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New York Mysteries    August 12<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A perfectly delightful New York Saturday afternoon: lunch at Cafe Un, Deux, Trois followed by GOOD NIGHT, OSCAR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had not been in Un, Deus, Trois in years. I had remembered it as being small and intimate. Not at all. Last Saturday it was bustling and smartly jazzy. Everything was perfect: the food, the decor, the lady\u2019s room, the service. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, it\u2019s next door to the Belasco Theater. We had perfect orchestra seats. Row H 112 and 113, on the aisle. I looked around the old theater and remembered sitting in the balcony, twisting my neck so I could see the stage\u2019s far corner. The restored Tiffany lights shimmered on the various murals.\u00a0 It was the first time I\u2019d attended a theater in a few months. I chose GOOD NIGHT, OSCAR because I\u2019m one of Sean Hayes\u2019s many fans. Remember him on Will and Grace? The matinee performance was packed. Hayes\u2019s initial entrance was greeted with loud applause. The show was his. Aside from Stephanie Janssen who played Levant\u2019s martyred wife brilliantly, the other actors could have phoned in their lines. I remember Oscar Levant from An American Paris and Bandwagon. He came across as lonely and cranky. He\u2019s remembered as being witty and playing the piano.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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