It’s all the super-touristy things I’ve been missing.ħ. I really love the Armory Art Show and wish I could’ve been there for that. I love walking around Central Park, going downtown and doing some shopping, getting dressed up and getting some fancy food. But I’m looking forward to getting back for the Tonys.
Being a Tourist in New York City I was living in an apartment in Times Square when I was doing “A Soldier’s Play,” and I can’t imagine how I’d have lived if I’d stayed in Manhattan during the pandemic. I wish I could still get on the phone and talk to him, or just have him call me up and say “Can we vent? Can I rant?” It’s not like we had this great relationship when I was younger, but we had this détente when he got older. I find myself talking, or posing questions, trying to talk to my brother about what my dad would have thought about this or that. He’s been dead for six years, and I miss being able to use him as an intellectual and spiritual sounding board. Conversations With His Late Father My father was the smartest person I knew - he went to college at 16, then went to medical school and became a psychiatrist. I used to always listen to Frank Sinatra in the car, and finally my daughter goes, “Oh, God, please don’t play that, I hate it.” I was like, “What?” I was crushed.ĥ. I used to write more songs, but now I mostly listen to old timey stuff - rhythm and blues, some musical theater.
I wrote a list of tunes I wanted to learn - mostly blues, Rob Johnson, slide guitar. It’s a release and escape from politics, the virus, all that stuff. Playing the Guitar I’ve been playing - badly - since I was 12 years old.
Buttercup is a big-boned gal - body positive! - just trying to live in her truth.Ĥ. He bays so loud - like this: - and does it all the time. Pickles is a Bluetick Coonhound, which is a hunting dog, and he is the loudest dog I’ve ever owned. My Dogs I’m a lifelong dog lover, and I have two: Mr. And this woman came up to us and goes, “I love your costumes - who are you supposed to be, a farmer?” My daughter was dying - she was like “No, that’s just what he wears.” Now I’ve weathered the tide, so I get compliments from young hipster people wherever I go. last year - she loves anime, so she was dressed as her favorite character, this Japanese fairy - and I had on these faded, vintage overalls. I went out to tea with my daughter in L.A. My teenage daughter will be like “Oh my God, you’re wearing overalls again?” I own about 40 pairs of overalls, 27 denim jackets. People were much littler in the ’50s, so to get something vintage that actually fits is such a joy.
With my hours of free time during the pandemic, I’d go through every item of clothing on eBay and started going deeper into denim - Lee, Levi’s Deadstock, All American stuff. These are edited excerpts from the conversation. When we spoke, he discussed how his backyard grove of citrus trees got him through the pandemic, the comforts of all day Sunday cooking and the roots of his love of Black art. “But there’s no Barneys anymore!” said Grier, who admitted he was craving a shopping trip to the defunct department store. But I took pictures and posted video, I was so excited - this thing was enormous!”Īfter five months north of the border playing a larger-than-life Wyoming game warden alongside Michael Dorman, Grier was looking forward to getting back to New York for the Tony Awards this week, where he’ll be up for his fourth nomination - and, he hopes, first win - for his role as a tyrannical technical sergeant in the 2020 Broadway production of “A Soldier’s Play.”
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