My Way of Life-The Birds Benefit in Hollywood

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The Birds Benefit in Hollywood, originally uploaded by Hell In A Handbag.
The 3 Cathy Brenners…Ed Jones (Chicago Cathy), Hal Perry, Los Angeles Cathy and Veronica Cartwright (the orginal and only female Cathy Brenner).

Tippi speaks

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Tippi speaks, originally uploaded by Joan Jr..
Tippi looking FINE.

The Birds Q & A

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The Birds Q & A, originally uploaded by Joan Jr..
That big gay blur is me in a post show discussion with from left, Eric Bunton (Lydia/Jessica Tandy), Lori Evans Taylor (Tippi Hedren/Melanie Daniels), Kelly Ann [...]

David and Tippi

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David and Tippi, originally uploaded by Joan Jr..
Flowers on stage…

Ed meets Tippi

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Ed meets Tippi, originally uploaded by Joan Jr..
Ed Jones, the orginal Chicago Cathy Brenner stalks, I mean ‘meets’ Tippi Hedren.

My Way of Life- Take a bow

Take a bow, originally uploaded by David Cerda
The final bow for the The ROAR Foundation benefit performance of The Birds!
I kept pinching myself. Here I was with Chris, Ed Jones, and Brian Kalz, talking to a very funny Veronica Cartwright about her first interview with Alfred Hitchock. The Alfred Hitchcock. You see, Veronica was in [...]

My Way of Life

I was pleasantly surprised to read an article in Time Out Chicago last night entitled
They Was Robbed…Our (Affectionate) Rebuttal to the Jeff Citation Nominations
Other notable neglectees include Joey Steakley and Robyn Senchak who transcended the genre of parody performance in Hell in a Handbag’s, SCARRIE-The Musical…
People are so kind… Of course we all know [...]

My Way of Life

My Way of Life, originally uploaded by Hell In A Handbag.
Join Handbag’s very own Brigitte Ditmars in a heartwarming musical about life and the choices we make in Open Eye’s ASSASSINS, An Upside Down Musical. NO, wait, it’s just ASSASSINS penned by a fellow named Stephen Sondheim presented by Open Eye Productions. Who could forget [...]

My Way of Life

Rockin’ Merrie, originally uploaded by Hell In A Handbag.
Dyslexic Trekkie or Merrie Greenfield giving the international symbol for Party Girl? You decide. Or you can ask her when you go to see her in WNEP’s Invasion of The Minnesota Normals. Miss Greenfield is the LEAD normal. Now that’s acting!
Invasion of the Minnesota Normals
May 11 – [...]

My Upside Down Way of Life

My Upside Down Way of Life, originally uploaded by Joan Jr.. Picture from The Poseidon Adventure.com
Today the New York Times article on the cult of The Poseidon Adventure came out and it was really wonderful to see our favorite film with the big fancy New York Times write-up by the very nice Thomas Vinciguerra. I [...]