interview: caridad svich
A Conversation with Playwright Caridad Svich On a recent drizzly weekday afternoon downtown, I meet Caridad Svich for a cup of coffee and a chance to discuss her work. […]
reading ruminations: 18th annual playwrights’ week
The Lark Playwrights’ Week has instantly become a tradition for me as a Manhattan resident. Last year’s adventures at this festival of evolving new play love were part of my […]
suzy fay: discovering new voices
LMDA NYC visits with Suzy Fay Associate Program Director Lark Play Development Center Monday, September 12, 2011 at 1pm The Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas (LMDA) New York City chapter continues to meet regularly with area theatre makers. This day we convene in a conference room at the Lark Play Development Center‘s spiffy new (industrial, spare, functional, lovely) quarters on […]
wasserstein, wanderings, and a wayward biography
Wendy and the Lost Boys: The Uncommon Life of Wendy Wasserstein (2011) by Julie Salamon weaves and wanders and quotes and alludes and does all the superficial things a biography is […]
summer of garland: musings reflections directions
I have been writing for a month about screenings at the Paley Center for Media‘s festival Judy Garland: The Television Years (July 20-August 18, 2011) and films shown at the Film Society […]
event musings: Elliot Tiber, Palm Trees, Passions, Garland, and Home
When: Thursday, August 11, about 8pm Where: The Paley Center for Media, 25 West 52nd Street What: Elliot Tiber meets fellow Judy Garland fans On August 11 at a screening […]
preview ponderings: broadway babies 50 years apart
Great press everywhere for the now-in-previews-I-can’t-wait-to-see-it production of Stephen Sondheim‘s Follies that began life at the Kennedy Center this spring and is now in residence at the Marriott Marquis Theatre […]
reading ruminations: paradise lost
Paradise Lost [reading] By Clifford Odets Staged by Allie Mulholland Featuring Angelica Page (Angelica Torn), Shelley Valfer, Angelo Angrisani ReGroup Theatre Company at The Irish Repertory Theatre, 132 W 22nd production […]
reading ruminations: lift
Future Classic Program: Lift by Walter Mosley (staged reading) Presented by the Classical Theatre of Harlem with the Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Education Center Malcolm X […]
preview ponderings: master class
This is not a review but a set of musings on a production to which I hope to return after it opens on July 7, 2011. I own a Dramatists […]
opening shots: joel and ethan coen in coversation
Opening Shots: Joel and Ethan Coen in Conversation with Noah Baumbauch Francesca Beal Theatre, Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center Film Society of Lincoln Center June 10, 2011, 7:30pm Brother filmmakers […]
tonys 2011: post party twitter summary
I decided to tweet the Tony Awards again this year. Not that I have delusions of thousands attending to my drivel, but it entertains me while watching, and gives me […]
reading ruminations: house of connelly
House of Connelly [reading] By Paul Green Directed by Allie Mulholland & Kelsey Moore Featuring Pete McElligott, Emily Ciotti, Libby Collins, Linda Glick ReGroup Theatre Company at 47th Street Theatre, 304 […]
press preview: cirque du soleil at radio city
I am a romantic when it comes to words, and a harder sell when it comes to visual splash and dance and swaths of theatrical color to tell a story. […]
one-on-one: david cromer and michael halberstam
One-on-One: David Cromer and Michael Halberstam Presented by the Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation Playwrights Horizons’ Peter Jay Sharp Theatre, 416 West 42nd Street May 7, 2011, 10:15am-noon Two old […]
event musings: gay purr-ee: the obscurity factor screening
Gay Purr-ee: The Obscurity Factor Screening Clearview’s Chelsea Cinema 260 West 23rd Street Hosted by Brini Maxwell, with special guest John Fricke Monday, March 28, 2011 event blog post: http://tinyurl.com/4vkgkwy […]
urban excavations 