I bare my soul in this show—but also, my pupils (though you wouldn’t get that from today’s cover of @taosnews’s @tempomag). What you WILL get from its article is that this “side-splitting,” “memorably laughable,” and “amazing show” is “one for the ages.” “The gift of Grossman is that she will go there— she’ll take it there and more often than not you’ll have no choice but to laugh.” “The solo production runs at a brisk pace between all the comic gags dealt masterfully by Grossman.” “No one should call into question the oratorical powers of… Naomi Grossman.” Thank you, @taostempo for the wonderful review, and… interesting cover photo! You can’t say I haven’t looked worse in print!

I just learned the Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival is honoring me this year with its Maverick Award. The award is “presented to an artist or individual whose work has set a high standard of individuality and self-styled creativity.” I remember in 2004, when I performed in their festival, they awarded it to Lily Tomlin, who I met for the first time there. I told her about seeing “Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe” as a child, and saying, “I wanna do THAT.” From that moment on, every talent show, I dressed up as a bag-lady and did her opening monologue. Later, when I was old enough to have something to say, I started writing my own. I told her as much when I met her at the LAWTF that night she was receiving her Maverick Award. Now, 20 years later, it’s me. #photoby @devindygert