CLAUDIA'S PAGE
Claudia Kehl with her favorite actress after an Easter
season show of "Nine" in 2003.
Claudia Kehl, from the
alpine nation of Switzerland, was the most prolific reporter that the
FYI pages of Mary Stu's Tavern ever had. Thanks largely to her
strenuous efforts to find all the articles, links, videos, and images
she could, there are sixteen (16) archived FYI pages going back to
1998. I was privileged to meet Claudia in person for a June 2004
showing of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" at the Kennedy Center in
Washington, DC. As usual, I arrived at the lobby of the Best Western
in Foggy Bottom early after parking my car in the underground garage
at the Kennedy Center. As I loitered
about waiting for Claudia to appear, unknown to me she walked right
by me and out the door. After a few moments, I looked out of the
glass in the door and saw this girl still standing outside. Taking a
chance, I went out and glanced at her. She asked if I was, well, ME.
I could only say, "Claudia, is that you?" She wasn't wearing the
glasses she is wearing in the above photo. After a few laughs about
this mix-up, we walked together to the theater and had something to
drink while we talked shop. Claudia was now running her own site
about Mary Stuart Masterson, while still sending dispatches to the
Tavern. We also stole some looks at the crowd forming outside the
theater and how elegantly they were dressed. Comparing tickets, we
discovered that Claudia would be seated almost directly in front of
me.
After the play, I walked her back to the Best
Western as it was now after dark, saw her onto the elevator to her
room, and that was the last time I saw her. Claudia kept running her
Web site for another five years. It was a very attractive site, and
always had the latest news ahead of all the others. She gathered a
considerable following among Mary Stuart Masterson fans during those
years, gaining the reputation of being the finest operator of any of
the MSM Web sites.
There wouldn't have been half the life in the
Tavern during those first seven active years if it wasn't for the
fine reporter's instincts of Claudia Kehl.
Sweetheart, we all miss you! Thanks for your help,
your hard work, and your friendship!
When she last told me, "The Book of Stars" was Claudia's
favorite of all Mary Stuart Masterson's movies.
The flag of Switzerland
