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 first Shakespeare role that Close had ever attempted on screen (she appeared in 1975 in a stage production of "King Lear" in Milwaukee). Close would later go on to join the cast of "The House of the Spirits", reuniting her with Jeremy Irons. She also had a cameo appearance in Steven Spielberg's "Hook" (1991) as a pirate. In 1992, Close starred in "Meeting Venus" for which she received critical acclaim and won Best Actress (Golden Ciak) at the Venice Film Festival. In the same year, Close became a trustee emeritus of The Sundance Institute. Close appeared in the newsroom comedy-drama