Ring Of Fire

I headed up to Broadway last night, on the tickets of one of my friends who has the best connections in this city, especially since she's only been here a few months. We went to see "Ring of Fire", sat about four rows from the stage, and listened to Johnny Cash's life in song, literally. It was wonderful.This very small cast of talented country singers who had gathered together with a very simple set and learned about how much he had absorbed through his very difficult life. They gave a small biography of him in the playbill and it talked about how much he had adored his wife. And he only lived a few months after she died, which I thought was kind of nice.

My mother called last night to tell me that one of her hometown favorites had died yesterday. Her husband died back in November and when Mama saw her, said she had never looked better (for 93). But she passed soon after. Which goes back to the connection we develop with the ones we love or the ones we grow old with. It always impresses me to hear about that, to hear and understand that love is so deep it becomes physical. Yes, her body wwas getting close to giving out and a massive stroke has more to do with the mind than heart, but it still works with everything that is full circle in this world.

Johnny Cash was very much like that. He had all kinds of problems with drinking and drugs and traveling all over the country, but in the end it came down to how he felt about June Carter Cash, and how she supported him through the roughest of times and the best, something that makes me happy for them both, that they found each other when everything else is uncertain in this world. No one guarantees that you're going to find the right person to be with for your entire life. There is no guarantee that you truly will stick it out for better or for worse,but they did. I think it gives the rest of us hope.

Star spotting? Tyne Daly, Cynthia Nixon, Nathan Lane. All coming out of their productions. I spoke to Cynthia Nixon.