Vanessa Redgrave will still perform in "The Year of Magical Thinking" in NYC

Wow, considering the recent tragedy and the tone of the play, she is a brave woman indeed.

In my experience a lot of artists I've known - actors, writers - who undergo some sort of tragedy in the midst of a project, prefer to keep working. It seems like work is a blessing during a difficult time for creative people. Still, certainly never a situation any of us would like the be in.