Winter comes to Brooklyn. First the rain and the darkness at noon, then the snow, flashing through the glow of the campus lamppost-lights, and blinding you as you cross the road in front of the snowblind Brooklyn traffic. The semester is almost over – at last! (15 weeks of it, 3 or 4 weeks too long for sustained concentration, compared to Cambridge’s 8-week semesters, rushing past.) On the positive side: heartening conversations with Conrad and Edward, two of my best students. My weekly work on the musical with Jimmy proceeds well; he has composed some quite wonderful melodies for Act 2. By the time we eventually finish will there still be anyone left who has heard of Rex Harrison? Or Hollywood? Or musical comedy? On Tuesday a lovely evening with Eric Idle, one of my oldest and dearest friends (see June 6 2014 blog), in town for the New York premiere of Not The Messiah and in good spirits but saddened by the loss of two close pals, Robin Williams and Mike Nichols.
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