I saw the National Theater of Greece's Elektra last night at City Center, from the exact same seat I saw Gypsy. It is a fine, yet reasonable, seat. The show was terrific (in Greek, with surtitles), but Maestri is right--as we have childrens' theaters, we need elders' theaters. They can't sit still for two hours, nor can they quit their choking. So each seat is outfitted with a phlegm bucket, a catheter, and lozenges. Also, people in the row behind my seat, shut up. Seriously, all the coming and going and coughing did distract me from what was a very interesting show--mostly the hysterical Elektra surrounded by her chorus, via J. Crew. There was a great prosthetic on Clytemnestra at the end, too, that the cast dipped blood out of. The Greeks: Exorcising your pity and fear for three millennia.

Elevator G at Methodist Hospital where I drop off my platelets is a Sabbath elevator. From 4pm Friday through 9pm Saturday, it stops at every floor, going up and down continuously. Like in the Torah.