The Author Guy Blog by Larry B. Gildersleeve
5th September 2024 Hello out there, Welcome back. We’ve all heard the expression “Six degrees of separation,” meaning that between us and another individual there are most likely no more than six other people that a daisy chain of acquaintance will enable a connection. A Hollywood twist on the expression is “Six degrees of Kevin Bacon” whereby he can be connected to virtually any actor solely through roles they’ve portrayed in movies. Well, it happened to me this week when I read about the musical The Queen of Versailles that debuted recently in Boston with actress Kristin Chenoweth in the lead role and is headed to Broadway later this year or early next year. You see, there is now only one degree of separation between me and the Tony and Emmy award-winning actress because “the queen” upon which the true life play is based – Jackie Siegel – is married to someone I’ve known for forty-five years who is also portrayed in the musical. Speaking of Hollywood in the “six degrees” c...