This Is NOT About "Law And Order," Darlings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                           Girls, you may recall awhile back my posting of the Daniel Radcliffe show, "Every Brilliant Thing."  His charm and energy were not only galvanizing, but his personality gave this show, dealing with hard topics like depression and suicide not only gravitas and humor but a warmth.  I loved it.

                             But if you want to see it properly, darlings, do so before May 24.  Because that will be Radcliffe's last performance.

                             Watching the play, I thought what it might be like should a woman perform it.  Could it hold up under a change of gender?   I started thinking of my personal choice--Celia Keenan -Bolger, who would provide the warmth and comfort it needs.

                                  But, oh no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Someone--stupid enough! --had the bright idea of inserting Mariska Hargitay into this play.  After twenty plus years of playing dour Olivia Benson, like a character out of a Joan Didion novel, she chooses to make her Broadway debut in this?  Are you kidding me?

                                   Even she admits she has never set foot on a stage!  And so, she takes on a one-person show?  She is indeed biting off more than she can chew, and after her fans go, I am not sure how long this play will run.  Sure, they are going for a name, but can she act?  From twenty years of the Law And Order" franchise, I am not sure.

                                      So many more worthy actresses could have stepped into this.  Why she? 

                                     Hell, even Jinx Monsoon would have been better!  Or Mike Myers as Linda Richman, or Madonna as her friend Liz Rosenberg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                      But Mariska Hargitay?  Time will tell!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                      If only I had followed my dream into casting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!