How did you picture the studio where Carter rehearsed for Limelight? Because here it is! This is the Ripley-Grier Studio in Manhattan where many Broadway plays rehearse before they move to the actual theater.

Here’s a Broadway theater in Times Square, just like the one where my fictional musical takes place. I love everything about these old theaters! Here’s a shot before the show starts.

And here’s another theater after the curtain goes down …

I can never throw away a Playbill! It’s the best souvenir to take home after a show.

Yes, I have a huge crush on Kevin Kline. He was the perfect actor to star in my fictional production of Limelight. When he was in Noël Coward’s Present Laughter on Broadway, the New York Times even compared him to Charlie Chaplin! You can read the review here.

At a Limelight party! Here I am, reading with my son, Alex, who’s playing Carter Reid. Projected on the wall behind us? That’s a clip from the 1952 film Limelight, starring Charlie Chaplin, Sydney Chaplin, and Claire Bloom.

Some fan art from a book club!

Did you think Carter was inspired by Justin Bieber…?

… or by Lindsay Lohan? Here she is performing in David Mamet’s play Speed-The-Plow at the West End in London. As stated in Variety, “Lohan had her fans, who were in good voice during the curtain call. ‘She was amazing,’ one said afterwards. ‘Well, she’s not amazing, but she is hot.’ Want to know more? Read the article!