Linda Purl in "The Year of Magical Thinking"
The Egremont Village Inn
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“[Joan] Didion adapted the book [The Year of Magical Thinking] into a solo piece...in a gravely elegant, quietly absorbing production starring the great Linda Purl,” Los Angeles Times, “A virtuoso performer of significant inner resources... transcendent... unbearably poignant,” Whether explaining her reasons for adopting the titular process, putting myriad twists on Didion's various repeated phrases and key words, or simply refusing to play for our tears, Purl reminds us anew of just how nuanced and singular an actress she is on stage. Tickets and read moreLinda Purl, born in Connecticut and raised in Japan, was the only foreigner to train at the Toho Geino Academy. She later studied in England at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art under Marguerite Beale, before returning to the United States to study at theLee StrasbergInstitute, at the Neighborhood Playhouse and, later, withRobert Lewis. Her stage credits include The Broadway musical "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "Getting and Spending", which ran on Broadway at theHelen HayesTheatre. A staple actor on television for many years, Purl is probably most known for her role as Charlene Matlock on the show Matlock. In film she had her first major movie role in the 1975 comedy Crazy Mama, where she played Cheryl, a woman on the run with her mother and grandmother.She also records jazz albums, including Out of This World, which featured a song with her ex-husband Desi Arnaz Jr.
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