton entered the limo and sped off into the night.
In 1981, "The Little Foxes" by Lillian Hellman was revived on Broadway at the Martin Beck Theater (since renamed the Al Hirshfeld) with Ms.Taylor making her Broadway debut. She garnered good reviews and it was a sold out run. And Fabian and I were lucky enough to see it.
After the show, sometimes she and fellow performer Maureen Stapleton would retire to a theatrical "watering hole" in the neighborhood for a nightcap or a bowl of chili. One such time, she was seated at the bar next to a friend of mine, John Amero. Being quite dumbstruck at the sight of her, he finally blurted out. "I loved you in "Boom." (Probably one of her worst movies.) She shrieked with laughter so loud that the staff came running.
Still later, in 1983, she appeared with Richard Burton in a production of Noel Coward's "Private Lives" (with Burton once again appearing at the Lunt-Fontaine). And we were there as well. This time, however, the critics were not as kind which prompted Fabian to write her a letter telling her how much we enjoyed it. This was her response...... M-G-M taught her well.
They don't make them like this anymore!
In 1964, I stood near her waiting limousine in front of the Lunt-Fontaine theater to get a glimpse of her emerging with her husband Richard Burton, who was appearing in "Hamlet." She did not disappoint, waving to the crowd as she and Burton entered the limo and sped off into the night.
In 1981, "The Little Foxes" by Lillian Hellman was revived on Broadway at the Martin Beck Theater (since renamed the Al Hirshfeld) with Ms.Taylor making her Broadway debut. She garnered good reviews and it was a sold out run. And Fabian and I were lucky enough to see it.
Still later, in 1983, she appeared with Richard Burton in a production of Noel Coward's "Private Lives" (with Burton once again appearing at the Lunt-Fontaine). And we were there as well. This time, however, the critics were not as kind which prompted Fabian to write her a letter telling her how much we enjoyed it. This was her response...... M-G-M taught her well.
They don't make them like this anymore!
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