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 …
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 …
The Burger King plants a big one on Ronald McDonald. And yes, it’s a thing!
Burger King Finland’s campaign “Love conquers all” is a celebration of love and all the forms it takes. A new …
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 …
WFH: Folks say funny things online during lockdown workdays. Check out some of my favorites.
I’ve been working from home since March 13th and now and then I need to zone out for a while, …
One of Broadway’s hottest tickets is free to all this year. The standing-room-only show is virtual for 2020.
The first Broadway Bares was presented in 1992 by Jerry Mitchell and the company of The Will Rogers Follies at …
“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 …
Nathan Lane, “…out in the Hamptons fighting it out with the over-privileged for toilet paper.”
From the SAG-AFTRA Foundation’s At Home with series, a fun, insightful half-hour with Nathan Lane. Nothing more needs to be …
From WNYC and The Public Theatre: Shakespeare in the Park reimagined for 2020 as radio plays.
In response to the coronavirus pandemic, WNYC and The Public Theatre have partnered to bring you Shakespeare in the park …
Do you enjoy the music of film and television? Here’s a streaming event you won’t want to miss.
It’s an all-star cast. Join Sting, Catherine O’Hara, Elisabeth Moss, Anika Noni Rose, William Shatner, Auli’i Cravalho, John Stamos, Patti …
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 …
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