Fig. 1: The grandiose diva.

So proud of this woman I could prac­ti­cally burst: my grand­mother, Marian Seldes, is getting a “lifetime achieve­ment” Tony award tomorrow (which is not for her work on the Lifetime Channel).

Here is an article in this week’s New York Times Magazine about her; I recom­mend you read all the way to the end for a vivid descrip­tion of the smell of Le Poisson Rouge’s dressing room.