Theater & Dance The show is based on Jeffrey
Hatcher’s play Three Viewings, with book, music and lyrics by Barry Kleinbort, who also directs. It premiered in New York in 2012, with Fuller starring as Virginia Carpolotti, as she has done in productions along the East Coast ever since. So why didn’t 13 Things make it to Los Angeles sooner? “I’ll tell you something,
theater is in a funny place right now,” she says. “It seems, at least on Broadway, it’s either for children or it’s very edgy. There’s nothing like it used to be, which is like real life.” Fuller has been in show
business since 1962, starring in Barefoot in the Park, Cabaret, All About Eve and dozens of other Broadway and Off Broadway productions, plus appearing in TV series like Room for Two, Love & War and Matlock. She says there are now fewer roles for women her age. “I think that the business of show business is aimed
“It seems, at least on Broadway, [theater is] either for children or it’s very edgy. There’s nothing like it used to be, which is like real life.”
at the bigger audiences, and they think their bigger audiences are young people. I don’t know how young people are paying these prices—or older people for that matter,” she says. “But there aren’t a lot of parts, and it’s very sad, because I know there are [older] people out there who want to be spoken to by a playwright or a theatrical experience. I think they go to the younger things, but it’s not the same.” Adapting to the changing times, Fuller has shifted
to singing and cabaret-style productions, which she believes offer more opportunities and provide nostalgia for the old world of theater. While not a cabaret, this production features just Fuller singing onstage with a pianist. And though an older crowd will enjoy it, it’s not only for them, Fuller says. “It has everything that life has in it: humor, sadness, everything.” à 13 Things About Ed Carpolotti is at the Broad Stage through Jan 29 (310-434- 3200,
thebroadstage.com). $45.
Paul Greenwood, left, and Fuller in 13 Things About Ed Carpolotti Time Out Los Angeles January–March 2017 54
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