film feature: a human being and not a chair
[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 […]
2013: excavation review themes
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 […]
2013: excavation review
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 […]
film feature: arty o’ the irst art
[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 […]
event musings: graphic lesbians kron + angelos
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 […]
event musings: chance photo shoot (boris aronson designs)
Photo Shoot: From the Archives of Boris Aronson Friday September 6, 2013 New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, 40 Lincoln Center Plaza Theatre designer Boris Aronson has been […]
event musings: a visit to monte cristo cottage
Conference wanderings: Pictures, Prizes, and Hauntings Sunday July 28, 2013 Monte Cristo Cottage, 325 Pequot Avenue, New London, CT During my visit to the O’Neill Theater Center in Waterford, Connecticut […]
event musings: 49th o’neill convening, the edith, the sea
Conference wanderings: 49th O’Neill National Playwrights Conference Saturday July 27 through Monday July 29, 2013 Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, 305 Great Neck Road, Waterford, CT Over the past six months […]
event musings: jack viertel on today’s american theater
What: Harvardwood & the American Repertory Theatre Alumni Institute Present Jack Viertel (and Miriam Weisfeld) When: Monday June 24, 2013, 7pm Where: New York Institute of Technology, 16 West 61st […]
event musings: chance photo shoot (follies)
Photo Shoot: Shadows and Light and Set Models Wednesday June 5, 2013 New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, 40 Lincoln Center Plaza A theme to be explored in […]
event musings: chance photo shoot (here lies love)
Photo Shoot: Chance and Here Lies Love Friday May 17, 2013 The Public Theater, 425 Lafayette Street Chance Magazine, discussed by our core staff in excited shouts and earnest whispers over the […]
drama desk adventure 2012-2013 wrap up
A season year of theatre going — over 250 shows for Drama Desk consideration as well as a substantial additional number of concerts and readings and other events addressing other […]
event musings: lunch hour nyc
Lunch Hour NYC June 22, 2012 — February 17, 2013 NYPL Stephen A. Schartzman Building 5th Avenue and 42nd Street D. Samuel and Jeane H. Gottesman Exhibit Hall online exhibit […]
2012: excavation review
[featured image caption: Grand Central Terminal circa 1935-1941. Crop of image from NY Municipal Archives.] So when I say almost every day that I’m off to the theatre, some may doubt me. […]
event musings: the art of feedback
The Art of Feedback Friday, October 26, 2012 2:30-5pm HERE Arts Center, 145 6th Avenue at Spring Street event site “I like to think of myself as the play’s, not the […]
event musings: chance photo shoot (the box)
Photo Shoot: Chance and The Box Wednesday August 1, 2012 The Box, 189 Chrystie Street Work continues on the initial issues of Chance, a new art magazine intended to explore the visual possibilities […]
urban excavations 