Up Close and Personal with Yoko Ono
I'm a tad obsessed with Yoko Ono. That's a lie. I'm completely obsessed. I mean, this is the woman who's credited for bringing down the greatest band of all time. John Lennon gave it all up for her. Then, he wrote mushy songs professing his undying love for her. He lived and breathed for this woman. So when my actor pal text messaged me from a performance of Lennon the other night, saying Yoko was sitting three feet from him, I had to know everything. Here's what he told me:
"Yoko was wearing a stylish white pantsuit with embroidered black detailing and matching white sunglasses (of course!), which remained on for the duration of the show. She sat in the middle of aisle J with a handsome, middle-aged gentleman on her left, who seemed to enjoy the show as much as she did. She seemed to be in great spirits, clapping along to several of the songs, and was obviously concerned with audience response because she kept looking around to see the audience's reaction. She seemed very moved by several scenes toward the end ‑- one involved the last moments of John's life. It looked like she was wiping tears from under her sunglasses. And during "Give Peace a Chance," she was shouting "Stop the war!" along with the cast members. She had a very tall, hunky bodyguard at her side upon arrival, during intermission and on departure, and he was panning the audience like the Secret Service. No photographs or autographs were permitted. But at the end of act one, a cast member handed her a daisy ‑- which is part of the show. Yoko went out of her way to offer it to a child sitting a row behind her. At the end of the performance, she was escorted out a side door to her awaiting Bentley."
Thanks for the scoop, Brian!
