Robert Carlyle, of \”The Full Monty\” and \”Angela\’s Ashes\” fame, gives a striking performance in the title role of the CBS miniseries \”Hitler: The Rise of Evil.\”
Fertility therapy, Jewish identity, pressure to marry, single parenting. All are themes that flow through both the personal life and creative work of playwright Wendy Wasserstein, who won a Pulitzer Prize and Tony in 1998 for \”The Heidi Chronicles.\”
In a rare peek behind the curtains on Broadway, Wasserstein will share some scenes out of her own theater experience at the Newport Beach Public Library on Jan. 23 at 7 p.m. The $36 cost per person includes a complimentary copy of Wasserstein\’s latest book, \”Shiksa Goddess (Or How I Spent My Forties),\” essays chronicling challenges facing contemporary women in America.
What I could never have known at the time, as I sat glumly in the back seat of my parents car on that long drive to a new, unknown life, was that Sacramento would provide me with some of the greatest experiences of my life.
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