A little more than a year ago, I saw one of the most awful things to happen on a theater stage. The great actor Stacy Keach stumbling about, repeating lines, completely lost in a fog, until the curtain mercifully came down halfway through.
As it turns out, he was having a heart attack, which can often cause stroke-like symptoms (confusion, disorientation) and was rushed to a hospital directly from the theater. chicagotribune.com/entertainment/…
A week from Sunday, we're going back to the @GoodmanTheatre to see Mr Keach (post-double-bypass) perform the role again. He insisted. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is what we in the theater call a "baller." playbill.com/article/stacy-…
