"You want me to do what to the toilets?" Many artists and writers start out their careers by working jobs that are humiliating and demoralizing, just so that during the night these brave rebel artists can rage against the dying of the light by working on their craft, firing paint on a canvas, words on a blank page, or standing in front of the mirror, practicing their "O" face for their big scene. But during the day, these artists are wearing a Statue of Liberty costume and twirling a sign that reads, "We Buy Gold." Whatever it takes. But no matter how awful an artist's job, there is nothing more painful and humbling than what David Sedaris had to do to pay the bills at Christmas time — a freaking elf at Macy's. And The Stella Adler Theatre in Hollywood is staging a production of ... More >>>