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kate (more corn?)

I am here for Friends

About Me

kate's my name, see. I have brown hair. and my favorite way to walk is the regular, walking way. and I love grey gardens. it's a little scary how much. ....

My Interests

musical theatre, shakespeare, singing, dancing, acting, playing the piano and guitar, myrna loy pictures, doris day the early years, the french language, travelling to europe, Oxford, and my theatre company, Light Hat Productions. Also, my cats named "Sarah" and "Sky". Here's a slide show of my photos 'cause technology is neat.

I'd like to meet:

stephen sondheim, cary grant, katharine hepburn, myrna loy, big and little edie, barbara stanwyck, angela lansbury, patti lupone, christine ebersole, and myrna loy again. I don't want to meet George W. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

Music:

musical theatre, big band, andrews sisters, rosemary clooney, doris day, nat king cole, girly power songs (like jen grinels... or pink sometimes if i'm particularly moody), some REM songs, some Billy Joel, but mostly showtunes. Like Side by Side and Oklahoma. I can't ever get enough Rogers and H.

Movies:

grey gardens, any myrna loy movie, william powell movies with myrna loy, barbara stanwyck movies, the philadelphia story, born yesterday with judy holliday, state and main, calendar girls, the sound of music, a mighty wind, waiting for guffman, his girl friday, pride and prejudice the six hour one, everything is illuminated, the pajama game, gosford park, mary poppins, postcards from the edge, holiday, fred and ginger movies, and um............. i'm out. ask again later.

Television:

House! House! House!, project runway, west wing (the first four years), friends, george burns and gracie allen, BBC shows, Boston Legal, Gilmore Girls, and The Golden Girls (god bless Lifetime, television for women and gay men).

Books:

harry potter, norton anthology of poetry, playing shakespeare, life of pi, gracie, pride and prejudice, return of the native, the prime of miss jean brodie, reason for hope, ya-ya sisterhood, angela's ashes, david mamet plays, the hours, robert frost anthologies, mark strand poems, ee cummings anthologies, music books with chords so I can play them with my mediocre guitar and piano skills. here's the best quote found on the inside cover of a book: edith beale has read this book--and says, any other person who reads it is an ass!

Heroes:

myrna loy, my mom, emma thompson, little edie, christine ebersole, patti lupone, angela lansbury, gracie allen, jane austen, joanna gleason, jane goodall, steve martin, allison janney, gandhi, hillary clinton, my dead grandmother (god rest her soul) and... um... lynn redgrave.