I only got to speak with her once. She came to the first preview(!) of my play Legacy at Williamstown Theatre Festival. I was already a nervous wreck but that put me over the edge.
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I decided to introduce myself and tell her how amazing she was and she took my hands and looked me in the eye and couldn't have been kinder. There's a Linda Lavin joke in the last scene of the play and I didn't have the guts to tell her about it.
The main characters are discussing their new born son's bris - with a female mohel - and Neil, played by Eric Bogosian says 'it was like Linda Lavin with a knife.' It always got a really great laugh.
Afterwards, Linda found me, was very generous and kind about the play, and then asked if I added that line because she was there that night. I told her no, that it was always there. She liked that. (END)
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