ART and THEATER in NANTUCKET

At last night's reception at the Whaling Museum, actor John Shea (Lex Luthor on TV was his most well known role) and his charming wife, artist Melissa MacLeod, were in attendance. Mr. Shea is the producer of plays at the Theater Workshop of Nantucket. We saw one of his plays the other night. It was very good. She is beautiful and charming, the mother of 2 (like my daughter) and in talking with her I found out that we went to the same High School in New York. Small world. Mr. Shea is very active in Nantucket in the film festival and theater and summers here. They live in 'Sconset. They seem like genuine and committed people. I have been around film festivals for years and have met countless movie stars and celebrities. I think I have a good sense of who is elitist and standoffish. Mr. Shea is neither of these things, and with Nantucket's reinvention of itself and the emphasis on an art and theater renaissance the community could not have a better spokesperson.