thinking, “I’m having a beer with
Kevin Arnold’s dad!” - a very un-
expected bucket list event for a
fan of the show.
Underneath The Lintel (2006)
Speaking of television, another
cover story was Richard Schiff
when he came to George Street
for the one-man play. Schiff had
just finished an Emmy Award
winning run as Toby Ziegler on
The West Wing - a character
he played from 1999 to 2006.
In Underneath the Lintel, he
portrayed a librarian who em-
barks on a quest to find out who
anonymously returned a library
book that is 113 years overdue.
A clue scribbled in the margin of
the book and an unclaimed dry-
cleaning ticket takes him on a
mysterious adventure that spans
the globe and the ages.
When asked what attracted
him to the play: “Well, I’ve been
offered a few plays recently in-
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cluding a replacement thing on
Broadway and couldn’t do it for
whatever reason. So, I’m asking
myself, ‘What the hell am I doing
3,000 miles away from my family
about to embark on a solo thing
that’s daunting and ridiculously
scary?’ So, it’s a fair question that
I keep asking myself, but there’s
something about this material
that’s beautiful. And, if you’re
going to jump off a cliff and
you’re going to get into a dan-
ger zone there better be some-
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