there is an eerie similarity between the look and sound of patrick wilson, who played jerry lukowski on Broadway, and our son robert i richardson IV who had the role when it was staged at le petite theater in new orleans. i did a triple-take when I first saw the pic in the cd insert of "jerry"/patrick wilson singing the song "big-ass rock" from "the full monty". the pic was in the broadway cast recording insert. and the pic on the back of the insert of the guys as they sang and danced their way through "michael jordan's ball", if you didn't know bobby as well as we do you might have sworn , in court and under oath, that it was bobby and not "jerry"/patrick wilson appearing there. the similarity is that strong! as i sit here listening to to the broadway cast recording what i hear and see in my minds' eye is bobby/"jerry" as he appeared there on the stage at le petite. it's no wonder to me that sonny borey cast him as "jerry" for the le petite production. " breeze off the river" is just now trilling from the computer. it's giving me chills, and yes there are some tears. i see and hear bobby/"jerry" pouring his heart out to his "son"--- "there's a breeze off the river-- through the crack in the window pane-- there's my boy on the pillow-- and i feel like i'm lost again....". but for a lack of luck and an in, we might have seen our bobby appearing in that role in NYC. it's a bit like our kelly's dream of being a prima ballerina. bobby's dream of appearing on broadway is yet to be. that does not change at all how proud i am of him, and of the good works he's done. only the fates know what the future may hold. keep a good thought for him, will you?