“You’ve got spunk. [CUT TO MARY FOR REACTION SHOT] I hate spunk.” Remembering Ed Asner.
I was extremely sad when I learned, last Sunday, that Ed Asner had died. Ed was so much more than …
Memories
Marilyn Maye. Streaming a new concert from Feinstein’s/54 Below. Meet her; get your tickets.
Long before sunrise on a Sunday morning 50-some years ago, I walked into the music library at KARD FM in …
50 years ago, I dug deep into my piggy bank and took my best friend to see Ella Fitzgerald.
A dear friend called one evening, 50 years ago, to let me know he was coming to New York to …
A good tune makes our days in isolation more bearable. Tonight, I’m remembering Harry Nilsson.
I love working from home, and I have a great WFH space. Yet oddly, from time to time over the …
Here’s the secret to perfect roast chestnuts—no street vendor or open fire required.
I bought my first brown paper bag of roast chestnuts in New York City on a bitterly cold winter night …
Asked about Naples, Florida on a ’70s TV talk show I said, “It’s like a giant Valium.”
One summer in the late 70s, I flew from Los Angeles to Naples, Florida for a a visit with my …
NYC ’72, A case of exotic goodness fell off the back of a truck and right into my arms.
A few days ago, I was watching Goodfellas and a scene from the movie brought back a tasty memory from …
My sister and I lost our Mother today, and with that our final link to the wheat fields of Kansas.
Patricia Irene (née Riely) Lapham. Mom’s obituary from The Council Grove Republican: Patricia Lapham, a life-long resident of Kansas died …
“We need to change the world one 5-year-old at a time,” Marlo Thomas on Free to Be…You and Me.
In the spring of 1974, LaRae Petrovich and I ran into each other in the office break room. She asked …
Look in your drawers. There may be something small, yet really valuable in them.
Reading a story in Christie’s Magazine last week, I was reminded of a time, a decade or so ago, when …
The Stonewall Inn, the first national gay historic landmark in the U.S. is in a bind. Can you help?
I don’t typically share information about fund-raising campaigns, but these aren’t typical times and The Stonewall Inn isn’t a typical …
Jennifer Aniston & Lisa Kudrow have a virtual reunion on Variety’s Actors on Actors@Home. Enjoy!
Jennifer Aniston and Lisa Kudrow have two of the best smiles and most infectious laughs in the business and they …
David Oyelowo is powerful as Martin Luther King Jr—you can watch the movie, SELMA at no charge.
Selma, director Ava DuVernay’s biopic about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., is free to watch and rent on streaming services …
#ChorusLine40 The cast of Hamilton honors A Chorus Line in the theatre where both shows opened.
Last week, in a post about A Chorus Line in Quarantine, I shared a joyous virtual reunion of the 2006 …
5, 6, 7, 8! A Chorus Line cast reunites (virtually) to recreate I Hope I Get It, the Quarantine edition.
This video will make you want to jump out of your chair, take a pivot step, and walk, walk, walk. …
I saw a nice video today. It made me feel warm all over. Here’s actress Linda Gray from… “well, you know.”
The last time that Linda Gray and I chatted and laughed was at a reunion of the talented folks who …
Elaine Stritch delivers on Stephen Sondheim’s anthem to living through tough times.
Sure—it’s a creepy and uncertain time, but we’re still here. And with some thoughtfulness for others, some introspection and common …
Typewriters are wonderful machines. Two are coming to auction, and they’re more wonderful than most.
I started earnestly writing when I was 15 years old. I wrote with a Parker 75 fountain pen filled with Sheaffer’s …
Theatre people: A 70s Christmas in New York, a dinner in Philadelphia, and a petrified Christmas tree.
Christmastime, 1971 I’d just returned to New York after having been on the road in the cast of The Impossible …
Happy 40th birthday to NPR’s Morning Edition. We came close to never hearing the show.
Above, original staff member, Jay Kernis edits tape for Morning Edition in the late 1970s. George Geesey/NPR When I received an …
