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Selected Shorts: A Celebration of the Short Story
April 07, 1999
· Symphony Space, Broadway at 95th Street
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· Literature: Katherine Anne Porter, William Trevor, Gina Berriault
Symphony Space is a multidisciplinary performing arts center located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. Its mission is to create original performing arts programming and provide the local and national community a wide variety of artistic programming. 1999 was the fifteenth season of the series, presenting evenings of classic and new short stories read by Broadway and Hollywood actors. The event on April 07, 1999, hosted by Tess Gallagher, featured Mary Beth Hurt, Meryl Streep and Cherry Jones, reading "He" by Katherine Anne Porter, "Broken Homes" by William Trevor and "The Infinite Passion of Expectation" by Gina Berriault.
Production Notes
As reported by the New York Times the day after the event, Isaiah Sheffer, the cultural director of the Upper West Side theater, noted that, by the calendar, this week would be the logical time to conceive a child born on New Year’s Day 2000. He jokingly advised that any couples hoping for a Y2K baby should leave and get busy. None did, so he introduced Ms. Streep. Tucking her straight blond hair behind her ears, she set down the text of William Trevor’s “Broken Homes” on the lectern and paused for silence. “I have four children,” she said, “so I’ll be staying here tonight.”
