Jonny sends holiday greetings from his subterranean Covid bunker. Runtime: 8 minutes, 7 seconds.
The Year in Photos
Runtime: 3 minutes, 3 seconds.
TONY POTTER 1960-2020
The year 2020 has meant irreplaceable loss to more people than I can count. The biggest one to me was my friend Tony Potter, who passed away on June 21st from a heart attack. I had known Tony for over 30 years, having met him when he cast me as Snug in his production of A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Globe Playhouse. Over the decades that I knew Tony, I have never encountered anyone with such joyful optimism or a childlike love of life.
Our most memorable theatrical collaboration was USS Pinafore, a comedic mash-up of Star Trek and Gilbert & Sullivan for which Tony designed and constructed a remarkable set that was the highlight of the show. Only Tony had the creativity and imagination to be capable of taking a tiny stage in North Hollywood and turning it into the bridge of a Federation starship. Working with him on that production was an experience that gave me many joys and taught me countless lessons. I will always be grateful — as will so many others who had the pleasure to know him — that Tony touched my life in the way he did.
Goodnight, sweet prince. May flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.
The year 2020 has meant irreplaceable loss to more people than I can count. The biggest one to me was my friend Tony Potter, who passed away on June 21st from a heart attack. I had known Tony for over 30 years, having met him when he cast me as Snug in his production of A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Globe Playhouse. Over the decades that I knew Tony, I have never encountered anyone with such joyful optimism or a childlike love of life.