This, that, the Other: Metcalf with frequent co-star Boutsikaris

I've been on a theater-going tear lately, but one of the experiences that stood out for me was The Other Place, a new play by Sharr White starring Laurie Metcalf, Dennis Boutsikaris, Aya Cash and John Schiappa and directed by Joe Mantello.

Randomly, after having just seen her on the street the other day, I found out the gifted Laurie Metcalf was participating in a reading of some of The Other Place, a new play by Sharr White in which she'll star at the Lucille Lortel here in Manhattan starting March 11.

Leslie Glass in the house!

I showed up at the Drama Bookshop on W. 40th to find a group of theater nerds milling none-too-casually near the door to the basement, where the reading would happen. Finally, they let us down, and while I was the third person to find a seat, I was also "that guy" who insisted on holding a seat for my arriving-late partner. No one was freaking out about it, so they must've take "a Valium...like a normal person!"

The set-up was Metcalf and her handsome playwright reading a brief but extremely intriguing scene from The Other Place, following by Metcalf and handsome actor Chris Stack reading two scenes from White's Six Years.