Man and Boy

Went to the Roundabout Theatre Company's proiduction of Terence Rattigan,s 'Man and Boy'.  It's at the American Airlines theater on 42nd Street.  Frank Langella gives a great performance.  I also enjoyed the actor who played his son, Adam Driver.  It is directed by Maria Aitken who did 'The 39 Steps' on broadway and a lot of other work in New York and London.
Terence Rattigan, [6/10/11-11/30/77] who was gay and out only to his close friends, has also written 'The Winslow Boy', 'Separate Tables', 'The Browning Version', 'The Deep Blue Sea', and the screenplays for 'The Prince and the Showgirl', 'The VIPs', 'The Yellow Rolls Royce' and 'Goodbye Mr. Chips'. 

At the movies I saw 'Tree of Life', not my cup of tea.  I watched one hour and it was like watching clips from the TV show NOVA without dialogue.  One scene has Sean Penn walking through the corridor of a large corporation in a big city like Chicago.  Then next time you see him he's walking through the desert.  No dialogue, no explanation.  Maybe it was supposed to be an homage to Michelangelo Antonioni. 
Also not for me is Clint Eastwood's 'J. Edgar'.  Too long, too slow and most importantly it's dishonest.  He makes him sympathetic.  No way that the man who kept secrets and who used those those secrets to destroy innocent people like Jean Seberg is a sympathetic character.
What I did like very much was 'The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill'.  It's a documentary about a homeless man who becomes interested in a group of wild parrots.  He befriends the parrots, feeding and caring for them, and they give his life purpose.

Saw and heard Christine Ebersole and the Aaron Weinstein trio at Birdland.  Wonderful!!  He plays the violin to accompany her as she sings.  First time I've heard them together.  He's 26 and remarkable.  Bought Ebersole's new CD of Noel Coward songs.  She has 2 tony awards for 'Grey Gardens' and '42nd Street'.  
I'm feeling much better the last couple of days.  Finally, after weeks, I got around to cleaning the house.  Really gave the bathroom a good scrubbing.  When I finished both boys went to their kitty litter and then laid down on the bathroom floor and stared at me.  I guess they were relieved in more ways then one.