fragments inspired by stage and screen
Lover of ghost lights, movies, stories of creative lives, magic of live performance, storytelling in song.
Photo Shoot: Annie-B Parson, “Ich, Kürbisgeist” Friday February 21, 2014 Studio of David Korins, West 30th Street, New York City Chance Magazine, in its second year of publication and currently developing […]
Drama Desk presents: You Gotta Have a Gimmick … or a Star! Moderated by Randie Levine-Miller Panelists Peter Filichia, Josh Ellis, Susan L. Schulman and Leslie Bader Papa Monday, February 10, 2014 at […]
The Woodsman by James Ortiz with Claire Karpen and Strangemen & Co. Directed by James Ortiz and Claire Karpen Featuring James Ortiz, Eliza Simpson, Edward W. Hardy 59E59 Theater B […]
[re-posting of a 2009 set of musings, inspired by today’s showing of this film during 2014’s Turner Classic Movie’s “31 Days of Oscar”] A Thousand Clowns. 1962 play into 1965 movie […]
Mercy Killers @ Stella Adler Studio (Manhattan thru February 2) Grounded @ Page 73 at Walkerspace (thru February 1) There is intensity inherent in the one person show structure — […]
NYPL-PA + League of Professional Theatre Women: Mercedes Ruehl + Andrea Chapin New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center Bruno Walter Auditorium, 111 Amsterdam Avenue Monday […]
Ruff by Peggy Shaw and Lois Weaver Directed by Lois Weaver Featuring Peggy Shaw La MaMa First Floor Theatre, 74a East 4th Street January 9, 2014 — January 26, 2014 […]
I have now indulged in three annual iterations (2011, 2012, and 2013) of complete lists of events that took me into a theatre or other kind of performance space during […]
I love reliving the year through this now annual summary of attendance at live performances and the occasional film screening. For this listing, all that’s required is my entry into […]
Company: Original Cast Album (1970) + Chance + Zelig-like friend Stephen Paley This is a post about serendipity: new friends, old passions, theatrical design, and Stephen Sondheim. I am surrounded […]
[re-posting of a 2010 set of musings, inspired by yet another re-viewing of this masterpiece courtesy of a December 5, 2013 showing on Turner Classic Movies] So I’m listening to […]
Fun Home Book and lyrics by Lisa Kron (based on the memoir by Alison Bechdel) Music by Jeanine Tesori Directed by Sam Gold Featuring Michael Cerveris, Judy Kuhn, Sydney Lucas, […]
The Glass Menagerie By Tennessee Williams Directed by John Tiffany Featuring Cherry Jones, Zachary Quinton, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Brian J. Smith Booth Theatre, 222 West 45th Street September 26, 2013 (opening) […]
Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies presents: Graphic Lesbians: Lisa Kron and Moe Angelos Moderated by Sara Warner Monday, October 29, 2013 at 7pm Martin E. Segal Theater @ the […]
The Winslow Boy @ Roundabout American Airlines (through December 1, 2013) Julius Caesar @ St. Ann’s Warehouse (through November 9, 2013 ) Revivals can dull the senses or send chills […]
Visions of playwrights and critics can inspire images of dramatic scenes. Colleagues from Chicago tell a story about a certain critic arriving at the lobby of a show and being […]
urban excavations 