Metcalf, kindly, but with a knowing tease in her voice, responded, “Oh ... well, a little.” Mantello guffawed. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyThe first play Metcalf ever appeared in was a high school production of “Auntie Mame.” She had only a few lines, but on the first night, she accidentally got a laugh on one of them. In 1976, Metcalf joined them and five other actors in a theater company housed in a church basement in Highland Park, outside Chicago. In a 20-minute monologue in “Horace & Pete,” Metcalf uses only her face to tell a genuinely erotic tale of middle-aged desire. When the waiter asked us if we would like a five-ounce or eight-ounce pour of red wine, Metcalf emphatically selected the larger.

Source: New York Times February 21, 2018 09:56 UTC