This is the email I sent to the Izzardites mailing list (17 June) after returning from
the 16 June, 2000, show:

Just got home from my sojourn to see our Eddie in Los Angeles at the Henry
Fonda theatre last night (6/16). Oh man, was it worth it. I took my cousin,
who didn't know him, and she laughed more than I did. Towards the end, we
had to stop because we got so tired of laughing non-stop! There was a bit 
of audience participation that he really jumped on. Some woman asked,
during one of his stories, if he'd been to Turkey. It was so apropos of
nothing that he grabbed it, even referring to her comment several times during
the show. For the encore, he came out with a video camera and filmed us,
the audience. He especially filmed the woman who asked the Turkey question
so he'd "remember who asked if I'd been to Turkey."

I have watched several of his videos, and was a little surprised to find 
that he lost his way a couple times, asking us to let us know where he was.
Some of them you could tell were part of the show, but with others he did 
seem truly lost. Maybe a little tired, but he went on for over 2 hours, with no 
intermission. The audience loved him. Many of us, including me, jumped to 
our feet and gave him a very loud standing ovation when he came ON stage.
Just couldn't help myself, I'm afraid. I never thought I'd get to see him.

The show, as you all know by now, was 100% different from Dress to Kill (and the
first Circle shows): it has evolved that much. A few things I expected,
from reading the reviews here on the mailing list, but most of it was a delightful
surprise. One thing I did notice, and so did my cousin: the audience was mostly
Hollywood industry types. I'd say that 90% of the audience was late
40s/50s. Eddie has a real buzz in LA. I did see John Landis, but traffic
was so bad getting to the theatre (and then we couldn't get the zipper on
my purse opened to get the tickets!) that we only had 10 minutes to play 
spot-the-celebrity.

One thing that was truly irriating: he wasn't miked properly. Often it was
hard to hear what he was saying, and it wasn't just us. We could see people 
leaning over to their friends and whispering, "What did he say?" Now, I 
lived in England for over 4 years, so understanding English accents is no 
problem for me. It was extremely frustrating. I should have walked back to
the sound board and said something (I've done this before), but I was 
afraid of missing even more of what he was saying.

He looked great. Blond spikey hair again, no face fuzz, black leather pants 
with d-rings attached, spangly shirt, spiky black shoes. The really amazing 
thing (and my cousin commented on this) was that just with one subtle look 
to the audience, he'd have us roaring with laughter. I've never seen anyone
control a crowd so artfully. I don't think he could achieve the same effect
WITHOUT makeup.

Well, that's it from me. I didn't try to see him afterwards; that isn't 
important to me. What was important was making the trip and finally getting 
to see him. It was absolutely wonderful. Oh, I forgot to mention . . . a friend
gave me a D2K tape . . . HBO's entry for the Emmys! It is in a nice cover,
and has a bunch of text inside that starts off:  For Your Consideration 
. . . Dress to Kill:  Eddie Izzard . . .Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy
Special. And a bunch more stuff. It's got a cover that opens and 2 pics of
Eddie. Of course I haven't had time to watch it to see if it's any different
(just got back from the airport), but it was a spectacular gift and totally
unexpected. And a cracking collector's item. LA been very very good to me.