michael

ladies and gentlemen, this is the one and only lovely mr. michael kamtman. he is an actor. a damned fine one. i first met michael almost 20 years ago when he came to speak to my high school drama class. it was one of only two times in my life when i fell in love at first sight. apart from being devastatingly handsome, he is one the most versatile and talented actors i have ever had the priviledge of seeing perform live. he handles every role with faultless mastery. i can't tell you how many times i've gone to see a show just to see him. the first time i saw him swordfight, i could hardly catch my breath. and he can sing, too! he is also a wonderful teacher. although i was merely a blushing teenager the first time we met, he always talked to me with such intelligence and respect... as if i was an equal... he looked past the schoolgirl to see the person i was. over the following ten years or so, i went to see him in dozens of plays and parts... and no matter what he was in, he was unfailingly the best thing in it. he had something about him... such a sterling grade of class and character that i never tried to... well, seduce him into doing something he could've regretted. no, he's the one i left alone... the one i never knew, for i realized it probably could not have gotten better, sweeter, than sitting in the darkened front row, watching him do his work, from a distance, adoring him. michael, i loved you then, and i still love you now. god bless you.