To My Teachers, with Love
Growing up as an actor, I always believed actors were born, not made. Certainly, one can learn techniques of speaking and movement,...
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Oct 114 min read
Columbus Day and the Offended Generation
Not all holidays are created equally, but there is a ubiquity about them. It is necessary, for example, to have a bright spot in the...
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Sep 206 min read
On Learning and Teaching
Early on, I was a poor learner. I really was. The sort who liked to have books around me but couldn’t get through them. It wasn’t the...
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Jul 126 min read
Two is the Loneliest Number
Harry Nilsson’s song “One,” most famously covered in two distinct but perfect recordings by Three Dog Night and Aimee Mann (the latter...
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May 35 min read
EINSTEIN ON THE BEACH: 20th Century Masterpiece
In the mid-1970s, when the country was in a deep malaise over Watergate, Vietnam, the failure of most of the late-60s protests, artists...
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Mar 83 min read
Oscars pt. 2: Who Will Win? (Updated)
This list includes my Oscar predictions for the upcoming ceremony. The choices are not necessarily who/what I think should win, but...
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Feb 232 min read
Poetry Month 4: Your Spirit Eternal
It's been nice sharing some poetry with you this month. If it's not been your thing, I'm sorry. I'll be back in March with more new...
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Jan 267 min read
The Greatest Youtube Video Ever (No, Really)
I recently completed watching two of what have been called the greatest television series of all time, The Sopranos and The Wire. The...
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Jan 126 min read
Lost Classics: Norman Mailer's MAIDSTONE
While during his lifetime, his work became more and more critically derided, there has been a resurgence of interest in American...
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Nov 24, 20236 min read
Native Children
In the early 2000s, I inherited a book collection from my former theatre teacher. It was a virtual treasure trove of hardcover and...
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Oct 6, 20234 min read
Soundbite Obits
Last week, like countless others, I was moved by the death of Michael Gambon, a British actor who did amazing things onstage and off. As...
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Sep 22, 20237 min read
Acting in WAITING FOR GODOT: A Recap
All photographs, save the last image, appear courtesy of Steven Ross. For more information about his work, visit his website. The odds...
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Jul 7, 20236 min read
One More Time Again with James Taylor
A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of seeing James Taylor and his All-Star Band at Oak Mountain Amphitheatre in Pelham, Alabama. I’ve...
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Apr 28, 202310 min read
A Quarter Century at the Table Writing Plays
On March 28, 1997, I sat down at my desk and wrote a one act play. It wasn’t the first play I wrote exactly, but it was the first one to...
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Apr 21, 202318 min read
Not I but Also: Notes from an Age of Madness
This work contemplates, albeit in a slightly deranged way, the events of protest in the United States in the years 2016-2019. It makes no...
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Mar 24, 20238 min read
The Old gods are Dead: Farewell to the Movies
I came of age going to the movies at the turn of the century. In 1999, I was finally old enough to see R-rated movies and my friend and I...
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Jan 20, 20235 min read
On Wagner and Disconnect
I get into obsessions. After weeks of reading Browning’s poetry, I’ll switch to Sondheim and there will be weeks of listening, humming,...
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Nov 18, 20223 min read
Favorites Part 2: Art
For the next few weeks, I'll be sharing my favorite works of art. These are not necessarily my answers to "What is the best movie/tv...
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