terrific to hear from these two very talented theatre leaders. Tony was a bit hard to understand, as his voice was not projected well to the audience when he turned toward the moderator. And the space in the Lafayette Library while nice, is not ideal. Because the dias is not raised very much, it is quite difficult to see the speakers if anyone tall is sitting near the front. And there was a giant guy up front! But the insights both men shared were fascinating; all in all a terrific evening.

Thank you for the opportunity to listen to a Commonwealth Club of CA. in person on this side of the tunnel. I am a subscriber to both theaters; but, had not heard the two men speak together.

I attended the event because of the topic: a discussion of the arts in the East Bay. There was very little focused discussion of arts in the East Bay. Rather, the discussion roamed from this to that--tending to be more a "schmooz" session.