Phyllis Newman has died. I liked her. The last time I saw her was on Broadway and 80th Street. She had just come from Pinky Nails. She said "I'd take your hand but I just had my nails done." I helped her get a taxi.
When I went with my Mom to see "Madwoman of Central Park West"(it sounded like the perfect show to see with Mom), we had really close seats. At one point, something Ms. Newman said in the script about kids made my Mom really laugh a little louder than other people and Mom nudged me in the ribs. Ms. Newman looked to see who was acknowledging what she'd said about kids, and saw that it was a Mom about her age seeing the show with a kid close to the age she was talking about.
I got to tell Phyllis Newman that at one of Amanda's concerts, and she seemed to like that a Mom and a son had gone to that particular show together. (But I could not recall for the life of me what the line was. Mom's reaction had been with a meaning like "See, that happens between parents and kids in in celebrity families, too.")
