The large woods/forest behind our house in rural Massachusetts. It is why my younger brother lives in Montana now near Yellowstone National Park. Too much snow though for me.
Christopher Plummer concern about playing the Captain when offered the role in the film: on Broadway, "every time Captain von Trapp opened his mouth, Mary Martin sang another song."
Maybe, but by the time I saw Sound Of Music (August, 1960), Martin must have been exhausted from playing a lead role that requires so much singing.
The somewhat interesting new biography of Mike Nichols reports Nichols envisioned a national threater company that would perform classic American plays. He hoped Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Amanda Pluimmer and Mandy Patinkin would be the core performers.
Interesting and fun. In my 20s, a friend paid back a moderate size debt. I used the money to fly to Rio and Brasilia in 1974. Had always traveled with other people before, so major learning experience.
To write Brasilia was in the middle of nowhere would be an understatement.
At some point Helen Hayes was allergic to dust and could no longer perform in theaters, perhaps the reason for television.
Later in her life, Ms. Hayes regretted no longer Acting in person
Art Museums (Philadelphia Museum of Art: Barnes Foundation)
I visited the Barnes yesterday and saw painting by Goya, Cezanne, Matisse, Van Gogh, Monat, Gauguin, El Greco, Monet