Eve Ensler in New York and Paris but travels much of the year." A June 2010 article by Ensler in "The Guardian" stated that she was receiving treatment for uterine cancer. Ensler wrote about her experience with cancer in her memoir, "In The Body of the World". Ensler wrote "The Vagina Monologues" in 1996. First performed in the basement of the Cornelia Street Café in Greenwich Village, the play has been translated into 48 languages and performed in over 140 countries. Celebrities who have starred in it include Jane Fonda, Whoopi Goldberg, Idina Menzel, Glenn Close, Susan Sarandon, Marin Mazzie, Cyndi Lauper,
Glenn Close think she was a ""dilettante" who didn't have to work." When she was seven years old, her parents joined the Moral Re-Armament (MRA), in which her family remained involved for fifteen years, living in communal centers. Close described MRA as a "cult" that dictated every aspect of her life, from the clothes that had to be worn to what she was allowed to say. In an interview Close stated that her desire to become an actress allowed her to break away from MRA, stating: "I have long forgiven my parents for any of this. They had their reasons for doing