2016: excavation review
[featured image caption: Times Square. Screen capture from opening sequence of Babes on Broadway (1941).] Public performances in calendar year 2016, live or filmed, were many and thrilling. I viewed new […]
2014: excavation review themes
Chance Magazine issue 3 subscriber cover title line. Issues 3 and 4 of Chance were completed, printed, and delivered to subscribers and newsstands in 2014. I have now accumulated four […]
2014: excavation review
1951 session with Florence Vandamm (far right) and on stage (L-R) John Emery + Katharine Cornell + Brian Aherne in “The Constant Wife” — part of the 2013-2014 NYPL exhibit […]
event musings: why shakespeare? why now?
Drama Desk presents: Why Shakespeare? Why Now? Moderated by Carol Rocamore Panelists Julie Taymor, Daniel Sullivan, Scott Shepherd, Michael Pennington, John Glover Friday, April 4, 2014 at 11:45am Sardi’s Eugenia room, 234 West 44th Street […]
event musings: promoting broadway
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
drama desk adventure begins
Writing about theatre comes from passionate engagement for me. For years I wrote and spoke about the theatre I read and saw and consumed in personal handwritten journals, in academic […]
urban excavations 