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Meeting Mrs. Patmore!

Inevitably I’ll do a post I think about Downton Abbey and the broader oeuvre of Julian Fellowes, for a I have good and bad things to say on the subject! (Digression: my wife Carolyn Raship created this terrific piece of Mrs. Patmore fan art during Downton‘s first season):

But at present there’s more to be said. Even as we approach the advent of the second Downton Abbey theatrical film (due to be released in the U.S. May 18), Lesley Nicol, the woman who plays the crotchety cook Mrs Patmore is in New York with her new one woman show called How the Hell Did I Get Here? at the McKittick Hotel. I had the thrill of interviewing her the other day. At the time, was was back in London. She had returned following her Chicago engagement to appear in an episode of Doc Martin with Martin Clunes. We caught her new show this past weekend and she was generous enough to pose for a pic with me!

My review, my preview, and the interview are all available at Chelsea Community News, here. And why is my face so red in this photo? Find out here.

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Writer and performer Trav S.D. (www.travsd.com) is best known for his books "No Applause, Just Throw Money: The Book That Made Vaudeville Famous" (2005) and "Chain of Fools: Silent Comedy and Its Legacies from Nickelodeons to Youtube" (2013). He has written for the NY Times, the Village Voice, American Theatre, Time Out NY, Reason, the Villager and numerous other publications. Trav has been in the vanguard of New York’s vaudeville and burlesque scenes since 1995 when he launched his company Mountebanks, presenting hundreds of acts ranging from Todd Robbins to Dirty Martini to Tammy Faye Starlite to the Flying Karamazov Brothers. He has directed his own plays, revues and solo pieces at such venues as Joe’s Pub, La Mama, HERE, Dixon Place, Theater for the New City, the Ohio Theatre, the Brick, and 6 separate shows in the NY International Fringe Festival. In 2014 he produced and directed the smash-hit "I’ll Say She Is", the first ever revival of the Marx Brothers hit 1924 Broadway show in the NY International Fringe Festival.