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 more …
From Baltimore’s Petite Louis Bistro, take-home for New Year’s Eve. I’ll start with lobster bisque.
Petit Louis is a Baltimore landmark, a treasured restaurant, and sharing holiday meals there are a tradition for many families. …
Merry Christmas! I’m sending you a tune to brighten your holiday. Thanks for reading BrockelPress.
In many ways, 2020 has been the year from hell, hasn’t it? I’ve been working from home since March 13 …
You could be the one to blow up Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City.
The implosion of the last remaining symbol of Trump’s bankrupt Atlantic City casino empire is expected to take place in …
Guide to good writing is still relevant forty years after it was published by Ogilvy & Mather
TV series like Thirtysomething, Bewitched, and more recently, Mad Men brought the advertising industry into focus on the small screen. The 25-years that spanned …
I think I know how Donald J. Trump will escape going to prison. That darn Space Force!
He’d planned it all along. Too bad the space-going clown car is only big enough for him, a bucket of …
You can’t go to Radio City’s Christmas Spectacular this year. (Psst. The show can come to you.)
The news.While Radio City Music Hall’s annual Christmas Spectacular won’t have live audiences this year, NBC will air a taped view of …
Three minutes, seventeen seconds of pure musical joy. Ready for your face to sport a smile?
This may be my shortest blog post ever. Nothing more needs to be said than: Laura Osnes and Colin Donnell …
Isolation’s tough. For 11 months and counting, virtual arts programs have kept me going.
2020 has been a real piece of work. Before COVID-19 arrived on the scene, some of my greatest joy came …
Get ready for goosebumps. Viola Davis is Ma Rainey—and she’s superb.
The screen adaptation of August Wilson’s 1984 Pulitzer Prize winning play, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, will premiere on Netflix December …
There was a killing in Baltimore’s Everyman Theatre building: Folks are feeling it.
Danny Gavigan is a resident company member of Everyman Theatre and over the years, we’ve enjoyed his spot-on performances in …
Broadway tales, backstage banter, stars’ stories—you’ll love these two guys.
When I was going to theatre school New York in the 70s, I’d go to gay bars on the weekend …
The nominations for the 2020 Tony Awards are being announced. Watch here.
Tony Award® winner, James Monroe Iglehart (Aladdin, Hamilton) is announcing the nominations for the American Theatre Wing’s 2020 Tony Awards. Here’s your …
Timelines can be an effective way of presenting actions over time. Here’s a stellar example.
I turned to a news channel a few minutes ago. I watched a woman say, “I don’t recognize our country …
Get a head start on Halloween. Phantom of the Opera streams free this weekend.
If you’ve been missing Broadway and local theatre as much as I have over the past 9 months, this announcement …
Tonight, you can buy a Tyrannosaurus Rex if you have deep pockets. (It won’t eat much.)
From impressionism’s opening moments to cutting-edge contemporary art, the 20th Century Evening Sale at Christie’s tracks the major movements of …
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