Past event
Date:
18-19 May 2018
Letters Live’s New York debut took place on 18th and 19th May 2018, at New York Town Hall in midtown Manhattan.
Performers over these two star-studded shows included Louise Brealey, Rose McGowan, Ben Shenkman, Amber Tamblyn, Benedict Cumberbatch, Edie Falco, Cynthia Erivo, Clarke Peters, Hugh Dancy, David Harbour, DeWanda Wise, Phillipa Soo, Tom Hollander, Chevy Chase, James Earl Jones, Laurence Fishburne, Molly Ringwald, Ben Foster, Uzo Aduba, Kyle MacLachlan, Ian McShane, Noma Dumezweni, Lauren Graham, Katie Holmes.
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I’m in love with NY
Anais Nin to Henry Miller
AIDS is not a disgrace; it is a TRAGEDY
Patsy Clarke to Jesse Helms
He is not a forgiving cat
John Cheever to Jose Herbst
Our duty is to publish news
Ben Bradlee to Katharine Graham
Dear Empress Hotel
Nick Burchill to Empress Hotel
He’s here, living and vivd and unforgettable forever
Stewart Stern to The Winslows
Now her soul is free
Ram Dass to Steve and Anita Isser
Diversity guarantees our cultural survival
Martin Scorsese to NYT
Something more is requisite
Matilda to Freedom’s Journal
Wisdom is a gift
Toni Morrison to Barack Obama
What should I do
Frustrated to Abby
We are truly bereft
Anthony Hecht to Francine du Plessix Gray
I am unable to accept your rejection at this time
Paul Devlin to Various Colleges
Dear Sir
Sarah-Louise Jordan to An Admirer
Don’t let anyone define who you are
Angelique Kidjo to Girls of the world
The Empire State building
Helen Keller to Dr John Finley
I have not shot her yet
Dorothy Parker to Seward Collins
I shall always be near you
Sullivan Ballou to Sarah Ballou
Thank you, and I hope you choke
Beatles Fan to Nike
Also
Lady Elizabeth Compton to Lord William Compton
Give Women the vote
Bertha Brewster to Daily Telegraph
My Dear Bessie
Chris Barker to Bessie Moore
Dear cast of Hamilton
Meryl Streep to The Cast of Hamilton
That’s Deadwood for you
Calamity Jane to Her Daughter
The loss of you lingers
Karin Cook to Joan Cook Carpenter
Dear Hollywood
Rose McGowan to Hollywood
I have had my eye on you
Simon Fallowfield to Mary Foster
I can’t write left handed
Your type is a dime a dozen
Hunter S. Thompson to Anthony Burgess
Bill Hicks on Freedom of Speech
Bill Hicks to A Priest
What gloomy tidings about the CRABS
Patrick Leigh Fermor to Enrica Soma
Don’t forget us
King George to Elizabeth
The last mad Empire on Earth
Dylan Thomas to Caitlin
The specticle sickened me
George Bernard Shaw to The Times
I am so close behind you
Leonard Cohen to Marianne Ihlen
The most beautiful work of all
Patti Smith to Robert Mapplethorpe
What is wrong with you?
Jonna Ramey to White Nationalists
We all feel like that now and then
Archibald Kerr to Reginald Pembroke
New York swallowed me up
Italo Calvino to Paolo Spriano
Make your soul grow
Kurt Vonnegut to Xavier High School
I am happy to be happy for you
Gil Scott-Heron to Jamie Byng
How I would like to work for you
Eudora Welty to New Yorker
It is beyond description
Hart Crane to His Mother
The story comes from within you
Laura Dern to her daughter
Seat 29E
A Customer to Continental Airlines
To my old Master
Jourdon Anderson to P.H. Anderson
My heart almost stood still
Helen Keller to NY Symphony Orchestra
What is a Minute?
A Parent to Fred Rogers
My Dear Son
M. Prichard to Various
Your words build a castle
Chrissy Hart to JK Rowling
Have A Happy Period
Wendi Aarons to James Thatcher
Melissa Harris Perry to Richard Mourdock
