Stage and screen met Saturday night. The Westport Country Playhouse’s gala was held outdoors, at the Remarkable Theater.
Doug Tirola and Mark Lamos’ short-form documentary saluted the WCP’s 90-year history, and many of the artists who have appeared onstage.
The evening included filmed performances by Playhouse alumni like Kate Baldwin, a long with Jane Alexander, Lissy Newman, Christopher Plummer, Stephen Sondheim, Richard Thomas and more.
Don’t worry about the photo below: Everyone was masked, except while eating.
(Photo/Molly Alger)
Speaking of stars:
Paul Newman, I Love Lucy, Martha Stewart, Rodney Dangerfield, Robert Ludlum, Redford, Superman, Dennis the Menace, Great Gatsby, Bewitched, Anne Hathaway, Christopher Lloyd, Helen Hunt and gazillions of others — all lived in Westport, had a show based here, or were otherwise connected to our town.
This multi-media original showing them all is now available exclusively at Westport River Gallery (corner of Riverside Avenue and Post Road West).
It was created by songwriter Frankie Vinci. His rock journey has led him to create raw, colorful pop art/mixed media pieces.
Westport Volunteer Emergency Medical Service’s annual fundraising drive is underway.
Nearly 100 volunteers and 6 full-time staff provide superb pre-hospital care to anyone living, working or passing through Westport. They give more than 18,000 hours of their time each year, responding to over 2,300 emergency calls. They also teach CPR, EMT and Stop the Bleed classes.
This year has been especially trying. Because of COVID, over 900 calls meant donning full PPE. Still, they answered the calls.
WVEMS purchases all of the equipment needed — from a box of Band-Aids to an entire, state-of-the-art ambulance. But they could not do it without us.
Tax-deductible donations make it all possible. Click here to help.
So Westport Volunteer EMS can continue to help us.
And finally … did you know that October is National Pasta Month?
I remember seeing Pete Seeger at the Playhouse around 1977 and would later see him perform along the Hudson River for the sloop Clearwater. Also apparently J.D. Salinger lived on Old Road in the 1940s, behind where New Country Lexus is now.
Thanks, Dave. According to a story I wrote in 2010, Salinger lived on South Compo: https://06880danwoog.com/2010/01/28/j-d-salinger-yeah-he-lived-in-westport-too/